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 Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 217 Management systems/ management plan 130 Mining 94 Civil unrest 92 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 90 Land conversion 77 Financial resources 74 War 59 Ground transport infrastructure 56 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 55 Human resources 40 Water infrastructure 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 21 Crop production 17 Forestry /wood production 17 Commercial hunting 15 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 14 Fire (widlfires) 14 Water (rain/water table) 10 Housing 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9 Subsistence hunting 9 Surface water pollution 8 Oil and gas 8 Invasive / alien freshwater species 8 Legal framework 7 Water (extraction) 6 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Drought 5 Translocated species 5 Air pollution 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Input of excess energy 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Management activities 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Other climate change impacts 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.