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 Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 233 Management systems/ management plan 137 Mining 103 Civil unrest 99 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 95 Land conversion 83 Financial resources 77 War 63 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 61 Ground transport infrastructure 60 Human resources 42 Water infrastructure 33 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 21 Crop production 18 Forestry /wood production 17 Fire (widlfires) 17 Commercial hunting 16 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 15 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 10 Subsistence hunting 10 Oil and gas 10 Water (rain/water table) 10 Housing 9 Surface water pollution 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Water (extraction) 7 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 7 Drought 7 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Legal framework 7 Translocated species 6 Air pollution 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Input of excess energy 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Major linear utilities 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Management activities 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Other climate change impacts 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.