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State of Conservation Search

State of Conservation

642
Reports
68
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2003close
Region: Africaclose
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Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

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 411 Illegal activities 335 Mining 183 Land conversion 179 Civil unrest 157 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 141 Housing 133 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 127 Financial resources 118 War 114 Human resources 112 Ground transport infrastructure 92 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 78 Management activities 76 Water infrastructure 70 Solid waste 64 Legal framework 60 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 59 Oil and gas 58 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 49 Water (rain/water table) 46 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 44 Fire (widlfires) 43 Forestry /wood production 37 Governance 35 Surface water pollution 33 Interpretative and visitation facilities 32 Crop production 31 Drought 30 Deliberate destruction of heritage 29 Commercial hunting 25 Subsistence hunting 22 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Major linear utilities 20 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 19 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 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 4 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Terrorism 2 Storms 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Volcanic eruption 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.