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State of Conservation Search

State of Conservation

549
Reports
67
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2007close
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 349 Illegal activities 288 Mining 167 Land conversion 153 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 128 Civil unrest 127 Housing 124 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 98 War 97 Financial resources 95 Ground transport infrastructure 88 Human resources 86 Management activities 75 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 67 Water infrastructure 65 Oil and gas 57 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 55 Solid waste 54 Legal framework 48 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 42 Water (rain/water table) 41 Fire (widlfires) 41 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 40 Governance 36 Surface water pollution 33 Forestry /wood production 33 Deliberate destruction of heritage 29 Interpretative and visitation facilities 28 Drought 28 Crop production 23 Major linear utilities 20 Commercial hunting 20 Subsistence hunting 18 Invasive / alien freshwater species 18 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Water (extraction) 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Industrial areas 16 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 16 Translocated species 15 Air transport infrastructure 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Commercial development 9 Air pollution 9 Ground water pollution 9 Relative humidity 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Flooding 6 Earthquake 6 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Input of excess energy 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Storms 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.