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 183 Management systems/ management plan 181 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 89 Financial resources 85 Civil unrest 71 Mining 69 Land conversion 63 Ground transport infrastructure 51 Human resources 49 War 45 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 38 Housing 31 Water (rain/water table) 25 Solid waste 22 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 22 Legal framework 22 Crop production 21 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 21 Water infrastructure 20 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 17 Forestry /wood production 14 Commercial hunting 11 Management activities 10 Storms 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 8 Subsistence hunting 8 Fire (widlfires) 8 Invasive / alien freshwater species 8 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Wind 6 Oil and gas 5 Flooding 5 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Water (extraction) 3 Drought 3 Air pollution 2 Input of excess energy 2 Surface water pollution 2 Relative humidity 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Translocated species 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Pests 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 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.