State of Conservation
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 Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 266 Management systems/ management plan 154 Mining 121 Civil unrest 114 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 103 Land conversion 97 Financial resources 82 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 78 War 71 Ground transport infrastructure 67 Human resources 47 Water infrastructure 41 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 21 Fire (widlfires) 21 Forestry /wood production 19 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 19 Commercial hunting 18 Crop production 18 Oil and gas 17 Subsistence hunting 12 Surface water pollution 11 Drought 11 Housing 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 10 Water (rain/water table) 10 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 10 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Water (extraction) 8 Translocated species 8 Legal framework 7 Management activities 6 Air pollution 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Major linear utilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Other climate change impacts 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Air transport infrastructure 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.