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State of Conservation Island of Mozambique 2000

Island of Mozambique

Mozambique
Factors affecting the property in 2000*
  • Housing
  • Management systems/ management plan
  • Solid waste
  • Storms
  • Other Threats:

    Precarious state of conservation of the stone

Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
  • Need for a detailed programme for the recuperation / rehabilitation of the island
  • Storm in 1994
  • Lack of funding (issue resolved)
  • Precarious state of conservation of the stone
  • Solid waste collection
  • Presence of squatters in the Stone City
International Assistance: requests for the property until 2000
Requests approved: 4 (from 1994-1999)
Total amount approved : 104,900 USD
1999 Rehabilitation of the Market- Island of Mozambique (Approved)   30,000 USD
1996 Finalisation of an integral conservation plan for ... (Approved)   19,900 USD
1995 2 high-level missions on the conservation and ... (Approved)   20,000 USD
1994 Financial contribution to repairs for the roofs of Sao ... (Approved)   35,000 USD
Missions to the property until 2000**

July 1995: UNESCO expert mission; October 2000: joint UNESCO / ICOMOS mission

1995 UNESCO Expert Mission Report, Island of Mozambique, July 1995
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2000

ICOMOS undertook a reactive monitoring mission to the site and will submit its report during the session of the Bureau.

Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 2000
24 COM VIII.iii.35-43
State of conservation reports of cultural properties which the Committee noted

VIII.35 Brasilia (Brazil)

Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (China)

The Potala Palace, Lhasa (China)

VIII.36 Islamic Cairo (Egypt)

VIII.37 Roman Monuments, Cathedral St Peter and Liebfrauen-Church in Trier (Germany)

Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)

Classical Weimar (Germany)

Hortabagy National Park (Hungary)

VIII.38 Khajuraho Group of Monuments (India)

Sun Temple of Konarak (India)

Petra (Jordan)

Luang Prabang (Lao People's Democratic Republic)

Byblos (Lebanon)

Ksar Ait Ben Haddou (Morocco)

VIII.39 Island of Mozambique (Mozambique)

Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (Nepal)

Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo - San Lorenzo (Panama)

Archaeological Site of Chavin (Peru)

VIII.40 Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Philippines)

VIII.41 Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Philippines)

VIII.42 Cultural Landscape of Sintra (Portugal)

VIII.43 Istanbul (Turkey)

Complex of Hué Monuments (Vietnam)

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The Bureau is requested to examine additional information that may be available at the time of its session and take the appropriate decision thereupon.

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Report year: 2000
Mozambique
Date of Inscription: 1991
Category: Cultural
Criteria: (iv)(vi)
Documents examined by the Committee
WHC-2000/CONF.204/10
arrow_circle_right 24COM (2000)
Exports
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* : 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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