State of Conservation

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 175 Illegal activities 119 Mining 71 Land conversion 70 Housing 54 Civil unrest 53 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 52 Ground transport infrastructure 48 Financial resources 43 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 38 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 36 War 36 Water infrastructure 32 Human resources 32 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 31 Management activities 31 Oil and gas 29 Governance 27 Legal framework 26 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Interpretative and visitation facilities 22 Solid waste 22 Forestry /wood production 22 Water (rain/water table) 21 Surface water pollution 20 Fire (widlfires) 19 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 15 Drought 14 Other climate change impacts 13 Major linear utilities 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Commercial hunting 11 Crop production 11 Commercial development 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Subsistence hunting 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Ground water pollution 8 Water (extraction) 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Translocated species 6 Industrial areas 5 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 5 Wind 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3