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State of Conservation

713
Reports
70
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2000close
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 451 Illegal activities 384 Mining 205 Land conversion 201 Civil unrest 173 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 156 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 149 Housing 143 Financial resources 135 War 124 Human resources 122 Ground transport infrastructure 113 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 86 Management activities 79 Water infrastructure 77 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 66 Solid waste 66 Legal framework 65 Oil and gas 62 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 50 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 49 Water (rain/water table) 48 Fire (widlfires) 48 Forestry /wood production 42 Surface water pollution 38 Governance 37 Interpretative and visitation facilities 34 Crop production 33 Drought 32 Deliberate destruction of heritage 30 Commercial hunting 29 Subsistence hunting 25 Invasive / alien freshwater species 24 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 23 Major linear utilities 21 Water (extraction) 20 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Translocated species 17 Industrial areas 16 Air transport infrastructure 11 Air pollution 11 Commercial development 10 Ground water pollution 10 Flooding 10 Relative humidity 9 Society's valuing of heritage 8 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Terrorism 3 Storms 3 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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