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 103 Illegal activities 65 Mining 40 Land conversion 37 Housing 32 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 29 Civil unrest 29 Financial resources 29 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Human resources 21 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 20 Legal framework 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 19 Water infrastructure 17 Oil and gas 17 War 17 Management activities 16 Interpretative and visitation facilities 15 Governance 15 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 14 Solid waste 13 Surface water pollution 13 Forestry /wood production 13 Water (rain/water table) 13 Other climate change impacts 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Commercial development 8 Drought 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 7 Major linear utilities 6 Ground water pollution 6 Subsistence hunting 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 6 Commercial hunting 5 Crop production 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Water (extraction) 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Air pollution 3 Wind 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Translocated species 3 Industrial areas 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Relative humidity 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Terrorism 2 Earthquake 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 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.
