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 201 Illegal activities 139 Mining 83 Land conversion 81 Housing 62 Civil unrest 62 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 60 Ground transport infrastructure 53 Financial resources 49 War 43 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 42 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 42 Water infrastructure 37 Human resources 36 Management activities 36 Oil and gas 34 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 34 Governance 29 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 27 Legal framework 27 Solid waste 25 Forestry /wood production 24 Interpretative and visitation facilities 23 Water (rain/water table) 23 Surface water pollution 21 Fire (widlfires) 21 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 18 Drought 16 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Other climate change impacts 14 Major linear utilities 13 Commercial hunting 12 Crop production 11 Invasive / alien freshwater species 11 Commercial development 10 Air transport infrastructure 10 Subsistence hunting 10 Water (extraction) 9 Ground water pollution 8 Industrial areas 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Translocated species 7 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 6 Air pollution 5 Wind 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3 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.