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 Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 231 Management systems/ management plan 148 Mining 142 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 109 Land conversion 104 Civil unrest 101 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 71 Water infrastructure 60 War 58 Ground transport infrastructure 55 Oil and gas 49 Financial resources 44 Human resources 35 Fire (widlfires) 32 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 30 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 29 Drought 27 Forestry /wood production 26 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 20 Governance 20 Surface water pollution 19 Commercial hunting 19 Major linear utilities 17 Housing 16 Water (extraction) 16 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 16 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 15 Management activities 15 Subsistence hunting 14 Translocated species 14 Invasive / alien freshwater species 13 Other climate change impacts 12 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 9 Air pollution 8 Solid waste 6 Crop production 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Legal framework 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Terrorism 2 Input of excess energy 1 Water (rain/water table) 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.