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 143 Management systems/ management plan 135 Financial resources 68 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 61 Mining 51 Civil unrest 47 Ground transport infrastructure 45 Land conversion 44 Human resources 30 War 27 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 22 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 20 Water (rain/water table) 20 Housing 19 Water infrastructure 15 Legal framework 13 Solid waste 11 Commercial hunting 9 Crop production 9 Forestry /wood production 9 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 9 Storms 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 7 Wind 6 Management activities 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 5 Subsistence hunting 5 Oil and gas 5 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 Volcanic eruption 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Water (extraction) 1 Pests 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Drought 1 Flooding 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.