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 Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 21 Illegal activities 17 Land conversion 11 Mining 10 Civil unrest 9 Housing 8 Ground transport infrastructure 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 War 6 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 5 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 5 Management activities 5 Water infrastructure 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Governance 4 Human resources 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Solid waste 3 Surface water pollution 3 Crop production 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Oil and gas 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Financial resources 3 Major linear utilities 2 Commercial hunting 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Drought 2 Industrial areas 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Translocated species 1 Legal framework 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.