State of Conservation
718
Reports
73
Properties
29
States Parties
Legend
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(405) Illegal activities(388) Mining(187) Land conversion(169) Civil unrest(161) Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community(158) Financial resources(144) Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals(126) War(117) Housing(115) Human resources(107) Ground transport infrastructure(106) Water infrastructure(67) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation(65) Management activities(64) Solid waste(58) Water (rain/water table)(48) Erosion and siltation/ deposition(48) Legal framework(45) Oil and gas(44) Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure(39) Fire (widlfires)(36) Crop production(35) Invasive/alien terrestrial species(33) Forestry /wood production(30) Fishing/collecting aquatic resources(26) Commercial hunting(24) Deliberate destruction of heritage(24) Surface water pollution(22) Drought(22) Subsistence hunting(19) Governance(19) Interpretative and visitation facilities(18) Invasive / alien freshwater species(17) Industrial areas(14) Marine transport infrastructure(14) Water (extraction) (14) Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting(14) Major linear utilities(13) Translocated species(13) Flooding(10) Storms(10) Air pollution(7) Other climate change impacts(7) Air transport infrastructure(6) Relative humidity(6) Wind(6) Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure(5) Society's valuing of heritage(5) Desertification(4) Avalanche/ landslide(4) Renewable energy facilities(3) Ground water pollution(3) Input of excess energy(3) Earthquake(3) Volcanic eruption(2) Commercial development(1) 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.