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 267 Management systems/ management plan 166 Mining 160 Civil unrest 125 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 124 Land conversion 120 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 91 War 76 Water infrastructure 65 Ground transport infrastructure 61 Financial resources 55 Oil and gas 49 Human resources 44 Fire (widlfires) 36 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 35 Forestry /wood production 31 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 31 Drought 29 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 21 Surface water pollution 21 Commercial hunting 21 Governance 20 Housing 18 Water (extraction) 18 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 18 Major linear utilities 17 Subsistence hunting 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Crop production 16 Invasive / alien freshwater species 16 Translocated species 16 Management activities 15 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Solid waste 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Input of excess energy 3 Legal framework 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Terrorism 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.