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 Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 250 Management systems/ management plan 240 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 114 Financial resources 108 Mining 107 Civil unrest 99 Land conversion 94 Human resources 74 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 67 Ground transport infrastructure 65 War 63 Housing 57 Solid waste 35 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 35 Water infrastructure 33 Water (rain/water table) 33 Legal framework 33 Management activities 27 Crop production 26 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 23 Forestry /wood production 17 Fire (widlfires) 17 Commercial hunting 16 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 14 Oil and gas 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 Subsistence hunting 10 Surface water pollution 9 Flooding 9 Storms 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Water (extraction) 8 Drought 8 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 7 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Wind 6 Translocated species 6 Relative humidity 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Industrial areas 4 Air pollution 4 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Governance 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Input of excess energy 3 Major linear utilities 2 Earthquake 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Pests 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Other climate change impacts 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.