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 208 Illegal activities 142 Land conversion 85 Mining 85 Housing 68 Civil unrest 64 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 61 Ground transport infrastructure 54 Financial resources 47 War 46 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 44 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 42 Management activities 38 Water infrastructure 36 Human resources 36 Oil and gas 34 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 34 Governance 29 Solid waste 27 Legal framework 26 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Water (rain/water table) 24 Interpretative and visitation facilities 23 Forestry /wood production 23 Fire (widlfires) 22 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Surface water pollution 18 Deliberate destruction of heritage 15 Drought 15 Major linear utilities 14 Other climate change impacts 14 Crop production 12 Commercial hunting 11 Subsistence hunting 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 Commercial development 9 Air transport infrastructure 9 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Ground water pollution 8 Water (extraction) 8 Industrial areas 7 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 7 Translocated species 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air pollution 4 Wind 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3 Renewable energy facilities 2 Terrorism 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 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.
