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 Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon Guinea Kenya Madagascar Niger Senegal United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 13 Management systems/ management plan 9 Mining 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Land conversion 6 Ground transport infrastructure 5 Water infrastructure 5 Civil unrest 5 Surface water pollution 4 Oil and gas 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Financial resources 4 Forestry /wood production 3 War 3 Human resources 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 2 Drought 2 Housing 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Solid waste 1 Commercial hunting 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Water (extraction) 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Terrorism 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Translocated species 1 Governance 1 Legal framework 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.