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 128 Illegal activities 82 Mining 50 Land conversion 49 Housing 39 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 37 Ground transport infrastructure 36 Civil unrest 36 Financial resources 33 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 29 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 24 Legal framework 24 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 23 War 23 Human resources 23 Water infrastructure 22 Management activities 22 Oil and gas 21 Governance 19 Interpretative and visitation facilities 18 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 18 Forestry /wood production 17 Water (rain/water table) 17 Solid waste 16 Surface water pollution 16 Fire (widlfires) 13 Drought 10 Other climate change impacts 10 Commercial development 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Major linear utilities 8 Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 Ground water pollution 7 Commercial hunting 7 Subsistence hunting 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Crop production 6 Water (extraction) 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Air pollution 4 Wind 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Translocated species 4 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3 Industrial areas 2
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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.