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 Chad 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 11 Land conversion 10 Civil unrest 8 Housing 7 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 War 7 Financial resources 7 Water infrastructure 6 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 Oil and gas 5 Human resources 5 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Ground transport infrastructure 4 Governance 4 Management activities 4 Solid waste 3 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 Industrial areas 2 Air transport infrastructure 2 Major linear utilities 2 Commercial hunting 2 Crop production 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Commercial development 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Surface water pollution 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Water (rain/water table) 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.