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 Guinea Kenya Madagascar Mali Niger Senegal South Africa UgandaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 19 Illegal activities 15 Human resources 11 Land conversion 8 Financial resources 8 Civil unrest 7 Mining 6 Legal framework 6 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Housing 3 Commercial hunting 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 3 Subsistence hunting 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Ground transport infrastructure 2 Oil and gas 2 War 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Water infrastructure 1 Solid waste 1 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Drought 1 Storms 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Volcanic eruption 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.