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 Burkina Faso Central African Republic Chad Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 17 Illegal activities 15 Ground transport infrastructure 8 Land conversion 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Mining 8 Civil unrest 7 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 6 Financial resources 6 Housing 5 Water infrastructure 5 Surface water pollution 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 5 War 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Oil and gas 4 Human resources 4 Legal framework 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Solid waste 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Commercial development 2 Ground water pollution 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Drought 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Governance 2 Management activities 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Crop production 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Water (extraction) 1 Wind 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Terrorism 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 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.