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State of Conservation

606
Reports
70
Properties concerned
28
States Parties with SOC reports
Date end:2015close
Region: Africaclose
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2011
Document Source: WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Mining Water infrastructure
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
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Threats
Illegal activities 325 Management systems/ management plan 323 Mining 150 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 138 Land conversion 134 Civil unrest 131 Financial resources 127 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 101 War 94 Human resources 92 Housing 91 Ground transport infrastructure 88 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 54 Water infrastructure 51 Solid waste 48 Management activities 48 Water (rain/water table) 42 Legal framework 42 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 38 Crop production 30 Oil and gas 30 Fire (widlfires) 27 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 26 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 24 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 23 Forestry /wood production 22 Commercial hunting 19 Surface water pollution 17 Deliberate destruction of heritage 16 Drought 16 Subsistence hunting 15 Interpretative and visitation facilities 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 13 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Water (extraction) 11 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 11 Flooding 10 Storms 10 Translocated species 10 Industrial areas 9 Major linear utilities 8 Governance 8 Air pollution 6 Relative humidity 6 Wind 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Earthquake 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Ground water pollution 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Changes to oceanic waters 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.