State of Conservation
673
Reports
72
Properties
29
States Parties
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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 Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan(370) Illegal activities(362) Mining(172) Land conversion(155) Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community(149) Civil unrest(149) Financial resources(136) Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals(116) Housing(107) War(107) Ground transport infrastructure(100) Human resources(100) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation(62) Water infrastructure(60) Management activities(58) Solid waste(54) Water (rain/water table)(47) Erosion and siltation/ deposition(44) Legal framework(44) Oil and gas(38) Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure(35) Crop production(33) Fire (widlfires)(32) Invasive/alien terrestrial species(29) Forestry /wood production(27) Fishing/collecting aquatic resources(25) Commercial hunting(22) Surface water pollution(21) Deliberate destruction of heritage(20) Drought(20) Interpretative and visitation facilities(17) Subsistence hunting(17) Invasive / alien freshwater species(15) Governance(14) Marine transport infrastructure(13) Water (extraction) (13) Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting(13) Industrial areas(12) Translocated species(12) Major linear utilities(11) Flooding(10) Storms(10) Air pollution(7) Relative humidity(6) Wind(6) Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure(5) Air transport infrastructure(4) Desertification(4) Other climate change impacts(4) Avalanche/ landslide(4) Renewable energy facilities(3) Ground water pollution(3) Input of excess energy(3) Society's valuing of heritage(3) Earthquake(3) Volcanic eruption(2) Subsistence wild plant collection(1) Pests(1) Changes to oceanic waters(1) Low impact research / monitoring activities(1)* :
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.