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 154 Illegal activities 102 Mining 61 Land conversion 59 Housing 46 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 44 Civil unrest 44 Ground transport infrastructure 40 Financial resources 40 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 33 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 30 War 30 Water infrastructure 28 Human resources 28 Oil and gas 26 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 26 Management activities 26 Legal framework 25 Governance 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 21 Interpretative and visitation facilities 19 Solid waste 19 Forestry /wood production 19 Water (rain/water table) 18 Surface water pollution 17 Fire (widlfires) 16 Other climate change impacts 13 Drought 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Commercial development 10 Major linear utilities 10 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Commercial hunting 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Crop production 8 Subsistence hunting 8 Ground water pollution 7 Water (extraction) 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Translocated species 5 Industrial areas 4 Marine transport infrastructure 4 Air pollution 4 Wind 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3
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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.