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  WHC.93/CONF.001/ (en)
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Srebarna Biosphere Reserve (Bulgaria)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee at its last session included this site in the List of World Heritage in Danger. Prevention of seasonal flooding has led to a decrease in the size and productivity of Srebarna and agricultural and residential use of surrounding areas have led to decline or disappearance of migratory and passerine bird populations. The Bureau recalled that IUCN, on the ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Srebarna Nature Reserve
Country: Bulgaria
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)
The Bureau recalled that the integrity of this site, which has been inaccessible since the onset of armed conflict in the region in 1991, still remained intact. However, recognizing that the potential for a resurgence of hostilities continued to threaten the integrity of this site, the Committee, at its last session included the Plitvice Lakes National Park in the List of World Heritage in ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Plitvice Lakes National Park
Country: Croatia
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Mt. Nimba Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire/Guinea)
In 1981 the World Heritage Committee inscribed Mt. Nimba on the World Heritage List. In 1992 Mt Nimba was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger by the Committee which requested the Centre to send an expert mission to: (a) ascertain the boundaries of the site at the time of inscription and recommend an appropriate boundary; (b) assess the impact of the iron-ore mine and other threats ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Country: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Sangay National Park (Ecuador)
Noting that the Ecuadorean authorities have not yet provided the information requested by the Committee, the Bureau requested the Centre to contact them once again and obtain information on the status of the road construction project and on-going efforts to assess its impact on the integrity of the site. In accordance with the recommendations of the Committee, the Bureau also invited the ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Sangay National Park
Country: Ecuador
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (India)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its last session, was informed that the damage caused by the invasion of this site by militants belonging to the Bodo tribe in Assam was estimated to be about US$1.6 million and that although the Park infrastructure had suffered considerable damage, habitats in the inaccessible parts of the Sanctuary appeared to be intact. Concerned by the ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Country: India
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Air and Ténéré Nature Reserve (Niger)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its last session, included this site in the List of World Heritage in Danger because it was concerned that the region in which it is situated has been affected by civil disturbance and that six members of the Reserve staff were being held hostage since February 1992. The Bureau deeply regretted that two of the six Reserve staff who had been held ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
Country: Niger
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Iguazu National Park (Argentina)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its fifteenth session held in Carthage, Tunisia, in December 1991, noted that eight helicopters regularly overflew the waterfall area and that local conservation groups opposed the use of the area by helicopters since it contravened legal regulations for air traffic control over protected areas. The Bureau was satisfied to note that the efforts of ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Iguazu National Park
Country: Argentina
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Iaguaçu National Park (Brasil)
The Bureau was satisfied to note that the Brazilian authorities were in contact with their counterparts in Argentina to study the possibilities for establishing common regulations for helicopter traffic over the waterfalls area.
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Iguaçu National Park
Country: Brazil
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Wrangell-St. Elias-Kluane-Glacier Bay National Parks (Canada/United States of America)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, while approving the extension of this transfrontier site to include the Glacier Bay National Park (USA), at its last session, urged the American and the Canadian authorities to incorporate additional areas to the World Heritage property. In this regard, the Bureau was pleased to be informed ty the Observer for Canada that the Provincial Government of ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
Country: Canada United States of America
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Manovo-Gounda Saint Fions (Central African Republic)
In response to the December 1992 request of the World Heritage Committee, two meetings were held with representatives of the Central African Republic (CAR) to discuss: (a) the protection of the site; (b) participation of local people, and (c) the social-economic ramifications of a "privatized management regime". The first meeting in April determined that the issues were of an administrative ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
Country: Central African Republic
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Talamanca-La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica-Panama)
The Bureau took note of the fact that the proposal to construct a road through of the Talamanca-La Amistad Reserves of Costa Rica is unlikely to be implemented in the immediate future. The Bureau was informed that the Costa Rican authorities were not in agreement with all the boundary modifications recommended by the Committee, at its fifteenth session. The Bureau noted that the Ministry of ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Country: Costa Rica Panama
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Tikal National Park (Guatemala)
The Bureau noted with satisfaction that the size of this mixed World Heritage property might be enlarged by about 50% and that the new areas earmarked for inclusion in the Park may contain natural and cultural heritage values of universal significance. The Bureau was informed that an IUCN project in the buffer zone of the Park is working with 26 villages to find alternative livelihood ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Tikal National Park
Country: Guatemala
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Te Wahinounamu - Southwest New Zealand (New Zealand)
The Bureau recalled that at its last session the Committee was informed that the Government of New Zealand had approved an application from a private company for a licence to export water from this World Heritage site. The exportation of freshwater would require the construction of a dam, a buried pipeline and four large reservoirs at Jackson's Bay. The Committee noted that the visual and ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
Country: New Zealand
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Danube Delta (Romania)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its last session, drew the attention of the Romanian authorities to the fact that they were yet to complete the final steps to establish a legislative framework for this site, despite the assurances of the Representative of Romania to the fifteenth session of the Committee in December 1991, when the Delta Danube was inscribed on the World Heritage ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Danube Delta
Country: Romania
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Niokolo-Roba National Park (Senegal)
The Bureau recalled that at its last session in July 1992 it had requested IUCN to provide a report on the progress in the implementation of measures to mitigate environmental impacts of a road construction protect in this Park. The Representative of IUCN informed the Bureau that the University of Dakar, Senegal, had undertaken an independent assessment of the implementation of mitigation ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Niokolo-Koba National Park
Country: Senegal
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania)
The Bureau recalled that this site was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1988, and was deeply concerned to learn that the Prime Minister of Tanzania had announced that the residents of the area will be allowed to grow crops inside this World Heritage site, in contradiction to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Law. The Representative of IUCN noted that although allowing small ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Country: United Republic of Tanzania
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Everglades National Park (United States of America)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its last session, was informed of the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew which affected extensive areas of this World Heritage site on 24 August 1992. The Bureau noted that the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew has had a wide range of impacts on the ecology of Everglades and that the site has been entered on the "Montreux Record", the equivalent of a ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Everglades National Park
Country: United States of America
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Virunga National Park (Zaire)
The Bureau was deeply concerned to learn that due to recent political uncertainties in the country all donors, except WWF, have withdrawn their support to this Park. This has resulted in destruction of vegetation, poaching, agricultural encroachment and over-exploitation of fish populations in Lake Idi Amin. Since November 1992, the Park staff has not received salaries, and funds for ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Virunga National Park
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Durmitor National Park (Montenegro)
The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its last session, noted that the authorities responsible for the management of this site are of the view that the proposed construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Tara River and the pollution of the River by an asphalt dam situated upstream had minimal impacts on the conservation of Durmitor National Park. The Bureau acknowledged the fact that the ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Durmitor National Park
Country: Montenegro
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CONF 001 VIII.2
Angkor (Cambodia)
The Committee, at its sixteenth session, inscribed the Angkor site, together with its monuments and archaeological zones, as described in the "Perimeter de Protection" accompanying the ICOMOS report, on the World Heritage List. The Committee, however, noted that Cambodia had been placed under the temporary administration of the United Nations, in accordance with the Paris Accords, since July ...
Session: 17th session of the Bureau (CONF 001)
Year: 1993
Sites: Angkor
Country: Cambodia
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