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 Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa United Republic of TanzaniaThreats
Illegal activities 17 Management systems/ management plan 9 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Mining 8 Civil unrest 8 Land conversion 7 Water infrastructure 4 Oil and gas 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 War 4 Ground transport infrastructure 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Financial resources 2 Human resources 2 Management activities 2 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Drought 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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.