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 460 Illegal activities 395 Mining 209 Land conversion 204 Civil unrest 178 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 157 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 154 Housing 146 Financial resources 140 War 126 Human resources 125 Ground transport infrastructure 117 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 88 Management activities 80 Water infrastructure 77 Solid waste 67 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 66 Legal framework 65 Oil and gas 62 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 50 Water (rain/water table) 49 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 49 Fire (widlfires) 48 Forestry /wood production 43 Surface water pollution 38 Governance 37 Interpretative and visitation facilities 34 Crop production 33 Drought 32 Commercial hunting 30 Deliberate destruction of heritage 30 Subsistence hunting 25 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 24 Invasive / alien freshwater species 24 Major linear utilities 20 Water (extraction) 20 Other climate change impacts 18 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Translocated species 17 Industrial areas 16 Air pollution 11 Commercial development 10 Air transport infrastructure 10 Ground water pollution 10 Flooding 10 Relative humidity 9 Society's valuing of heritage 9 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Wind 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Storms 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Terrorism 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 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.