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 304 Management systems/ management plan 198 Mining 177 Civil unrest 147 Land conversion 141 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 140 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 107 War 87 Financial resources 73 Water infrastructure 72 Ground transport infrastructure 68 Human resources 62 Oil and gas 56 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 38 Fire (widlfires) 38 Forestry /wood production 37 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 35 Drought 31 Commercial hunting 26 Surface water pollution 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Subsistence hunting 23 Governance 21 Housing 20 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Water (extraction) 19 Invasive / alien freshwater species 19 Major linear utilities 18 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 18 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Translocated species 17 Crop production 16 Management activities 16 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 11 Legal framework 9 Solid waste 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 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 Ground water pollution 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Volcanic eruption 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.