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
Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 19 Management systems/ management plan 12 Mining 10 Land conversion 7 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 7 Civil unrest 7 Human resources 6 Housing 5 Financial resources 5 Ground transport infrastructure 4 Water infrastructure 4 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 4 War 4 Management activities 4 Oil and gas 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Industrial areas 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Solid waste 2 Crop production 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Legal framework 2 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Flooding 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 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.