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 Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 339 Management systems/ management plan 222 Mining 191 Civil unrest 157 Land conversion 155 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 145 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 122 War 93 Financial resources 85 Ground transport infrastructure 79 Water infrastructure 74 Human resources 68 Oil and gas 56 Fire (widlfires) 41 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 40 Forestry /wood production 39 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 35 Drought 31 Commercial hunting 29 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 25 Surface water pollution 25 Subsistence hunting 24 Housing 23 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 21 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Governance 21 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Water (extraction) 19 Major linear utilities 18 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Translocated species 17 Crop production 16 Management activities 16 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 11 Legal framework 11 Solid waste 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Input of excess energy 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Ground water pollution 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.