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 Eritrea Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Mali Mauritius Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 25 Illegal activities 17 Land conversion 12 Mining 11 Housing 8 Ground transport infrastructure 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Civil unrest 8 War 6 Management activities 6 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 5 Water infrastructure 5 Water (rain/water table) 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Forestry /wood production 4 Oil and gas 4 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Financial resources 4 Governance 4 Legal framework 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Solid waste 3 Surface water pollution 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Human resources 3 Commercial hunting 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Drought 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Commercial development 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Relative humidity 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Earthquake 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.