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 Seychelles South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 464 Illegal activities 425 Mining 210 Land conversion 193 Civil unrest 175 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 168 Financial resources 159 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 143 Housing 135 War 126 Ground transport infrastructure 123 Human resources 116 Water infrastructure 77 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 76 Management activities 75 Solid waste 65 Water (rain/water table) 58 Legal framework 57 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 53 Oil and gas 53 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 52 Fire (widlfires) 43 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 41 Crop production 38 Forestry /wood production 38 Surface water pollution 29 Governance 29 Commercial hunting 28 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 27 Drought 27 Deliberate destruction of heritage 26 Subsistence hunting 21 Invasive / alien freshwater species 20 Major linear utilities 17 Water (extraction) 17 Marine transport infrastructure 16 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 16 Industrial areas 15 Translocated species 15 Other climate change impacts 13 Flooding 10 Storms 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Air pollution 9 Relative humidity 8 Wind 8 Ground water pollution 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Commercial development 5 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Earthquake 5 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Terrorism 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 1
* :
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.
