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 245 Illegal activities 176 Mining 105 Land conversion 102 Housing 81 Civil unrest 78 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 77 Ground transport infrastructure 68 War 58 Financial resources 58 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 56 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 53 Water infrastructure 46 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 46 Management activities 46 Human resources 45 Oil and gas 43 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 33 Solid waste 32 Governance 31 Legal framework 31 Forestry /wood production 27 Fire (widlfires) 27 Surface water pollution 26 Water (rain/water table) 26 Interpretative and visitation facilities 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Drought 20 Deliberate destruction of heritage 19 Major linear utilities 18 Other climate change impacts 15 Crop production 14 Commercial hunting 13 Subsistence hunting 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Air transport infrastructure 11 Water (extraction) 11 Commercial development 10 Marine transport infrastructure 9 Ground water pollution 9 Translocated species 9 Industrial areas 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air pollution 6 Wind 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 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.
