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 Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mozambique Niger Senegal Seychelles Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 93 Management systems/ management plan 83 Financial resources 46 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 36 Ground transport infrastructure 33 Mining 33 Civil unrest 24 Land conversion 19 Water (rain/water table) 18 War 15 Housing 12 Water infrastructure 11 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 9 Solid waste 8 Crop production 8 Storms 8 Human resources 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Wind 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Management activities 6 Forestry /wood production 5 Desertification 4 Legal framework 4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 3 Commercial hunting 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Oil and gas 2 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Pests 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 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.