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 282 Illegal activities 219 Mining 128 Land conversion 121 Housing 97 Civil unrest 95 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 93 War 74 Ground transport infrastructure 73 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 68 Financial resources 68 Management activities 59 Human resources 56 Water infrastructure 54 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 52 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 50 Oil and gas 50 Solid waste 39 Legal framework 35 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 34 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 33 Water (rain/water table) 32 Fire (widlfires) 32 Governance 32 Interpretative and visitation facilities 26 Forestry /wood production 26 Surface water pollution 25 Deliberate destruction of heritage 25 Drought 24 Major linear utilities 19 Crop production 16 Other climate change impacts 16 Commercial hunting 15 Industrial areas 14 Subsistence hunting 14 Marine transport infrastructure 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 13 Water (extraction) 12 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 11 Translocated species 11 Air transport infrastructure 10 Commercial development 9 Ground water pollution 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Air pollution 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Relative humidity 4 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Earthquake 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Terrorism 2 Flooding 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.
