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State of Conservation

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31
Properties concerned
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Date Start: 2009close
Date end:2009close
Region: Africaclose
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (2009)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Geological and architectural characteristics of the churches.
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2009)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Governance Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Danger List:  Yes
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2009)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts
Salonga National Park (2009)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Selous Game Reserve (2009)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Serengeti National Park (2009)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Simien National Park (2009)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Other Threats: a) Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species
Danger List:  Yes
Taï National Park (2009)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Timbuktu (2009)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Flooding Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Lack of adequate maintenance of the buildings.
Virunga National Park (2009)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals War
Danger List:  Yes
Vredefort Dome (2009)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
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Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Mali Mozambique Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania
Threats
Illegal activities 19 Management systems/ management plan 17 Mining 11 Land conversion 9 Human resources 9 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Financial resources 8 Civil unrest 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 Housing 5 War 5 Management activities 5 Ground transport infrastructure 4 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 4 Water infrastructure 3 Solid waste 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Surface water pollution 2 Commercial hunting 2 Crop production 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Oil and gas 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Industrial areas 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Flooding 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Earthquake 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 1 Translocated species 1 Governance 1 Legal framework 1

* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.


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