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State of Conservation

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Date Start: 1998close
Date end:1998close
Region: Arab Statesclose
Ancient City of Damascus (1998)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Management activities
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (1998)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities
Anjar (1998)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Military training
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (1998)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Baalbek (1998)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Bahla Fort (1998)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Byblos (1998)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Historic Cairo (1998)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Historic Town of Zabid (1998)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management activities Relative humidity Solid waste
Ichkeul National Park (1998)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Air pollution Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Excessive salinity of the water
Danger List:  Yes
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1998)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Old City of Sana'a (1998)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Increasing number of dilapidated buildings
Old Walled City of Shibam (1998)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Poor maintenance
Petra (1998)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
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
Quseir Amra (1998)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Site of Palmyra (1998)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Temperature Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Tyre (1998)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Commercial development Erosion and siltation/ deposition Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
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Egypt Jordan Lebanon Oman Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 10 Ground transport infrastructure 5 Management activities 5 Water (rain/water table) 3 Illegal activities 3 Commercial development 2 Housing 2 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Air pollution 2 Solid waste 2 Relative humidity 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Major linear utilities 1 Water infrastructure 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Temperature 1 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 1 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 1 Military training 1 Flooding 1 Human resources 1 Legal framework 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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