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CONF 003 IV.A.19-21
Mont Saint Michel and its Bay (France)
19. The IUCN Regional Councilor for Europe informed the Bureau that the series of measures to prevent the increasing siltation of the Bay, as announced by President Mitterrand in 1983, had not yet been taken. The salt marshes were ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Country: France -
CONF 003 IV.A.22-24
Mount Nimba (Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire)
22. The Bureau recalled that at the time of the inscription of this site on the World Heritage List in 1981, the Committee was aware of the pending threat to exploit the rich iron ore deposit situated in the northern part of the Mount ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Country: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea -
CONF 003 IV.A.29-31
Hierapolis-Pamukkale (Turkey)
29. The Bureau was concerned that the site was being degraded by unregulated tourism and water pollution and hence requested the Secretariat to contact the Turkish authorities and request them to (a) declare this site a national park ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Hierapolis-Pamukkale
Country: Turkey -
CONF 003 IV.A.14
Tasmanian Wilderness (Australia)
The Bureau noted that, following the distribution of the report of the thirteenth session of the Committee, the Secretariat had received advice by the Australian authorities that, although it was not strictly correct to say that ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Tasmanian Wilderness
Country: Australia -
CONF 003 IV.A.15
La Amistad/Talamanca (Costa Rica)
The Bureau noted the need to review the original boundaries of this site. Several Indian Reserves, included in the original nomination had since then been degraded by coal mining and road construction projects and were not being ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Country: Costa Rica -
CONF 003 IV.A.16
Tai National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)
The Bureau noted that the Chairman had approved US $7,500 under preparatory assistance for drawing up a technical co-operation project for buffer zone development which could benefit local people resident around this park. In the ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Taï National Park
Country: Côte d'Ivoire -
CONF 003 IV.A.17
Galapagos (Ecuador)
The Bureau was specifically concerned with the capturing of about 40,000 sharks, using locally captured sea-lions as baits, in the marine waters surrounding the Galapagos world heritage site. Although the capture of sharks had been ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Galápagos Islands
Country: Ecuador -
CONF 003 IV.A.18
Olympic National Park (United States)
The Bureau noted with satisfaction that, as requested by the Committee at the time of the inscription of this site in 1981, the American authorities had completed amendments to the legislation and added a coastal strip and a number of ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Olympic National Park
Country: United States of America -
CONF 003 IV.A.25
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (India)
The Bureau recalled that this site had been invaded by people belonging to the Bodo tribe about a year ago and was concerned to note that the reserve was still occupied and that illegal removal of vegetation and poaching of animals ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Country: India -
CONF 003 IV.A.26
Royal Chitwan National Park (Nepal)
The Bureau was informed that a US $30 million irrigation project, to be implemented with the assistance of a Japanese company and the Asian Development Bank, could divert about 75 per cent of the waters of the Rapti River which forms ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Chitwan National Park
Country: Nepal -
CONF 003 IV.A.27
Manovo-Gounda Saint Floris National Park (Central African Republic)
The Bureau recalled that when this site was entered on the World Heritage List at the twelfth session of the Committee, in Brasilia (Brazil), in December 1988, the Committee had noted that the integrity of the site was under serious ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
Country: Central African Republic -
CONF 003 IV.A.28
Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal)
The Bureau recalled that during 1989, both the Bureau and the Committee had expressed concern regarding the proposed construction of a major highway, based on an existing track, across the park, which could greatly jeopardize its ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Niokolo-Koba National Park
Country: Senegal -
CONF 003 IV.B.42
Palace and Park of Versailles (France)
At its thirteenth session, in December 1989, the Committee had expressed concern regarding the felling of trees in the park of Versailles Palace. The French observer informed the Bureau that, since that time, violent storms had ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Palace and Park of Versailles
Country: France -
CONF 003 IV.B.43
Venice and its Lagoon (Italy)
In the course of its fourteenth session the Bureau was informed of the Italian authorities' decision not to confirm the proposal to have Venice selected as the site of the Universal Exhibition for year 2000. The members of the Bureau ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Venice and its Lagoon
Country: Italy -
CONF 003 IV.B.44
Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
One member of the Bureau expressed concern about the state of conservation of the Kathmandu Valley monuments. The Secretariat informed the Bureau that assistance had been granted as a matter of urgency to the Nepalese authorities so ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Kathmandu Valley
Country: Nepal -
CONF 003 IV.B.45
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (Egypt)
One member of the Bureau expressed concern regarding the project for the development of the Pyramids Plateau in Egypt, which included the building of a great wall between the archaeological area and a village settlement and the fitting ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Country: Egypt -
CONF 003 V.47
Requests for International Assistance
47. The Bureau recommended that the Committee approve a request for technical assistance submitted by Yugoslavia for the purchase of computer and photographic equipment and equipment for the restoration of the mural paintings of the ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Studenica Monastery
Country: Serbia -
CONF 003 V.48
Requests for International Assistance
48. The Bureau considered a request by the United Republic of Tanzania for the purchase of a Land Rover and radio equipment at a cost of US$49,782 for use at the archaeological and palaeontological site of Olduvai in the Ngorongoro ...
Session: 14th session of the Bureau (CONF 003)
Year: 1990
Sites: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Country: United Republic of Tanzania