State of Conservation
741
Reports
70
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
1997close
Region:
Africaclose
| States Parties: |
 Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: | 2003 |
| Document Source: | WHC.03/27.COM/7B,WHC.03/27.COM/7B.Corr |
| Threats*: | Mining Water infrastructure |
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 461 Illegal activities 396 Mining 206 Land conversion 201 Civil unrest 175 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 158 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 151 Housing 145 Financial resources 143 War 126 Human resources 120 Ground transport infrastructure 114 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 82 Management activities 81 Water infrastructure 72 Solid waste 71 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 63 Legal framework 63 Oil and gas 58 Water (rain/water table) 51 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 51 Fire (widlfires) 46 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 44 Forestry /wood production 42 Governance 35 Interpretative and visitation facilities 33 Surface water pollution 33 Crop production 32 Commercial hunting 30 Drought 30 Deliberate destruction of heritage 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 25 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 Wind 6 Storms 6 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Changes to oceanic waters 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 Desertification 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.
