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State of Conservation

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34
Properties concerned
22
States Parties with SOC reports
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Property Category:Naturalclose
Date Start: 1992close
Region: Africaclose
Simien National Park (1999)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Danger List:  Yes
Simien National Park (1998)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Danger List:  Yes
Simien National Park (1997)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Danger List:  Yes
Simien National Park (1996)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7B,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Simien National Park (1995)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.201/4
Threats*: Civil unrest Management systems/ management plan
Simien National Park (1992)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1992
Document Source: CLT-92/CONF.003/3,WHC-92/CONF.002/5
Threats*: Civil unrest
Taï National Park (2021)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining
Taï National Park (2019)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining
Taï National Park (2017)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining
Taï National Park (2014)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining
Taï National Park (2012)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Taï National Park (2009)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Taï National Park (2007)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Taï National Park (2004)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Civil unrest War
Taï National Park (2003)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B,WHC.03/27.COM/7B.Corr
Threats*: Civil unrest Commercial hunting Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting
Taï National Park (2002)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Commercial hunting Illegal activities Land conversion Subsistence hunting
Virunga National Park (2024)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2023)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2021)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2019)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
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Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Illegal activities 386 Management systems/ management plan 248 Mining 209 Civil unrest 173 Land conversion 167 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 149 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 149 War 106 Financial resources 104 Ground transport infrastructure 94 Water infrastructure 78 Human resources 70 Oil and gas 57 Forestry /wood production 43 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 42 Fire (widlfires) 41 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 35 Commercial hunting 31 Drought 31 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 29 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 27 Surface water pollution 25 Housing 24 Subsistence hunting 24 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Governance 21 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Water (extraction) 19 Major linear utilities 18 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Translocated species 17 Crop production 16 Management activities 16 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 11 Legal framework 11 Solid waste 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Input of excess energy 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Ground water pollution 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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