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 Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Niger Senegal United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 15 Mining 9 Management systems/ management plan 9 Civil unrest 8 Land conversion 7 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Ground transport infrastructure 4 War 4 Water infrastructure 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Oil and gas 3 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 Housing 2 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Drought 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Financial resources 2 Governance 2 Human resources 2 Major linear utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Solid waste 1 Surface water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Translocated species 1 Management 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.