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 Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 350 Management systems/ management plan 227 Mining 193 Civil unrest 161 Land conversion 156 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 145 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 130 War 95 Financial resources 89 Ground transport infrastructure 81 Water infrastructure 69 Human resources 69 Oil and gas 54 Fire (widlfires) 41 Forestry /wood production 40 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 39 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 32 Commercial hunting 30 Drought 29 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 25 Subsistence hunting 24 Housing 23 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 23 Surface water pollution 22 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Governance 21 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Water (extraction) 18 Major linear utilities 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Crop production 16 Translocated species 16 Management activities 16 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 10 Legal framework 10 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Solid waste 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Input of excess energy 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Volcanic eruption 2
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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.