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 267 Illegal activities 199 Mining 118 Land conversion 113 Housing 91 Civil unrest 87 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 86 War 69 Ground transport infrastructure 68 Financial resources 62 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 61 Management activities 55 Water infrastructure 50 Human resources 50 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 48 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 48 Oil and gas 47 Solid waste 35 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 33 Legal framework 32 Governance 31 Water (rain/water table) 30 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 30 Fire (widlfires) 29 Forestry /wood production 26 Interpretative and visitation facilities 25 Surface water pollution 24 Deliberate destruction of heritage 23 Drought 22 Major linear utilities 18 Other climate change impacts 16 Commercial hunting 14 Crop production 14 Subsistence hunting 13 Industrial areas 12 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Water (extraction) 11 Invasive / alien freshwater species 11 Air transport infrastructure 10 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 10 Translocated species 10 Commercial development 8 Ground water pollution 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Air pollution 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Relative humidity 4 Earthquake 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Wind 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Terrorism 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Flooding 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.
