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 Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Mali Mozambique Niger Senegal South Africa United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 13 Management systems/ management plan 13 Housing 7 Land conversion 7 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Mining 7 Civil unrest 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 War 5 Financial resources 5 Solid waste 4 Human resources 4 Legal framework 4 Management activities 4 Ground transport infrastructure 3 Water infrastructure 2 Surface water pollution 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Oil and gas 1 Water (extraction) 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Drought 1 Flooding 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 1 Translocated species 1 Governance 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.
