State of Conservation
874
Reports
78
Properties concerned
31
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
1982close
Region:
Africaclose
| States Parties: |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 1996 |
| Document Source: | WHC-96/CONF.201/7A,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 1995 |
| Document Source: | WHC-95/CONF.201/4,WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1 |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 1994 |
| Document Source: | WHC-94/CONF.003/6 |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 1993 |
| Document Source: | WHC-93/CONF.002/5 |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining |
| States Parties: |
 South Africa
|
| Year: | 2013 |
| Document Source: | WHC-13/37.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2011 |
| Document Source: | WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2009 |
| Document Source: | WHC-09/33.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2008 |
| Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
 Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Terrorism |
| States Parties: |
Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Terrorism |
| States Parties: |
Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Terrorism |
| States Parties: |
Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: | 2005 |
| Document Source: | WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
| 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 |
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 Seychelles South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 524 Illegal activities 464 Mining 233 Land conversion 215 Civil unrest 193 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 180 Financial resources 176 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 161 Housing 153 Ground transport infrastructure 141 War 137 Human resources 128 Water infrastructure 88 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 88 Management activities 84 Solid waste 73 Legal framework 69 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 68 Water (rain/water table) 65 Oil and gas 64 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 56 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 50 Fire (widlfires) 48 Forestry /wood production 46 Crop production 41 Surface water pollution 38 Governance 37 Interpretative and visitation facilities 36 Drought 32 Commercial hunting 31 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 31 Deliberate destruction of heritage 30 Subsistence hunting 25 Invasive / alien freshwater species 24 Major linear utilities 21 Water (extraction) 20 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Translocated species 17 Industrial areas 16 Air transport infrastructure 12 Air pollution 11 Commercial development 10 Ground water pollution 10 Wind 10 Flooding 10 Storms 10 Relative humidity 9 Society's valuing of heritage 8 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Terrorism 3 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 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.
