State of Conservation

States Parties

Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

Threats

Illegal activities 404 Management systems/ management plan 256 Mining 211 Civil unrest 172 Land conversion 161 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 147 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 142 Financial resources 107 War 103 Ground transport infrastructure 101 Water infrastructure 80 Human resources 67 Oil and gas 54 Forestry /wood production 40 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 40 Fire (widlfires) 40 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 31 Commercial hunting 30 Drought 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 28 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 25 Housing 23 Crop production 22 Subsistence hunting 22 Surface water pollution 21 Invasive / alien freshwater species 20 Governance 20 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 19 Water (extraction) 18 Major linear utilities 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Translocated species 16 Management activities 15 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 10 Water (rain/water table) 10 Legal framework 10 Air transport infrastructure 6 Solid waste 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Input of excess energy 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Terrorism 2 Volcanic eruption 2