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 Côte d'Ivoire Eritrea Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of TanzaniaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 121 Housing 73 Water (rain/water table) 29 Solid waste 27 Land conversion 27 Management activities 27 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 25 Financial resources 25 War 23 Ground transport infrastructure 20 Deliberate destruction of heritage 20 Human resources 20 Legal framework 20 Interpretative and visitation facilities 17 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 16 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 16 Surface water pollution 13 Civil unrest 13 Illegal activities 12 Commercial development 10 Industrial areas 10 Marine transport infrastructure 10 Ground water pollution 9 Mining 9 Fire (widlfires) 7 Air transport infrastructure 5 Other climate change impacts 5 Governance 5 Wind 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Crop production 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3 Water infrastructure 2 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Storms 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.