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State of Conservation

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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2003close
Date end:2003close
Region: Arab Statesclose
Abu Mena (2003)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (2003)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Desertification Governance Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Storms
Bahla Fort (2003)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Commercial development Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Banc d'Arguin National Park (2003)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Oil and gas
Byblos (2003)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Historic Cairo (2003)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Historic Town of Zabid (2003)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Solid waste
Other Threats: Lack of conservation measures
Danger List:  Yes
Ichkeul National Park (2003)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Air pollution Erosion and siltation/ deposition Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Excessive salinity of the water
Danger List:  Yes
Kasbah of Algiers (2003)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (2003)
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Other Threats: Site in a state of quasi-total abandon and greatly degraded
Medina of Fez (2003)
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B.Corr
Threats*: Water infrastructure
Other Threats: partial covering of the Oued Boukhrareb
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (2003)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (2003)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B.Corr
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Tipasa (2003)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the archaeological vestiges
Danger List:  Yes
Tyre (2003)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Important conservation problems ; Need to give more importance to the wealth of the archaeological heritage and of the natural coastal landscape
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States Parties
Algeria Egypt Lebanon Mauritania Morocco Oman Tunisia Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 13 Legal framework 5 Management activities 5 Housing 4 Ground transport infrastructure 4 Human resources 4 Water (rain/water table) 3 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3 Water infrastructure 2 Land conversion 2 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 2 Illegal activities 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Commercial development 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Solid waste 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Oil and gas 1 Relative humidity 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Desertification 1 Storms 1 Financial resources 1 Governance 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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