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State of Conservation Search

State of Conservation

356
Reports
63
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2013close
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 252 Illegal activities 181 Mining 107 Land conversion 104 Housing 83 Civil unrest 80 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 77 Ground transport infrastructure 65 War 62 Financial resources 57 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 56 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 48 Management activities 48 Water infrastructure 45 Human resources 45 Oil and gas 43 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 42 Solid waste 33 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 30 Governance 30 Legal framework 29 Water (rain/water table) 28 Fire (widlfires) 28 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 27 Interpretative and visitation facilities 25 Forestry /wood production 25 Surface water pollution 23 Deliberate destruction of heritage 22 Drought 19 Major linear utilities 17 Other climate change impacts 15 Commercial hunting 13 Crop production 13 Subsistence hunting 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 11 Industrial areas 10 Air transport infrastructure 10 Marine transport infrastructure 10 Water (extraction) 10 Commercial development 9 Ground water pollution 9 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 9 Translocated species 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air pollution 5 Wind 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 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.