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 Côte d'Ivoire Eritrea Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of TanzaniaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 129 Housing 78 Management activities 32 Solid waste 31 Water (rain/water table) 31 Land conversion 29 Financial resources 27 War 26 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Legal framework 23 Deliberate destruction of heritage 21 Human resources 21 Ground transport infrastructure 19 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 18 Interpretative and visitation facilities 17 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 16 Illegal activities 14 Civil unrest 13 Industrial areas 12 Surface water pollution 12 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Mining 10 Commercial development 9 Ground water pollution 9 Fire (widlfires) 6 Governance 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Other climate change impacts 5 Relative humidity 4 Wind 4 Earthquake 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Water infrastructure 3 Crop production 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Oil and gas 1 Flooding 1 Storms 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 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.