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 Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 18 Mining 12 Management systems/ management plan 11 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Civil unrest 8 Land conversion 7 Ground transport infrastructure 5 Water infrastructure 5 Oil and gas 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 4 War 4 Housing 3 Drought 3 Financial resources 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Major linear utilities 2 Surface water pollution 2 Water (extraction) 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Human resources 2 Management activities 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Solid waste 1 Commercial hunting 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 1 Translocated species 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.