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 158 Illegal activities 104 Mining 63 Land conversion 62 Housing 49 Civil unrest 46 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 44 Ground transport infrastructure 40 Financial resources 37 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 32 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 31 War 31 Management activities 29 Human resources 28 Water infrastructure 27 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 26 Oil and gas 25 Governance 25 Legal framework 22 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 20 Interpretative and visitation facilities 19 Solid waste 19 Forestry /wood production 19 Water (rain/water table) 19 Fire (widlfires) 17 Surface water pollution 15 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 14 Other climate change impacts 13 Drought 12 Major linear utilities 11 Commercial hunting 10 Crop production 10 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Commercial development 8 Air transport infrastructure 8 Invasive / alien freshwater species 8 Subsistence hunting 7 Water (extraction) 7 Ground water pollution 6 Industrial areas 5 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 5 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Translocated species 5 Air pollution 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 Earthquake 3 Terrorism 2 Changes to oceanic waters 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.