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 168 Management systems/ management plan 167 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 80 Financial resources 78 Civil unrest 63 Mining 62 Land conversion 57 Ground transport infrastructure 48 Human resources 40 War 38 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 30 Housing 25 Water (rain/water table) 23 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 21 Legal framework 19 Water infrastructure 18 Solid waste 18 Crop production 17 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 16 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 14 Forestry /wood production 12 Commercial hunting 10 Storms 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 8 Management activities 8 Subsistence hunting 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Wind 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 Invasive / alien freshwater species 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Oil and gas 5 Desertification 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Water (extraction) 2 Drought 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Surface water pollution 1 Pests 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Translocated 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.