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State of Conservation

709
Reports
73
Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

States Parties
Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 396 Illegal activities 382 Mining 183 Land conversion 166 Civil unrest 157 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 156 Financial resources 143 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 124 Housing 114 War 114 Ground transport infrastructure 105 Human resources 105 Water infrastructure 66 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 65 Management activities 62 Solid waste 57 Water (rain/water table) 48 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 47 Legal framework 45 Oil and gas 43 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 39 Crop production 35 Fire (widlfires) 35 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 32 Forestry /wood production 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 26 Commercial hunting 24 Surface water pollution 22 Deliberate destruction of heritage 22 Drought 22 Interpretative and visitation facilities 18 Subsistence hunting 18 Governance 18 Invasive / alien freshwater species 17 Industrial areas 14 Marine transport infrastructure 14 Water (extraction) 14 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 14 Major linear utilities 13 Translocated species 13 Flooding 10 Storms 10 Air pollution 7 Other climate change impacts 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Relative humidity 6 Wind 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Renewable energy facilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Input of excess energy 3 Earthquake 3 Volcanic eruption 2 Commercial development 1 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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