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
Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Civil unrest 8 Mining 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 7 War 7 Management systems/ management plan 6 Financial resources 5 Land conversion 4 Human resources 4 Ground transport infrastructure 3 Crop production 3 Water infrastructure 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Housing 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 1 Translocated species 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.