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28COM 15A.7 - Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal)

Decision Text

The World Heritage Committee,
1. Requests the World Heritage Centre and IUCN in co-operation with the State
Party and the IUCN invasive species specialist group, to undertake a mission to
the property to: assess the level of threat posed by they proliferation of Typha
australis and other invasive aquatic species; assess the other problems reported
by the State Party, namely the growing salinity and silting up of the rivers, and;
advise on required actions and possible benchmarks and timeframes for
removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger and submit
recommendations for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its
29th session in 2005;
2. Decides to retain Djoudj Bird Sanctuary on the List of World Heritage in
Danger.

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• Original Decision Document