State of Conservation
413
Reports
65
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2012close
Date end:2012index%3D141close
Region:
Africaclose
| States Parties: |
 Gabon
|
| Year: | 2013 |
| Document Source: | WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Chad
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Chad
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Chad
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Chad
|
| Year: | 2018 |
| Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Ghana
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Commercial development Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Ground water pollution Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table) Wind |
| Other Threats: | Salt-laden atmosphere |
| States Parties: |
Ghana
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Commercial development Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Ground water pollution Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table) Wind |
| Other Threats: | Salt-laden atmosphere |
| States Parties: |
Ghana
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Commercial development Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Ground water pollution Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table) Wind |
| Other Threats: | Salt-laden atmosphere |
| States Parties: |
Ghana
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) Wind |
| Other Threats: | Salt-laden atmosphere |
| States Parties: |
 South Africa
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground water pollution Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts Surface water pollution Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Acid mine drainage |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground water pollution Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts Surface water pollution Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Acid mine drainage |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B,WHC/19/43.COM/INF.7.Rev.4 |
| Threats*: | Ground water pollution Mining Other climate change impacts Surface water pollution Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Acid mine drainage |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground water pollution Mining Surface water pollution Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Acid mine drainage; Climate change and severe weather events |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2015 |
| Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground water pollution Mining Surface water pollution |
| Other Threats: | Acid mine drainage |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2013 |
| Document Source: | WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground water pollution Mining Surface water pollution |
| Other Threats: | Acid mine drainage |
| States Parties: |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
| Other Threats: | Probable extinction of the northern white rhinoceros subspecies within the property |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| 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 War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2018 |
| Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
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 South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 284 Illegal activities 214 Mining 126 Land conversion 121 Housing 96 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 94 Civil unrest 94 Ground transport infrastructure 76 War 74 Financial resources 68 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 66 Management activities 57 Water infrastructure 55 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 54 Human resources 54 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 53 Oil and gas 51 Solid waste 38 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 38 Legal framework 36 Governance 33 Water (rain/water table) 32 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 31 Fire (widlfires) 31 Surface water pollution 29 Forestry /wood production 29 Interpretative and visitation facilities 28 Deliberate destruction of heritage 25 Drought 24 Major linear utilities 19 Other climate change impacts 16 Commercial hunting 15 Crop production 15 Subsistence hunting 15 Industrial areas 12 Water (extraction) 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Air transport infrastructure 11 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Translocated species 11 Commercial development 10 Ground water pollution 10 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Air pollution 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Relative humidity 4 Wind 4 Earthquake 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Flooding 1 Storms 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.
