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State of Conservation Search

State of Conservation

452
Reports
64
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2010close
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 299 Illegal activities 235 Mining 138 Land conversion 129 Housing 106 Civil unrest 102 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 100 War 78 Ground transport infrastructure 76 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 74 Financial resources 73 Management activities 63 Human resources 62 Water infrastructure 58 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 55 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 52 Oil and gas 52 Solid waste 43 Legal framework 39 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 36 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 35 Water (rain/water table) 34 Fire (widlfires) 34 Governance 33 Interpretative and visitation facilities 27 Surface water pollution 27 Forestry /wood production 26 Deliberate destruction of heritage 26 Drought 26 Major linear utilities 20 Commercial hunting 17 Crop production 17 Other climate change impacts 16 Industrial areas 15 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Subsistence hunting 14 Water (extraction) 14 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 13 Translocated species 12 Air transport infrastructure 10 Commercial development 9 Ground water pollution 9 Air pollution 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Relative humidity 5 Earthquake 5 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Flooding 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Terrorism 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.