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State of Conservation

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Reports
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Properties concerned
8
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2002close
Date end:2002close
Region: Arab Statesclose
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Desertification Governance Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Storms
States Parties: Oman
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/18
Threats*: Commercial development Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Oil and gas
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.201/11Rev,WHC-02/CONF.202/17,WHC-02/CONF.202/2
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/18
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
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/18
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
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Other Threats: This site has progressively become degraded
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the archaeological vestiges
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Important conservation problems

* : 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.