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 Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Madagascar Malawi Mali Mozambique Niger Senegal Seychelles Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 80 Management systems/ management plan 73 Financial resources 41 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 31 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Mining 28 Civil unrest 20 Water (rain/water table) 17 Land conversion 14 War 13 Water infrastructure 11 Housing 10 Crop production 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Solid waste 7 Storms 7 Wind 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Human resources 6 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 5 Management activities 5 Forestry /wood production 4 Desertification 4 Legal framework 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Oil and gas 2 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Pests 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 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.