State of Conservation
131
Reports
56
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2021close
Region:
Africaclose
| States Parties: |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Commercial hunting Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War |
| Other Threats: | Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Commercial hunting Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War |
| Other Threats: | Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Kenya
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Kenya
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Benin Togo
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Forestry /wood production Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Emergence of new forms of construction; Destruction of several Sikien during the 2018 rainy season |
| States Parties: |
Benin Togo
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Forestry /wood production Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Emergence of new forms of construction; Destruction of several Sikien during the 2018 rainy season |
| States Parties: |
 Malawi
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
Malawi
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
Kenya
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Conflict between local communities and park management |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Kenya
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Kenya
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Kenya
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Non-renewable energy facilities Solid waste |
| Other Threats: | Deterioration of dwellings |
| States Parties: |
Kenya
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Non-renewable energy facilities Solid waste |
| Other Threats: | Deterioration of dwellings |
| States Parties: |
 Ethiopia
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Industrial areas Land conversion Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Ethiopia
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Industrial areas Land conversion Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Lesotho South Africa
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas |
| Other Threats: | Buffer zones not yet formalized |
| States Parties: |
Lesotho South Africa
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas |
| Other Threats: | Buffer zones not yet formalized |
| States Parties: |
 Zimbabwe
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| States Parties: |
Zimbabwe
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| States Parties: |
 Central African Republic
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas |
| Danger List: | Yes |
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 103 Illegal activities 65 Mining 39 Land conversion 37 Housing 31 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 29 Financial resources 29 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Civil unrest 28 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 24 Human resources 20 Legal framework 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 19 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 19 Water infrastructure 17 Oil and gas 17 War 17 Management activities 16 Interpretative and visitation facilities 15 Governance 15 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 14 Solid waste 13 Surface water pollution 13 Forestry /wood production 13 Water (rain/water table) 12 Fire (widlfires) 10 Other climate change impacts 9 Commercial development 8 Drought 8 Major linear utilities 7 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 7 Ground water pollution 6 Subsistence hunting 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Commercial hunting 5 Crop production 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Water (extraction) 5 Air pollution 3 Wind 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Translocated species 3 Industrial areas 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Relative humidity 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Earthquake 2
* :
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.
