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 406 Illegal activities 334 Mining 185 Land conversion 178 Civil unrest 156 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 146 Housing 134 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 127 War 116 Financial resources 115 Human resources 105 Ground transport infrastructure 97 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 82 Management activities 78 Water infrastructure 74 Solid waste 64 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 62 Oil and gas 60 Legal framework 57 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 50 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 48 Water (rain/water table) 47 Fire (widlfires) 44 Surface water pollution 38 Forestry /wood production 37 Governance 37 Interpretative and visitation facilities 32 Crop production 32 Drought 31 Deliberate destruction of heritage 29 Commercial hunting 23 Major linear utilities 21 Subsistence hunting 21 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Water (extraction) 20 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Translocated species 17 Industrial areas 16 Air transport infrastructure 11 Air pollution 11 Commercial development 10 Ground water pollution 10 Flooding 10 Relative humidity 9 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Earthquake 6 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Terrorism 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Storms 1 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.