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 Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mozambique Niger Senegal Seychelles Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 106 Management systems/ management plan 93 Financial resources 51 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 43 Ground transport infrastructure 39 Mining 38 Civil unrest 28 Land conversion 25 Water (rain/water table) 18 War 17 Housing 14 Water infrastructure 12 Human resources 11 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 10 Crop production 9 Solid waste 8 Storms 8 Forestry /wood production 6 Wind 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Management activities 6 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Commercial hunting 4 Desertification 4 Legal framework 4 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Oil and gas 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Pests 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial 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.