State of Conservation
41
Reports
26
Properties concerned
21
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date Start:
2023close
Region:
Africaclose
States Parties: | Niger |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Financial resources Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Niger |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Cameroon |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Risk of loss of ecological connectivity |
States Parties: | Senegal |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Invasive / alien freshwater species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting Surface water pollution |
Other Threats: | Soils salinity |
States Parties: | Senegal |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Invasive / alien freshwater species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting |
Other Threats: | Soils salinity |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
Other Threats: | Probable extinction of the northern white rhinoceros subspecies within the property |
Danger List: | Yes |
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 Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | South Africa |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining |
Other Threats: | Conflicting land use |
States Parties: | Gabon |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2 |
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: |
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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | Central African Republic |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.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: | Zambia Zimbabwe |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Air pollution Drought Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Zambia Zimbabwe |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Air pollution Drought Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure |
States Parties
Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 32 Management systems/ management plan 27 Mining 22 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 16 Land conversion 15 Civil unrest 12 Water infrastructure 11 Ground transport infrastructure 10 Oil and gas 10 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 10 Financial resources 8 Forestry /wood production 7 War 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Human resources 7 Surface water pollution 6 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 5 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 5 Drought 5 Governance 5 Major linear utilities 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Housing 3 Commercial hunting 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Water (extraction) 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Air pollution 2 Solid waste 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Terrorism 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Translocated species 2 Legal framework 2 Management activities 2 Ground water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 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.