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 Mauritius Mozambique Niger Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 269 Management systems/ management plan 258 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 119 Mining 118 Financial resources 114 Civil unrest 107 Land conversion 104 Human resources 79 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 76 War 71 Ground transport infrastructure 69 Housing 66 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 41 Solid waste 39 Water infrastructure 38 Legal framework 37 Water (rain/water table) 36 Management activities 34 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 28 Crop production 27 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 23 Forestry /wood production 18 Fire (widlfires) 18 Commercial hunting 17 Oil and gas 17 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 15 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 15 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Subsistence hunting 11 Drought 11 Surface water pollution 10 Flooding 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Water (extraction) 9 Storms 9 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Deliberate destruction of heritage 7 Translocated species 7 Industrial areas 6 Relative humidity 6 Wind 6 Air pollution 5 Governance 5 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Major linear utilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Earthquake 3 Other climate change impacts 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Pests 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Changes to oceanic waters 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.