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 249 Management systems/ management plan 145 Mining 113 Civil unrest 106 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 99 Land conversion 90 Financial resources 80 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 70 War 67 Ground transport infrastructure 64 Human resources 45 Water infrastructure 37 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 21 Crop production 18 Forestry /wood production 18 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 18 Fire (widlfires) 18 Commercial hunting 17 Oil and gas 13 Subsistence hunting 11 Housing 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 10 Surface water pollution 10 Water (rain/water table) 10 Drought 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 9 Water (extraction) 8 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Translocated species 7 Legal framework 7 Air pollution 5 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Management activities 4 Major linear utilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Other climate change impacts 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Air transport infrastructure 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.