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 Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 359 Illegal activities 294 Mining 170 Land conversion 157 Civil unrest 131 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 129 Housing 127 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 104 War 99 Financial resources 99 Human resources 91 Ground transport infrastructure 87 Management activities 76 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 71 Water infrastructure 66 Solid waste 56 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 55 Oil and gas 55 Legal framework 50 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 44 Water (rain/water table) 42 Fire (widlfires) 42 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 41 Governance 35 Forestry /wood production 34 Surface water pollution 33 Drought 29 Crop production 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 27 Deliberate destruction of heritage 27 Commercial hunting 21 Major linear utilities 20 Water (extraction) 18 Invasive / alien freshwater species 18 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Subsistence hunting 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Industrial areas 16 Translocated species 16 Air transport infrastructure 10 Air pollution 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Relative humidity 9 Commercial development 8 Ground water pollution 8 Flooding 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Earthquake 6 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Wind 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Terrorism 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Storms 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 1
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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.
