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State of Conservation

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25
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Abu Mena (1992)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1992
Document Source: CLT-92/CONF.003/2,WHC-92/CONF.002/5
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Amphitheatre of El Jem (1992)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 1992
Document Source: CLT-92/CONF.003/2,WHC-92/CONF.002/5
Threats*: Commercial development Housing
Ancient City of Damascus (1996)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7B,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Management activities
Ancient City of Damascus (1994)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/3B
Threats*: Management activities
Ancient City of Damascus (1993)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1993
Document Source: WHC-93/CONF.002/5
Threats*: Management activities
Ancient City of Damascus (1992)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1992
Document Source: WHC-92/CONF.002/12
Threats*: Management activities
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (1996)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7B,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Illegal activities Legal framework Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (1995)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.201/4,WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna (1990)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 1990
Document Source: CC-90/CONF.004/3
Threats*: Flooding
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (1996)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Several repairs or preventive measures needed
Baalbek (1996)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Bahla Fort (1996)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7A,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Bahla Fort (1995)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.201/4,WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Deterioration of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Bahla Fort (1994)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/3B,WHC-94/CONF.003/6,WHC-94/CONF.003/6 Add.
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Bahla Fort (1993)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1993
Document Source: WHC-93/CONF.002/5
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Bahla Fort (1988)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1988
Document Source: SC-88/CONF.001/8,SC-88/CONF.007/5
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Banc d'Arguin National Park (1994)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/3B,WHC-94/CONF.001/3B Add.1,WHC-94/CONF.003/6,WHC-94/CONF.003/6 Add.
Other Threats: Capture operation of the monk seal
Hatra (1995)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.201/4
Threats*: Illegal activities
Historic Cairo (1995)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Management activities
Historic Cairo (1993)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1993
Document Source: WHC-93/CONF.001/3
Threats*: Earthquake Management activities Water (rain/water table)
Historic Town of Zabid (1996)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7B,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management activities Relative humidity Solid waste
Ichkeul National Park (1996)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7B,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Air pollution Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Ichkeul National Park (1990)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 1990
Document Source: CC-90/CONF.003/3
Threats*: Financial resources
Ichkeul National Park (1989)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 1989
Document Source: SC-89/CONF.003/12,SC-89/CONF.003/2,SC-89/CONF.004/12,SC-89/CONF.004/5
Threats*: Air pollution Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Ichkeul National Park (1987)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 1987
Document Source: SC-87/CONF.005/INF.1
Threats*: Air pollution Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Ichkeul National Park (1986)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 1986
Document Source: CC-86/CONF.001/11,CC-86/CONF.003/INF.4
Threats*: Air pollution Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Ichkeul National Park (1985)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 1985
Document Source: SC-85/CONF.008/9
Threats*: Air pollution Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Kasbah of Algiers (1996)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7B
Threats*: Human resources Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Kasbah of Algiers (1995)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Human resources Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Kasbah of Algiers (1994)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC.94/CONF.003/16
Threats*: Human resources Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Kasbah of Algiers (1993)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 1993
Document Source: WHC-93/CONF.002/14
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (1992)
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 1992
Document Source: WHC-92/CONF.002/12
Other Threats: No threat indicated
Medina of Fez (1996)
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing
Medina of Fez (1995)
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1995)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.201/4,WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1994)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.003/6
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1993)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1993
Document Source: WHC-93/CONF.001/3
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1990)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1990
Document Source: CC-90/CONF.004/3
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (1982)
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 1982
Document Source: CLT-82/CONF.014/3,CLT-82/CONF.014/6
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Loss of historical authenticity
Old City of Sana'a (1991)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1991
Document Source: SC-91/CONF.002/3
Threats*: Housing
Other Threats: Increasing number of dilapidated buildings
Old City of Sana'a (1990)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1990
Document Source: CC-90/CONF.004/3
Threats*: Housing
Other Threats: Increasing number of dilapidated buildings
Old Walled City of Shibam (1993)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1993
Document Source: WHC-93/CONF.002/5,WHC-93/CONF.002/5 Add.1
Threats*: Flooding
Other Threats: Poor maintenance
Old Walled City of Shibam (1991)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1991
Document Source: SC-91/CONF.002/3
Threats*: Flooding
Other Threats: Poor maintenance
Petra (1996)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Conservation of antiquities
Petra (1995)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.201/4,WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Conservation of antiquities
Petra (1994)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/3B,WHC-94/CONF.003/6
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Conservation of antiquities
Quseir Amra (1994)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/3B
Threats*: Illegal activities Management activities Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Cracks in the surface of the vaults
Site of Palmyra (1994)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/3B
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Temperature Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Tipasa (1992)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 1992
Document Source: WHC-92/CONF.002/12
Threats*: Earthquake
Tipasa (1990)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 1990
Document Source: CC-90/CONF.004/3
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Tipasa (1989)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 1989
Document Source: SC-89/CONF.004/12
Threats*: Earthquake
Tyre (1996)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Marine transport infrastructure
Tyre (1995)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Tyre (1992)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1992
Document Source: WHC-92/CONF.002/12
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
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Threats
Housing 16 Management activities 14 Management systems/ management plan 12 Water (rain/water table) 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 7 Ground transport infrastructure 7 Legal framework 7 Air pollution 6 Water infrastructure 5 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 5 Subsistence hunting 5 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 5 Commercial development 4 Solid waste 4 Illegal activities 4 Earthquake 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Flooding 3 Human resources 3 Localised utilities 2 Land conversion 2 Relative humidity 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Temperature 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Financial resources 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.


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