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State of Conservation

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Date Start: 2018close
Date end:2018close
Region: Arab Statesclose
Abu Mena (2018)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Aleppo (2018)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Bosra (2018)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Damascus (2018)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan War
Other Threats: fire
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (2018)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
Archaeological Site of Carthage (2018)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Archaeological Site of Cyrene (2018)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Crop production Deliberate destruction of heritage Governance Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution War
Danger List:  Yes
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna (2018)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: War
Danger List:  Yes
Archaeological Site of Sabratha (2018)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: War
Danger List:  Yes
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2018)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Management activities Management systems/ management plan War Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Fragile mud brick structures
Danger List:  Yes
Bahla Fort (2018)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the earthen structures of the Fort
Banc d'Arguin National Park (2018)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities
Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (2018)
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Degradation of the architectural complex of the Church of the Nativity
Danger List:  Yes
Byblos (2018)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (2018)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
Erbil Citadel (2018)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Slopes of the archaeological mound non stabilized
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (2018)
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Desertification Flooding Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Wind
Hatra (2018)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage War
Danger List:  Yes
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town (2018)
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah (2018)
States Parties: Saudi Arabia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: High rate of decay of the historic houses
Historic Town of Zabid (2018)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Human resources Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (2018)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Underground transport infrastructure
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (2018)
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add.2.Corr,WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add2
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments
Danger List:  Yes
Old City of Sana'a (2018)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management activities War
Other Threats: Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods; Physical damage and instability of buildings
Danger List:  Yes
Old Town of Ghadamès (2018)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: War
Danger List:  Yes
Old Walled City of Shibam (2018)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Flooding Human resources War Water (rain/water table)
Danger List:  Yes
Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir (2018)
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Other Threats: Potential construction of a separation fence (wall)
Danger List:  Yes
Petra (2018)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (2018)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
Samarra Archaeological City (2018)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (2018)
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Management systems/ management plan
Site of Palmyra (2018)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Danger List:  Yes
Socotra Archipelago (2018)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Civil unrest Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Invasive / alien marine species Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (2018)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Highly unstable conservation conditions of the archaeological sites
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (2018)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unstable structures and lack of security
Wadi Rum Protected Area (2018)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Governance Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
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Egypt Iraq Jordan Lebanon Libya Mauritania Oman Saudi Arabia State of Palestine Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 25 Housing 19 War 16 Management activities 10 Ground transport infrastructure 6 Land conversion 6 Legal framework 6 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Illegal activities 5 Financial resources 5 Human resources 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 4 Governance 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Civil unrest 3 Flooding 3 Localised utilities 2 Solid waste 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 2 Quarrying 2 Commercial development 1 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Water infrastructure 1 Surface water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Mining 1 Oil and gas 1 Relative humidity 1 Wind 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Desertification 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 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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