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State of Conservation

709
Reports
70
Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 1999close
Region: Africaclose
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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 South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 446 Illegal activities 381 Mining 200 Land conversion 197 Civil unrest 171 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 149 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 149 Housing 141 Financial resources 135 War 122 Human resources 120 Ground transport infrastructure 110 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 82 Management activities 78 Water infrastructure 72 Solid waste 66 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 62 Legal framework 62 Oil and gas 58 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 49 Water (rain/water table) 47 Fire (widlfires) 46 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 44 Forestry /wood production 40 Governance 35 Surface water pollution 33 Interpretative and visitation facilities 32 Crop production 32 Drought 30 Commercial hunting 29 Deliberate destruction of heritage 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 23 Subsistence hunting 23 Invasive / alien freshwater species 23 Major linear utilities 20 Water (extraction) 19 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Industrial areas 16 Translocated species 16 Air transport infrastructure 10 Air pollution 10 Flooding 10 Commercial development 9 Ground water pollution 9 Relative humidity 9 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Storms 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Terrorism 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 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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