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 Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 389 Illegal activities 319 Mining 177 Land conversion 170 Civil unrest 149 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 138 Housing 129 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 122 War 111 Financial resources 109 Human resources 101 Ground transport infrastructure 89 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 77 Management activities 76 Water infrastructure 69 Solid waste 61 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 56 Oil and gas 56 Legal framework 53 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 49 Water (rain/water table) 45 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 43 Fire (widlfires) 42 Governance 35 Forestry /wood production 34 Surface water pollution 33 Crop production 31 Interpretative and visitation facilities 29 Drought 29 Deliberate destruction of heritage 27 Commercial hunting 22 Major linear utilities 20 Invasive / alien freshwater species 20 Subsistence hunting 19 Water (extraction) 19 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Industrial areas 16 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 16 Translocated species 16 Air transport infrastructure 10 Air pollution 10 Flooding 10 Relative humidity 9 Commercial development 8 Ground water pollution 8 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Wind 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Terrorism 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Storms 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.
