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 Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Mali Mozambique Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 15 Management systems/ management plan 14 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 9 Human resources 9 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Civil unrest 8 Mining 7 War 7 Financial resources 7 Housing 6 Land conversion 6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 6 Solid waste 4 Crop production 4 Ground transport infrastructure 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Legal framework 3 Water infrastructure 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Management activities 2 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Flooding 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 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.