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CONF 008 XIII.C
SOC: Pirin National Park (Bulgaria)
Pirin National Park, Bulgaria: The construction of a hotel and a ski-resort at the head of the Vihren Valley within this Park was being undertaken, against strong opposition by local conservation groups. The representative of IUCN requested whether an environmental impact assessment had been made for these developments. The representative of Bulgaria confirmed these developments and informed the Committee that she would request the Pirin National Park authorities to provide a full report which she would transmit to the Bureau at its next ...
Session: 9th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 008)
Year: 1985
Sites: Pirin National Park
Country: Bulgaria
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CONF 008 XIII.C
SOC: Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada)
Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada: It was recalled that, when inscribing this property on the World Heritage List in 1983, the Committee had drawn the attention to the harmful consequences of the possible construction of a dam on the Slave River to the natural characteristics of this property. The Committee was informed that the plans for such a dam had been definitively cancelled and expressed its satisfaction to both the Provincial and National Canadian authorities.  
Session: 9th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 008)
Year: 1985
Sites: Wood Buffalo National Park
Country: Canada
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CONF 008 XIII.C
SOC: Galapagos National Park (Ecuador)
Galapagos National Park, Ecuador: A man-caused fire on Isabela Island in March 1985 had resulted in an international appeal to aid the efforts of the Ecuadorian Government and Park authorities to extinguish the blaze, which had burnt over 30,000 ha. A contribution of US$10,500 from the World Heritage Fund under emergency assistance had been provided, in addition to contributions from WWF-Germany and the United Kingdom and contributions in kind from the Province of Quebec (Canada) and the United States. There had been no serious losses of animal species and it was reported that the fire ...
Session: 9th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 008)
Year: 1985
Sites: Galápagos Islands
Country: Ecuador
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CONF 008 XIII.C
SOC: Simen National Park (Ethiopia)
Simen National Park, Ethiopia: The management plan for this park, which resulted from a workshop supported by the World Heritage Fund, had been finalised. However, the situation described by IUCN at the 8th session of the Committee in 1984 had not developed further and no further information had been obtained.  
Session: 9th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 008)
Year: 1985
Sites: Simien National Park
Country: Ethiopia
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CONF 008 XIII.C
SOC: Durmitor National Park (Yugoslavia)
Durmitor National Park, Yugoslavia: This property had been threatened by the construction of a dam on the Tara River, however, due to public pressure from within and without Yugoslavia, this proposal had been cancelled. The Committee noted its satisfaction that this threat had now been removed and congratulated the Yugoslav authorities on making the best use of the Convention to support efforts to protect this property.  
Session: 9th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 008)
Year: 1985
Sites: Durmitor National Park
Country: Montenegro
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CONF 003 IX.A.14-15
Monitoring of the State of Conservation of the World Heritage Natural Properties
14. As in previous years, IUCN reported on the conservation of natural properties inscribed on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger. An information document (CC-86/CONF.003/INF.4) prepared by IUCN presented up-to-date information on some 16 natural properties. 15. The Committee was glad to learn of improvements or of a stabilisation in the previously deteriorating situation of certain properties, notably Djoudj National Park (Senegal), Ngorongoro Conservation area (Tanzania) and Garamba National Park (Zaire) (all inscribed on the List of World Heritage in ...
Session: 10th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1986
Sites: Aldabra Atoll Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary Garamba National Park Great Barrier Reef Ichkeul National Park Iguazu National Park Los Glaciares National Park Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve Ngorongoro Conservation Area Niokolo-Koba National Park Pirin National Park
Country: Argentina Australia Bulgaria Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Guinea India Senegal Seychelles Tunisia United Republic of Tanzania
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CONF 003 IX.A.18-19
SOC: Mana Pools, Sapi and Chewore Reserves (Zimbabwe) & Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania)
18. The Committee, when learning of the dramatic increase in poaching reported by IUCN for Mana Pools, Sapi and Chewore Reserves in Zimbabwe and for Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania, recognised that this particular problem should also be approached globally, by stemming the illicit trade in wildlife and especially of elephant tusks and rhinoceros horn. In this regard, the Committee requested that its Chairman contact the Secretariat of the Convention on the Interna­tional Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), which has been ratified by many States Parties to the ...
Session: 10th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1986
Sites: Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas Selous Game Reserve
Country: United Republic of Tanzania Zimbabwe
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CONF 003 IX.A.16
SOC: Galapagos Archipelago (Ecuador)
16. As concerns the Galapagos Archipelago (Ecuador) the Committee noted with satisfaction the recent addition of the surrounding marine area to the national park and requested the Secre­tariat to contact the Equatorian authorities encouraging the possible inclusion of this area in the site inscribed on the World Heritage List.  
Session: 10th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1986
Sites: Galápagos Islands
Country: Ecuador
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CONF 003 IX.A.17
SOC: Tai National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)
17. The Committee was greatly concerned with the continuation of the serious threats to Tai National Park (Côte d'Ivoire) and requested the Secretariat to redouble efforts with the national authorities to inscribe this property on the List of World Heritage in Danger and, at the same time, to develop a project, in cooperation with IUCN, to improve the protection of this Park.  
Session: 10th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1986
Sites: Taï National Park
Country: Côte d'Ivoire
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CONF 003 IX.B.20-30
Monitoring of the State of Conservation of the World Heritage Cultural Properties
20. The Director of the Division of Cultural Heritage introduced the document on the monitoring of cultural properties prepared by the Secretariat at the Bureau's request (document CC-86/CONF.­003/6). She pointed out that this document recalled the background of this question and the discus­sions which the Bureau and the Committee had already had on the subject since 1982; it described in particular the system of data collection on natural properties used at present by IUCN, the system of monitoring the state of conservation of cultural properties which ICOMOS had submitted to the ...
