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 138 Management systems/ management plan 102 Mining 90 Land conversion 64 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 64 Civil unrest 58 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 44 Water infrastructure 39 Oil and gas 37 Ground transport infrastructure 34 War 32 Financial resources 25 Forestry /wood production 21 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 21 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 21 Governance 20 Human resources 20 Fire (widlfires) 19 Drought 18 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 15 Major linear utilities 14 Housing 13 Commercial hunting 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 11 Surface water pollution 10 Subsistence hunting 10 Water (extraction) 10 Other climate change impacts 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Management activities 9 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 8 Translocated species 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Solid waste 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Crop production 4 Legal framework 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 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.