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 Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 291 Management systems/ management plan 189 Mining 169 Civil unrest 142 Land conversion 135 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 133 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 103 War 84 Financial resources 69 Water infrastructure 67 Ground transport infrastructure 63 Human resources 59 Oil and gas 52 Fire (widlfires) 37 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 36 Forestry /wood production 34 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 31 Drought 29 Commercial hunting 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 21 Surface water pollution 21 Subsistence hunting 21 Governance 20 Housing 19 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 19 Water (extraction) 18 Invasive / alien freshwater species 18 Major linear utilities 17 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Crop production 16 Translocated species 16 Management activities 15 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 10 Legal framework 8 Solid waste 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Input of excess energy 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Terrorism 2 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.