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 132 Management systems/ management plan 100 Mining 85 Land conversion 63 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 62 Civil unrest 55 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 43 Water infrastructure 38 Oil and gas 36 Ground transport infrastructure 33 War 31 Financial resources 26 Forestry /wood production 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 23 Governance 21 Human resources 21 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 19 Fire (widlfires) 18 Drought 16 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 15 Major linear utilities 13 Commercial hunting 12 Housing 11 Surface water pollution 11 Subsistence hunting 11 Invasive / alien freshwater species 11 Water (extraction) 9 Other climate change impacts 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Management activities 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Translocated species 7 Solid waste 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Crop production 4 Legal framework 4 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Renewable energy facilities 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.