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 Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mozambique Niger Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 130 Management systems/ management plan 118 Financial resources 61 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 53 Mining 48 Ground transport infrastructure 44 Land conversion 37 Civil unrest 37 Human resources 23 War 21 Housing 19 Water (rain/water table) 18 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Water infrastructure 14 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 14 Legal framework 12 Solid waste 9 Crop production 9 Forestry /wood production 9 Storms 9 Commercial hunting 8 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 6 Wind 6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Management activities 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Oil and gas 4 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Pests 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Drought 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.