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 Gabon Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 168 Management systems/ management plan 120 Mining 106 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 79 Land conversion 77 Civil unrest 71 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 52 Water infrastructure 48 Oil and gas 45 Ground transport infrastructure 42 War 39 Financial resources 31 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 26 Forestry /wood production 25 Human resources 25 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 24 Fire (widlfires) 23 Drought 21 Governance 21 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 17 Major linear utilities 15 Surface water pollution 15 Housing 14 Commercial hunting 14 Subsistence hunting 13 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Management activities 12 Water (extraction) 11 Other climate change impacts 10 Translocated species 10 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Solid waste 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Air pollution 6 Crop production 4 Legal framework 4 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Ground water pollution 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 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.