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State of Conservation

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Reports
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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 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 Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 421 Illegal activities 399 Mining 194 Land conversion 178 Civil unrest 165 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 161 Financial resources 147 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 132 Housing 122 War 120 Ground transport infrastructure 113 Human resources 108 Water infrastructure 71 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 69 Management activities 68 Solid waste 60 Water (rain/water table) 53 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 49 Legal framework 49 Oil and gas 47 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 44 Fire (widlfires) 38 Crop production 36 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 36 Forestry /wood production 33 Commercial hunting 26 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 26 Surface water pollution 25 Deliberate destruction of heritage 24 Drought 24 Governance 22 Interpretative and visitation facilities 21 Subsistence hunting 19 Invasive / alien freshwater species 17 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Water (extraction) 15 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 15 Industrial areas 14 Major linear utilities 14 Translocated species 14 Flooding 10 Storms 10 Air pollution 8 Other climate change impacts 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Relative humidity 7 Wind 7 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Ground water pollution 4 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Earthquake 4 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Commercial development 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 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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