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 280 Management systems/ management plan 175 Mining 168 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 131 Civil unrest 130 Land conversion 126 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 95 War 79 Water infrastructure 70 Ground transport infrastructure 66 Financial resources 59 Oil and gas 53 Human resources 47 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 37 Fire (widlfires) 37 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 35 Forestry /wood production 34 Drought 31 Surface water pollution 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Commercial hunting 22 Governance 21 Housing 19 Subsistence hunting 19 Water (extraction) 19 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 19 Major linear utilities 18 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Invasive / alien freshwater species 17 Translocated species 17 Crop production 16 Management activities 16 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 11 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 11 Solid waste 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Legal framework 4 Input of excess energy 3 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Ground water pollution 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.