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
Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Madagascar Niger Senegal United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 14 Mining 9 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Civil unrest 7 Management systems/ management plan 7 Land conversion 6 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Water infrastructure 4 War 4 Ground transport infrastructure 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Surface water pollution 2 Commercial hunting 2 Water (extraction) 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Drought 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Financial resources 2 Human resources 2 Housing 1 Major linear utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Oil and gas 1 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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.