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 Madagascar Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 17 Illegal activities 16 Mining 10 Housing 9 Land conversion 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Civil unrest 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 Human resources 6 Financial resources 5 Water infrastructure 4 Solid waste 4 War 4 Legal framework 4 Management activities 4 Ground transport infrastructure 3 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Surface water pollution 2 Commercial hunting 2 Oil and gas 2 Water (extraction) 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Drought 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Industrial areas 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Major linear utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Crop production 1 Relative humidity 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Flooding 1 Earthquake 1 Translocated species 1 Governance 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.