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
Botswana Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 26 Illegal activities 20 Mining 12 Land conversion 11 Civil unrest 9 Housing 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 War 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 Financial resources 6 Ground transport infrastructure 5 Water infrastructure 5 Oil and gas 5 Management activities 5 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Human resources 4 Solid waste 3 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Industrial areas 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Drought 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Governance 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Translocated species 1 Legal framework 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 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.