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 151 Management systems/ management plan 111 Mining 98 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 71 Land conversion 70 Civil unrest 63 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 48 Water infrastructure 44 Oil and gas 41 Ground transport infrastructure 39 War 35 Financial resources 29 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Forestry /wood production 24 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 23 Human resources 23 Governance 21 Drought 20 Fire (widlfires) 20 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 17 Major linear utilities 15 Housing 14 Surface water pollution 14 Commercial hunting 13 Subsistence hunting 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Water (extraction) 11 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Other climate change impacts 10 Management activities 10 Translocated species 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 8 Solid waste 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Air pollution 6 Crop production 4 Legal framework 4 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Ground water pollution 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.