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Close ✕Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman (delisted 2007)
A natural property on the Jiddat al-Harasis desert plateau of central Oman, inscribed in 1994 for a landscape supporting the first successful reintroduction of the Arabian oryx to the wild.…
19.9, 57.0 · regional · Inscribed 1994; protected area reduced by ~90% and property deleted in 2007
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- A place in: UNESCO World Heritage · 11 places
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- bypassed List of World Heritage in Danger — The Oryx Sanctuary was deleted in 2007 without a preceding period on the danger list: Oman's own decision to cut the protected area by ~90% removed the basis for inscription outright, so there was nothing left to warn about. Stated with a hedge — the absence of a prior danger listing is consistently reported but I could not confirm it against a Committee record.
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