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 Gabon 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 222 Illegal activities 156 Mining 93 Land conversion 92 Housing 72 Civil unrest 70 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 69 Ground transport infrastructure 61 Financial resources 52 War 50 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 49 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 47 Water infrastructure 41 Human resources 40 Management activities 40 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 39 Oil and gas 38 Governance 31 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 30 Legal framework 29 Solid waste 28 Forestry /wood production 26 Interpretative and visitation facilities 25 Water (rain/water table) 25 Fire (widlfires) 24 Surface water pollution 23 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 21 Drought 17 Deliberate destruction of heritage 16 Major linear utilities 15 Other climate change impacts 14 Crop production 13 Commercial hunting 12 Subsistence hunting 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 11 Commercial development 10 Air transport infrastructure 10 Ground water pollution 9 Water (extraction) 9 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Translocated species 8 Industrial areas 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air pollution 5 Wind 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3 Renewable energy facilities 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Low impact research / monitoring 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.
