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 South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 52 Illegal activities 31 Mining 19 Land conversion 17 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Civil unrest 15 Housing 14 Financial resources 14 Ground transport infrastructure 13 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 10 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 10 Human resources 10 Legal framework 10 Oil and gas 9 War 9 Management activities 8 Interpretative and visitation facilities 7 Solid waste 7 Forestry /wood production 7 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 7 Governance 7 Water infrastructure 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Surface water pollution 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Commercial development 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Major linear utilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Drought 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Crop production 2 Water (extraction) 2 Wind 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Terrorism 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Industrial areas 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Earthquake 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.