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
Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal Seychelles Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 113 Management systems/ management plan 67 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 44 Mining 42 Ground transport infrastructure 38 Financial resources 38 Civil unrest 30 Land conversion 26 War 19 Water infrastructure 13 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 11 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 Human resources 8 Water (rain/water table) 7 Crop production 6 Forestry /wood production 6 Commercial hunting 5 Housing 4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 4 Avalanche/ landslide 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Oil and gas 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Legal framework 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Volcanic eruption 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.