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 Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 393 Management systems/ management plan 253 Mining 211 Civil unrest 175 Land conversion 167 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 151 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 148 War 106 Financial resources 106 Ground transport infrastructure 98 Water infrastructure 77 Human resources 70 Oil and gas 57 Forestry /wood production 43 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 42 Fire (widlfires) 41 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 34 Commercial hunting 31 Drought 30 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 29 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 27 Housing 24 Surface water pollution 24 Subsistence hunting 24 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Governance 21 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Water (extraction) 19 Major linear utilities 18 Crop production 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Translocated species 16 Management activities 16 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 11 Legal framework 11 Solid waste 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Input of excess energy 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Volcanic eruption 2
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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.