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State of Conservation Search

State of Conservation

413
Reports
65
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2012close
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 284 Illegal activities 214 Mining 126 Land conversion 121 Housing 96 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 94 Civil unrest 94 Ground transport infrastructure 76 War 74 Financial resources 68 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 66 Management activities 57 Water infrastructure 55 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 54 Human resources 54 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 53 Oil and gas 51 Solid waste 38 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 38 Legal framework 36 Governance 33 Water (rain/water table) 32 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 31 Fire (widlfires) 31 Surface water pollution 29 Forestry /wood production 29 Interpretative and visitation facilities 28 Deliberate destruction of heritage 25 Drought 24 Major linear utilities 19 Other climate change impacts 16 Commercial hunting 15 Crop production 15 Subsistence hunting 15 Industrial areas 12 Water (extraction) 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Air transport infrastructure 11 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Translocated species 11 Commercial development 10 Ground water pollution 10 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Air pollution 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Relative humidity 4 Wind 4 Earthquake 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Flooding 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.