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State of Conservation

642
Reports
72
Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
Date end:2016close
Region: Africaclose
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Mining Water infrastructure
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B,WHC.03/27.COM/7B.Corr
Threats*: Mining Water infrastructure
Properties
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Threats
Management systems/ management plan 349 Illegal activities 345 Mining 162 Land conversion 145 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 144 Civil unrest 140 Financial resources 133 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 109 War 101 Housing 99 Human resources 96 Ground transport infrastructure 93 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 57 Water infrastructure 56 Management activities 53 Solid waste 51 Water (rain/water table) 44 Legal framework 43 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 41 Oil and gas 35 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 30 Crop production 30 Fire (widlfires) 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 25 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Forestry /wood production 24 Commercial hunting 20 Surface water pollution 18 Deliberate destruction of heritage 18 Drought 18 Subsistence hunting 16 Invasive / alien freshwater species 15 Interpretative and visitation facilities 14 Marine transport infrastructure 12 Water (extraction) 12 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 12 Industrial areas 11 Translocated species 11 Flooding 10 Storms 10 Governance 10 Major linear utilities 9 Air pollution 6 Relative humidity 6 Wind 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Desertification 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Air transport infrastructure 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Earthquake 3 Ground water pollution 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Low impact research / monitoring 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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