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 Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Mali Mauritius Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of TanzaniaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 21 Illegal activities 17 Land conversion 11 Housing 10 Mining 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 Ground transport infrastructure 8 Civil unrest 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 7 War 7 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 5 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 5 Water infrastructure 4 Oil and gas 4 Human resources 4 Management activities 4 Solid waste 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 Financial resources 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Major linear utilities 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Surface water pollution 2 Crop production 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Governance 2 Legal framework 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Ground water pollution 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 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.