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 337 Management systems/ management plan 220 Mining 186 Civil unrest 156 Land conversion 152 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 139 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 123 War 92 Financial resources 85 Ground transport infrastructure 77 Water infrastructure 69 Human resources 67 Oil and gas 52 Fire (widlfires) 40 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 39 Forestry /wood production 37 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 31 Commercial hunting 29 Drought 29 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 24 Housing 23 Subsistence hunting 22 Surface water pollution 21 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 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.