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 Guinea Kenya Mali Mozambique Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 19 Illegal activities 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 9 Civil unrest 8 Land conversion 7 Mining 7 Financial resources 7 Human resources 7 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 6 Crop production 5 War 5 Housing 4 Solid waste 4 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 4 Legal framework 4 Forestry /wood production 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Ground transport infrastructure 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Management activities 2 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Water infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Flooding 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Translocated 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.