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State of Conservation Search

State of Conservation

431
Reports
65
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2011close
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 288 Illegal activities 225 Mining 132 Land conversion 123 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 98 Civil unrest 98 Housing 97 War 76 Ground transport infrastructure 75 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 71 Financial resources 70 Management activities 60 Human resources 58 Water infrastructure 54 Oil and gas 52 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 52 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 50 Solid waste 39 Legal framework 36 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 35 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 34 Fire (widlfires) 33 Governance 33 Water (rain/water table) 32 Forestry /wood production 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 26 Surface water pollution 26 Deliberate destruction of heritage 26 Drought 24 Major linear utilities 19 Crop production 16 Subsistence hunting 16 Other climate change impacts 16 Commercial hunting 15 Industrial areas 14 Invasive / alien freshwater species 14 Marine transport infrastructure 13 Water (extraction) 12 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 11 Translocated species 11 Air transport infrastructure 10 Commercial development 9 Ground water pollution 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air pollution 6 Relative humidity 4 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Earthquake 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Flooding 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.