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State of Conservation Search

State of Conservation

529
Reports
67
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2008close
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 341 Illegal activities 280 Mining 164 Land conversion 151 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 122 Civil unrest 122 Housing 121 War 92 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 90 Financial resources 90 Ground transport infrastructure 89 Human resources 78 Management activities 73 Water infrastructure 68 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 64 Oil and gas 59 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 58 Solid waste 51 Legal framework 46 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 42 Water (rain/water table) 40 Fire (widlfires) 40 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 39 Surface water pollution 36 Governance 36 Forestry /wood production 32 Interpretative and visitation facilities 29 Deliberate destruction of heritage 29 Drought 29 Major linear utilities 21 Commercial hunting 20 Crop production 19 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 Ground water pollution 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Commercial development 9 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.