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 144 Management systems/ management plan 106 Mining 94 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 69 Land conversion 66 Civil unrest 61 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 47 Water infrastructure 39 Oil and gas 39 Ground transport infrastructure 36 War 33 Financial resources 27 Forestry /wood production 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 22 Human resources 22 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 21 Governance 21 Fire (widlfires) 20 Drought 18 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 15 Major linear utilities 14 Housing 13 Commercial hunting 12 Subsistence hunting 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Surface water pollution 11 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Water (extraction) 10 Other climate change impacts 10 Management activities 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 8 Translocated species 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Solid waste 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Crop production 4 Terrorism 3 Legal framework 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 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.