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 155 Management systems/ management plan 148 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 71 Financial resources 71 Mining 55 Civil unrest 55 Land conversion 50 Ground transport infrastructure 46 War 33 Human resources 33 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 24 Housing 21 Water (rain/water table) 21 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 20 Water infrastructure 17 Legal framework 15 Solid waste 14 Crop production 12 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Commercial hunting 9 Forestry /wood production 9 Storms 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Subsistence hunting 6 Wind 6 Management activities 6 Oil and gas 5 Invasive / alien freshwater species 5 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Flooding 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
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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.