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State of Conservation

163
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30
Properties concerned
22
States Parties with SOC reports
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Property Category:Naturalclose
Date Start: 2015close
Region: Africaclose
Serengeti National Park (2021)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Serengeti National Park (2018)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
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 (2023)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Financial resources Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; Human wildlife conflicts
Simien National Park (2021)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Financial resources Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; Human wildlife conflicts;
Simien National Park (2018)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Financial resources Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; Human wildlife conflicts;
Simien National Park (2017)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add2
Threats*: Crop production Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 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
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
Simien National Park (2015)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
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
Taï National Park (2021)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining
Taï National Park (2019)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining
Taï National Park (2017)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining
Virunga National Park (2024)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2023)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2021)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2019)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2018)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2017)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
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
Virunga National Park (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
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Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Illegal activities 133 Management systems/ management plan 100 Mining 86 Land conversion 63 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 63 Civil unrest 55 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 43 Water infrastructure 39 Oil and gas 36 Ground transport infrastructure 34 War 31 Financial resources 26 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 24 Forestry /wood production 23 Governance 21 Human resources 21 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 19 Fire (widlfires) 18 Drought 17 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 15 Major linear utilities 13 Surface water pollution 12 Commercial hunting 12 Housing 11 Subsistence hunting 11 Invasive / alien freshwater species 11 Water (extraction) 9 Other climate change impacts 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Translocated species 8 Management activities 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Solid waste 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Crop production 4 Legal framework 4 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Ground water pollution 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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