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State of Conservation

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Date end:2016close
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2016)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production 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
Banc d'Arguin National Park (2016)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (2016)
States Parties: Belize
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas
Danger List:  Yes
Białowieża Forest (2016)
States Parties: Belarus Poland
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Forestry /wood production Human resources Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (2016)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (2016)
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Comoé National Park (2016)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Dja Faunal Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (2016)
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors
East Rennell (2016)
States Parties: Solomon Islands
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Changes to oceanic waters Commercial hunting Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Forestry /wood production Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Storms
Danger List:  Yes
Everglades National Park (2016)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground water pollution Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife
Danger List:  Yes
Galápagos Islands (2016)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Garamba National Park (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (2016)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas
Golden Mountains of Altai (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities
Gough and Inaccessible Islands (2016)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Grand Canyon National Park (2016)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Mining
Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (2016)
States Parties: India
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Rights issues with respect to local communities and indigenous peoples in the Tirthan and Sainj Wildlife Sanctuaries
Gros Morne National Park (2016)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas
Iguaçu National Park (2016)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Iguazu National Park (2016)
States Parties: Argentina
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2016)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities
Other Threats: Serious concerns over the conservation status of two species, vaquita (porpoise species) and totoaba (marine fish)
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest 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
Keoladeo National Park (2016)
States Parties: India
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien terrestrial species Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Lake Baikal (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Lake Malawi National Park (2016)
States Parties: Malawi
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Surface water pollution
Lake Turkana National Parks (2016)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (2016)
States Parties: Zimbabwe
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2016)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Morne Trois Pitons National Park (2016)
States Parties: Dominica
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Renewable energy facilities
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
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
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2016)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add.2
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
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.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
Okavango Delta (2016)
States Parties: Botswana
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining
Other Threats: Animal sanitation and diseases
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (2016)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Pirin National Park (2016)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Pitons Management Area (2016)
States Parties: Saint Lucia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive/alien terrestrial species Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Renewable energy facilities
Plitvice Lakes National Park (2016)
States Parties: Croatia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2016)
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Governance Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Society's valuing of heritage Subsistence hunting
Danger List:  Yes
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2016)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts
Sagarmatha National Park (2016)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air pollution Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining Other climate change impacts
Salonga National Park (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Selous Game Reserve (2016)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching
Danger List:  Yes
Serengeti National Park (2016)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Simien National Park (2016)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species
Danger List:  Yes
Socotra Archipelago (2016)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Invasive / alien marine species Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (2016)
States Parties: Costa Rica Panama
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Water infrastructure
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2016)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Virgin Komi Forests (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining
Virunga National Park (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities
Other Threats: Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep
Western Caucasus (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
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Argentina Belarus Belize Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mexico Nepal Niger Panama Poland Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Solomon Islands Thailand Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Viet Nam Yemen Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 31 Illegal activities 30 Mining 18 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 16 Ground transport infrastructure 15 Water infrastructure 14 Land conversion 14 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 14 Oil and gas 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 9 Legal framework 9 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Civil unrest 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Governance 7 Financial resources 5 Human resources 5 Housing 4 Renewable energy facilities 4 Forestry /wood production 4 War 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Surface water pollution 3 Water (extraction) 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Major linear utilities 2 Commercial hunting 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Drought 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Storms 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Commercial development 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Solid waste 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Translocated species 1 Management activities 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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