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 115 Management systems/ management plan 99 Financial resources 53 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 48 Ground transport infrastructure 42 Mining 42 Civil unrest 30 Land conversion 29 War 19 Water (rain/water table) 18 Housing 16 Water infrastructure 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Human resources 12 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 11 Crop production 9 Solid waste 8 Storms 8 Forestry /wood production 6 Wind 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Legal framework 6 Management activities 6 Commercial hunting 5 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 5 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Oil and gas 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Pests 1 Volcanic eruption 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.