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 173 Illegal activities 117 Mining 70 Land conversion 69 Housing 53 Civil unrest 53 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 50 Ground transport infrastructure 46 Financial resources 42 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 36 War 36 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 35 Water infrastructure 31 Human resources 31 Management activities 30 Oil and gas 29 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 29 Governance 26 Legal framework 25 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 23 Solid waste 22 Forestry /wood production 22 Interpretative and visitation facilities 21 Water (rain/water table) 21 Surface water pollution 19 Fire (widlfires) 19 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 15 Drought 13 Other climate change impacts 13 Major linear utilities 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Commercial hunting 11 Crop production 10 Commercial development 9 Air transport infrastructure 9 Subsistence hunting 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Water (extraction) 8 Ground water pollution 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Industrial areas 5 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 5 Translocated species 5 Wind 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3
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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.