State of Conservation

States Parties

Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 305 Illegal activities 241 Mining 142 Land conversion 131 Housing 106 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 105 Civil unrest 105 War 80 Ground transport infrastructure 78 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 77 Financial resources 75 Human resources 64 Management activities 64 Water infrastructure 58 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 55 Oil and gas 54 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 52 Solid waste 43 Legal framework 40 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 37 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 36 Fire (widlfires) 35 Water (rain/water table) 34 Governance 34 Surface water pollution 28 Forestry /wood production 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 27 Deliberate destruction of heritage 27 Drought 26 Major linear utilities 20 Commercial hunting 17 Crop production 17 Subsistence hunting 16 Other climate change impacts 16 Industrial areas 15 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Water (extraction) 14 Invasive / alien freshwater species 14 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 13 Translocated species 12 Air transport infrastructure 10 Commercial development 9 Ground water pollution 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Air pollution 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Relative humidity 5 Earthquake 5 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Terrorism 3 Flooding 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Storms 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 1