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 Eritrea Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 140 Illegal activities 88 Mining 53 Land conversion 52 Housing 42 Civil unrest 38 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 36 Financial resources 35 Ground transport infrastructure 33 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 28 War 26 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 25 Human resources 24 Management activities 24 Water infrastructure 23 Oil and gas 22 Legal framework 22 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 21 Governance 21 Solid waste 18 Interpretative and visitation facilities 17 Water (rain/water table) 17 Forestry /wood production 16 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 16 Fire (widlfires) 14 Other climate change impacts 13 Surface water pollution 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Drought 10 Commercial development 9 Major linear utilities 9 Deliberate destruction of heritage 9 Commercial hunting 8 Invasive / alien freshwater species 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Crop production 7 Ground water pollution 6 Subsistence hunting 6 Water (extraction) 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Industrial areas 4 Marine transport infrastructure 4 Wind 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Translocated species 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Air pollution 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3 Terrorism 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.