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 Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Niger Senegal United Republic of TanzaniaThreats
Illegal activities 15 Mining 9 Management systems/ management plan 9 Land conversion 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Civil unrest 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 Ground transport infrastructure 4 Water infrastructure 4 Oil and gas 4 War 4 Housing 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Financial resources 2 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Solid waste 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Translocated species 1 Governance 1 Human resources 1 Management 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.