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 Madagascar Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 19 Management systems/ management plan 18 Mining 11 Land conversion 10 Housing 9 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 Civil unrest 8 War 8 Management activities 7 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 6 Financial resources 6 Water infrastructure 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Human resources 5 Ground transport infrastructure 4 Solid waste 4 Oil and gas 4 Legal framework 4 Water (rain/water table) 3 Drought 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 Industrial areas 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Crop production 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Flooding 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Earthquake 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Translocated species 1 Governance 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.