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Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site 
Natural site 
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States Parties
Benin Botswana 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(98) Illegal activities(74) Land conversion(44) Mining(44) Civil unrest(34) Housing(31) Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals(31) War(26) Ground transport infrastructure(25) Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community(23) Water infrastructure(20) Financial resources(20) Management activities(20) Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure(18) Oil and gas(17) Human resources(16) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation(15) Governance(14) Invasive/alien terrestrial species(13) Solid waste(12) Forestry /wood production(11) Water (rain/water table)(11) Erosion and siltation/ deposition(11) Fire (widlfires)(11) Interpretative and visitation facilities(8) Surface water pollution(8) Deliberate destruction of heritage(8) Drought(8) Commercial hunting(7) Legal framework(7) Major linear utilities(6) Crop production(6) Industrial areas(5) Air transport infrastructure(5) Other climate change impacts(5) Marine transport infrastructure(4) Subsistence hunting(4) Water (extraction) (4) Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting(4) Society's valuing of heritage(4) Invasive / alien freshwater species(4) Translocated species(4) Commercial development(2) Air pollution(2) Ground water pollution(2) Fishing/collecting aquatic resources(2) Non-renewable energy facilities(1) Relative humidity(1) Wind(1) Earthquake(1) Low impact research / monitoring activities(1)
* :
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.
