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Wildlife Reserve in Al Wusta

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cited Oman's decision to reduce the site by 90% after oil had been found at the site, and the decline of the population of
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list, but became the first site to be removed from the World Heritage list in 2007.
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Central Desert and Coastal Hills. It was included in the UNESCO
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Animal sanctuary in the Omani Central Desert and Coastal Hills
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Arabian Oryx Sanctuary

Al Wusta Governorate
Oman
Duqm
19°42′0″N 57°0′0″E / 19.70000°N 57.00000°E / 19.70000; 57.00000
UNESCO World Heritage Site
654
nature reserve
Omani
mountain gazelle
Nubian ibex
Arabian wolf
honey badger
caracal
World Heritage Site
UNESCO
Arabian oryx
poaching
habitat destruction
"Oman eyes boost in ecotourism with new Oryx sanctuary"
Archived
"Arabian Oryx Sanctuary"
"Oman's Arabian Oryx Sanctuary : first site ever to be deleted from UNESCO's World Heritage List"
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Oman
stub
expanding it
v
t

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