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The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 3 5 COM 7B.1 5 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Takes note that the State Party did not submit its report by 1 February 2013 , and notes the information provided by the State Party in its report of 22 May 2013;
4. Notes with serious concern the State Party’s intent to proceed with the construction of the Lake Habema – Nduga – Kenyem road without undertaking a Strategic Environmental ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Lorentz National Park
Country: Indonesia
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Lorentz National Park
Country: Indonesia
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.18 adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Notes that a proposed amendment to the management plan of Pirin National Park which would allow further skiing developments within the buffer zone of the property, is currently under consideration by the State Party;
4. Requests the State Party to ensure that the proposed amendment is in line with the 2010 Strategy for Sustainable Nature Tourism and that an appropriate monitoring ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Pirin National Park
Country: Bulgaria
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Pirin National Park
Country: Bulgaria
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Notes with serious concern the plans to drill and hydraulically fracture (frack) three onshore-to-offshore test wells in the immediate vicinity of the property which could impact the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) and in particular the integrity of the property as a result of pollution, industrial infrastructure and shocks to geological formations;
3. Urges the State Party to complete the Environmental Impact Assessment process to review the potential impacts on the OUV of the ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Gros Morne National Park
Country: Canada
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Gros Morne National Park
Country: Canada
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 34COM 8B.4 , adopted at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010),
3. Welcomes the progress achieved by the State Party in the preparation of a management plan and the implementation of a strategy to combat invasive alien species, and requests the State Party to provide all the technical and financial resources for the effective long-term implementation of these mechanisms, and to undertake the necessary measures to remove the cattle from the property;
4. Also ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
Country: France
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
Country: France
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.21 adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Notes with concern that the State Party reports that potential threats on the property from adjacent areas are getting more significant every year and regrets that the State Party does not provide sufficiently detailed information on trends in wildlife populations inside the property, nor on the implementation of several of the recommendations of the 2007 reactive monitoring ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Country: Russian Federation
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Country: Russian Federation
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.22 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Welcomes the State Party’s decision to close down the Baikalsk Paper and Pulp Mill (BPPM), as well as the brief outline of a closure plan and timeframe which was submitted to the World Heritage Centre including the measures foreseen to address the industrial legacy of the plant;
4. Urges the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2014 ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Lake Baikal
Country: Russian Federation
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Lake Baikal
Country: Russian Federation
The World Heritage Committee
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.23, adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Expresses its concern about the changes in the legal protection of the property which make it possible to develop large scale tourism infrastructure on the Lagonaki Plateau situated within the property boundaries and reiterates its request to the State Party to ensure that no large scale ski or tourism infrastructure is built within the property;
4. Though the State Party ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Western Caucasus
Country: Russian Federation
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Western Caucasus
Country: Russian Federation
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.24 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Taking note of the information recently received from the State Party that confirms major progress made in preparation of a proposal for significant modifications of the boundaries of the property aiming to clarify the legal status of all the components of the property and its extension of the property by 215 000 ha of unique virgin forests and also takes note of the intention of the ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Virgin Komi Forests
Country: Russian Federation
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Virgin Komi Forests
Country: Russian Federation
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.25, adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Expresses its utmost concern about a new decree 212 N 202 dated 2 August 2012 of the Republic of Altai which allows the “construction and exploitation of linear objects as well as structures that are an integral part of the process”, which weakens the legal provisions protecting the property and recalls that in accordance with Paragraph 180 of the Operational ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Golden Mountains of Altai
Country: Russian Federation
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Golden Mountains of Altai
Country: Russian Federation
37 COM 7B.26
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (Slovakia / Germany / Ukraine) (N 1133bis)
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Country: Germany Slovakia Ukraine
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B.27 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Acknowledges the efforts made in response to the recommendations of the joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN/RAMSAR mission conducted in 2011 and requests the State Party to continue these efforts;
4. Reiterates its concern about the cumulative impacts of a number of threats to the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property, in particular the possible deepening dredging of Guadalquivir ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Doñana National Park
Country: Spain
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Doñana National Park
Country: Spain
37 COM 7B.28
Giant Causeway and Causeway Coast (United-Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (N 369)
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
37 COM 7B.29
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (Brazil) (N 1032)
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
Country: Brazil
37 COM 7B.30
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica / Panama) (N 205bis)
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
Country: Costa Rica Panama
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.34 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Also recalling the State Party’s intervention at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010), in which it committed to a strict moratorium on further development within the property,
4. Further recalling the repeatedly stated concerns by the World Heritage Committee that the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) may already have been significantly, and ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Pitons Management Area
Country: Saint Lucia
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Pitons Management Area
Country: Saint Lucia
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decision 20 COM 7D.64/65 , adopted at its 20th session (Merida, 1996),
3. Expresses its concern over the Kuraz Sugar Cane Development Projects, which may have a negative impact on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Lower Valley of the Omo, if located within or near the property;
4. Regrets that the State Party has not replied to the World Heritage Centre’s letters regarding its official position and clarification on the projects and their ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Lower Valley of the Omo
Country: Ethiopia
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Lower Valley of the Omo
Country: Ethiopia
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.44 adopted at its 36th session (Saint-Petersburg, 2012),
3. Takes note of the actions implemented by the State Party at the property;
4. Notes with deep concern the existing conservation conditions, including the recent collapse of historic buildings, and the limited progress that has been made in past years to address them;
5. Urges the State Party, within the framework of the UNESCO Mali Action Plan adopted on ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Old Towns of Djenné
Country: Mali
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Old Towns of Djenné
Country: Mali
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B.47 , adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011),
3. Takes note of the information provided by the State Party concerning measures taken to protect the Outstanding Universal Value of the property, and commend s its commitment for securing substantial funding for the urgently needed rehabilitation and conservation work on the urban fabric;
4. Encourages the State Party to continue its efforts through the implementation of the ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Kasbah of Algiers
Country: Algeria
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Kasbah of Algiers
Country: Algeria
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add,
2. Recalling Decisions 32 COM 8B.54 and 33 COM 7B.53 adopted at its 32nd (Quebec City, 2008) and 33rd (Seville, 2009) sessions respectively,
3. Commends the State Party for its commitment to the conservation and protection of the Outstanding Universal Value of the property including its conditions of integrity, and for its close cooperation with the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies towards the identification of alternative solutions of the route of the ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
Country: Bahrain
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
Country: Bahrain
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 7B.50 , adopted at its 36th session (Saint Petersburg, 2012),
3. Notes the information provided by the State Party on the implementation of projects at the property and urges the State Party to reduce interventions at the property to only essential stabilization works until the integrated management plan is fully developed and adopted;
4. Reiterates its request to the State Party, in accordance to Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines ...
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Country: Egypt
Session: 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (37 COM)
Year: 2013
Sites: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Country: Egypt
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