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 Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 120 Management systems/ management plan 91 Mining 78 Land conversion 57 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 56 Civil unrest 50 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 39 Water infrastructure 34 Oil and gas 32 Ground transport infrastructure 29 War 28 Financial resources 22 Forestry /wood production 20 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 20 Governance 20 Human resources 18 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 17 Fire (widlfires) 17 Drought 15 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13 Major linear utilities 12 Commercial hunting 11 Housing 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 Subsistence hunting 9 Other climate change impacts 9 Surface water pollution 8 Water (extraction) 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 7 Translocated species 7 Management activities 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Solid waste 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Air pollution 4 Crop production 4 Legal framework 3 Terrorism 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Renewable energy facilities 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.