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 Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 376 Management systems/ management plan 241 Mining 202 Civil unrest 170 Land conversion 161 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 146 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 142 War 103 Financial resources 101 Ground transport infrastructure 91 Water infrastructure 73 Human resources 67 Oil and gas 53 Forestry /wood production 40 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 40 Fire (widlfires) 40 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 31 Commercial hunting 30 Drought 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 28 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 25 Housing 23 Subsistence hunting 22 Surface water pollution 21 Invasive / alien freshwater species 20 Governance 20 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 19 Water (extraction) 18 Major linear utilities 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Crop production 16 Translocated species 16 Management activities 15 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 10 Legal framework 10 Solid waste 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Input of excess energy 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Terrorism 2 Volcanic eruption 2
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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.