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 Côte d'Ivoire Eritrea Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of TanzaniaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 101 Housing 61 Water (rain/water table) 25 Land conversion 23 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Solid waste 22 Financial resources 22 Management activities 21 Ground transport infrastructure 19 War 17 Human resources 17 Legal framework 17 Deliberate destruction of heritage 16 Interpretative and visitation facilities 15 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 14 Civil unrest 13 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Surface water pollution 11 Illegal activities 11 Commercial development 10 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Ground water pollution 8 Industrial areas 7 Mining 7 Fire (widlfires) 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Other climate change impacts 5 Wind 4 Governance 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Crop production 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3 Water infrastructure 2 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 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.