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State of Conservation Search

State of Conservation

531
Reports
67
Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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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 343 Illegal activities 281 Mining 164 Land conversion 152 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 123 Housing 122 Civil unrest 122 War 92 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 91 Financial resources 91 Ground transport infrastructure 90 Human resources 79 Management activities 74 Water infrastructure 68 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 66 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 60 Oil and gas 59 Solid waste 51 Legal framework 47 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 43 Water (rain/water table) 40 Fire (widlfires) 40 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 39 Governance 37 Surface water pollution 36 Forestry /wood production 32 Interpretative and visitation facilities 30 Deliberate destruction of heritage 29 Drought 29 Major linear utilities 21 Commercial hunting 20 Crop production 20 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Subsistence hunting 17 Water (extraction) 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Industrial areas 16 Invasive / alien freshwater species 16 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 15 Translocated species 15 Air transport infrastructure 11 Commercial development 10 Ground water pollution 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Air pollution 9 Relative humidity 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Earthquake 6 Flooding 5 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 1 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.