Session: 10th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 003)
Year: 1986
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CONF 204 15-33
New monitoring activities related to World Heritage sites
15. This agenda item was introduced by the Chairman of the World Heritage Committee, Dr Adul Wichiencharoen (Thailand), who summarized the contents of his report on this subject as reflected in Working Document WHC-95/CONF.204/7 (see note [1] ) and the proposed resolution that had been prepared by him for this General Assembly (WHC­95/CONF.204/DR.1). He recalled that the World Heritage Committee, after a long process of consultations, discussions and practical experiences in several States Parties and regions, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean, decided, at its eighteenth ...
Session: 10th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 204)
Year: 1995
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CONF 005 VIII.17
SOC: Djoudj National Park (Senegal), Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania) & Garamba National Park (Zaire)
17. The Committee noted with satisfaction that the situation in two of the natural sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger - namely Djoudj National Park (Senegal) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania) - had considerably improved in the last year and that IUCN would be proposing that they be removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger in the next two years. The situation of Garamba National Park (Zaire) was also improving but was still critical.  
Session: 11th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
Sites: Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary Garamba National Park Ngorongoro Conservation Area
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CONF 005 VIII.18
Requested Progress Reports
18. The Committee requested its Chairman to write to the authorities concerned for the following natural sites mentioned in the IUCN document in order that progress reports could be submitted to the Committee at its next session: Western Tasmania National Parks (Australia); Mt.Nimba (Cote d'Ivoire/Guinea); Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary (Peru); Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal); Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania).  
Session: 11th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
Sites: Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve Niokolo-Koba National Park Selous Game Reserve Tasmanian Wilderness
Country: Australia Côte d'Ivoire Guinea Peru Senegal United Republic of Tanzania
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CONF 005 VIII.19
SOC: Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia)
19. The representative of Tunisia informed the Committee that a Unesco/World Heritage consultant was currently reviewing the sitatirn of Ichkeul National Park which had been mentioned in the IUCN document: he stated that his country would certainly nominate this site to the List of World Heritage in Danger if this way recommended in the consultant's report.  
Session: 11th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
Sites: Ichkeul National Park
Country: Tunisia
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CONF 005 VIII.20
SOC: Skocjan Caves (Yugoslavia)
20. The Committee noted with satisfaction the efforts of the Yugoslav authorities to reduce water pollution levels in the Skocjan caves.  
Session: 11th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
Sites: Škocjan Caves
Country: Slovenia
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CONF 005 VIII.21
SOC: Mana Pools Complex (Zimbabwe)
21. The Committee noted the very serious problems of poaching in the Mana Pools Complex (Zimbabwe) and noted that the procedure had been started by the Zimbabwe authorities to nominate this property on the List of World Heritage in Danger.  
Session: 11th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
Sites: Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
Country: Zimbabwe
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CONF 005 VIII.22
Monitoring of the State of Conservation of the World Heritage Natural Properties: Poaching
22. The Committee took note of the IUCN statement on the poaching of rhinoceros in general, and of the declaration of the representative of the Yemen Arab Republic contesting views expressed by IUCN saying that these views did not correspond to the real situation and did not look into the problem in its globality. The Committee requested the Secretariat to continue its cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and particularly to investigate what joint measures could be taken to reinforce the ...
Session: 11th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
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CONF 005 VIII.12-15
Monitoring of the State of Conservation of the World Heritage Cultural Properties
A. Cultural properties 12. The Chairman informed the Committee that, in accordance with the request of the Committee at its 10th session, a working group of the Bureau had been set up to examine the problems raised by the establishment of a system to monitor the state of conservation of cultural properties included in the World Heritage List. The working group had proposed the principles of the system and the procedure to be followed, and had, furthermore, drawn up two draft questionnaires. The, Chairperson of the working group specified that the first questionnaire would be addressed to ...
Session: 11th session of the World Heritage Committee (CONF 005)
Year: 1987
Sites: Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda Historic District of Old Québec Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur Pilgrimage Church of Wies Speyer Cathedral Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
Country: Brazil Canada Egypt Germany Poland Portugal Turkey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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CONF 205 22-25
Monitoring and reporting the state of conservation of World Heritage properties
22. The Director of the World Heritage Centre recalled that the Tenth General Assembly examined the monitoring and reporting on the state of conservation of World Heritage properties and that it decided the following (paragraph 31 of the Summary Record of the Tenth General Assembly): 'As a conclusion, the General Assembly decided to continue the debate on the systematic monitoring and reporting on the state of conservation of World Heritage properties at the Eleventh General Assembly of States Parties that will be held in 1997. The General Assembly requested the World Heritage Committee ...
Session: 11th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (CONF 205)
Year: 1997
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CONF 007 VII.14
State of conservation
14. The representative of IUCN reported on the status of three natural sites, two of which are inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, as follows: Manu National Park (Peru): A commercial discovery of natural gas had beenmade next to the park and further exploration work was imminent. This work would bring in many workers and settlers next to the western boundary of the park and could result in encroachments and associated problems. The Bureau requested the Secretariat to contact the Peruvian authorities and to seek* further explanation. Djoudj National Park (Senegal): The ...
Session: 12th session of the Bureau (CONF 007)
Year: 1988
Sites: Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary Manú National Park Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Country: Peru Senegal United Republic of Tanzania
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