Decision : CONF 203 VII.A.2.18/19
SOC: Tongariro National Park (New Zealand)
VII.18 Tongariro National Park (New Zealand)
The Committee recalled that the site was inscribed under natural criteria on the World Heritage List in 1990 and as a cultural landscape in 1993. The Centre informed the Committee that it received information from a member of the local Maori community about the dropping of 1080 poison on Mount Tongariro to-combat the possum browse which threatens indigenous flora, and that the Department of Conservation had held consultations with the community, which agreed to a time-limited operation, which would not contaminate waterways. The Committee took note of the report.
Decisions Report
Decision Code: CONF 203 VII.A.2.18/19
Themes: Conservation
States Parties (1): New Zealand
Properties (1): Tongariro National Park
Year: 1995
State of conservation reports:
1995 Tongariro National Park
1995 Tongariro National Park
