State of Conservation
32
Reports
32
Properties concerned
21
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2017close
Date end:2017close
Region:
Africaclose
States Parties: | Niger |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Côte d'Ivoire |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Cameroon |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Gabon |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | South Africa |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground water pollution Mining Surface water pollution Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Acid mine drainage; Climate change and severe weather events |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Côte d'Ivoire |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Financial resources Housing Human resources Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
States Parties: | Senegal |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add2,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Extremely poor state of conservation of numerous derelict buildings endangering occupants |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Commercial hunting Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War |
Other Threats: | Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Kenya |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Governance Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Kenya |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Solid waste |
Other Threats: | Deterioration of dwellings |
States Parties: | Ethiopia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Crop production Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Industrial areas Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Lesotho South Africa |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Central African Republic |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Zambia Zimbabwe |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Drought Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Surface water pollution Water (extraction) |
States Parties: | Côte d'Ivoire Guinea |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | United Republic of Tanzania |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Crop production Governance Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Challenging situation of community livelihoods; Condition and conservation of the Laetoli hominid footprints |
States Parties: | Senegal |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Translocated species Water infrastructure |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Mali |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste |
Other Threats: | Deterioration of dwellings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties
Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 21 Illegal activities 17 Land conversion 11 Mining 10 Civil unrest 9 Housing 8 Ground transport infrastructure 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 War 6 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 5 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 5 Management activities 5 Water infrastructure 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Governance 4 Human resources 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Solid waste 3 Surface water pollution 3 Crop production 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Oil and gas 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Financial resources 3 Major linear utilities 2 Commercial hunting 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Drought 2 Industrial areas 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Translocated species 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.