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 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 89 Illegal activities 51 Mining 31 Land conversion 30 Housing 27 Financial resources 24 Civil unrest 22 Ground transport infrastructure 21 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 21 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 19 Legal framework 17 Human resources 16 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 14 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 14 Management activities 14 Interpretative and visitation facilities 13 Oil and gas 13 War 13 Governance 13 Water infrastructure 12 Solid waste 12 Water (rain/water table) 11 Forestry /wood production 10 Other climate change impacts 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 9 Surface water pollution 8 Fire (widlfires) 8 Commercial development 7 Major linear utilities 6 Drought 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Invasive / alien freshwater species 6 Ground water pollution 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Commercial hunting 4 Crop production 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Wind 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Industrial areas 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Air pollution 2 Relative humidity 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Terrorism 2 Earthquake 2 Translocated species 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.