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 212 Management systems/ management plan 142 Mining 133 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 100 Land conversion 96 Civil unrest 92 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 66 Water infrastructure 58 Ground transport infrastructure 51 Oil and gas 51 War 51 Financial resources 39 Human resources 32 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 30 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 29 Fire (widlfires) 29 Drought 27 Forestry /wood production 26 Governance 21 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 19 Commercial hunting 18 Major linear utilities 17 Surface water pollution 17 Housing 16 Subsistence hunting 15 Water (extraction) 15 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 15 Management activities 14 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 13 Translocated species 12 Other climate change impacts 11 Air pollution 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Solid waste 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Air transport infrastructure 5 Crop production 5 Legal framework 4 Terrorism 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 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.