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 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 101 Management systems/ management plan 79 Mining 66 Land conversion 47 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 47 Civil unrest 40 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 31 Water infrastructure 30 Oil and gas 27 Ground transport infrastructure 26 War 23 Financial resources 21 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 20 Forestry /wood production 19 Governance 18 Human resources 18 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 15 Drought 14 Fire (widlfires) 14 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13 Major linear utilities 11 Surface water pollution 11 Commercial hunting 11 Housing 9 Subsistence hunting 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Water (extraction) 8 Other climate change impacts 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Translocated species 6 Management activities 6 Air pollution 5 Solid waste 5 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Crop production 4 Legal framework 4 Terrorism 3 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.