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 Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 148 Management systems/ management plan 94 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 63 Mining 55 Civil unrest 55 Financial resources 53 Land conversion 47 Ground transport infrastructure 41 War 33 Human resources 24 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 18 Water infrastructure 17 Commercial hunting 9 Crop production 9 Forestry /wood production 9 Water (rain/water table) 8 Legal framework 7 Subsistence hunting 6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 6 Housing 5 Oil and gas 5 Invasive / alien freshwater species 5 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Volcanic eruption 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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.