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 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 137 Illegal activities 87 Mining 53 Land conversion 51 Housing 41 Civil unrest 37 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 36 Financial resources 34 Ground transport infrastructure 32 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 27 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 25 War 25 Human resources 24 Management activities 24 Water infrastructure 23 Oil and gas 22 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 21 Governance 21 Legal framework 21 Interpretative and visitation facilities 16 Solid waste 16 Forestry /wood production 16 Water (rain/water table) 16 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 16 Fire (widlfires) 14 Other climate change impacts 13 Surface water pollution 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Drought 10 Major linear utilities 9 Commercial development 8 Commercial hunting 8 Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 Invasive / alien freshwater species 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Crop production 7 Subsistence hunting 6 Water (extraction) 6 Ground water pollution 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Industrial areas 4 Marine transport infrastructure 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Translocated species 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Air pollution 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.