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28COM 15A.11 - Everglades National Park (United States of America)

Decision Text

The World Heritage Committee,
1. Notes the detailed report provided by the State Party and acknowledges its
efforts to achieve progress on the different programmes to restore and conserve
this property;
2. Commends the State Party for its co-operation with the State of Florida and
local governments in the development of the Comprehensive Everglades
Restoration Plan and the Everglades Forever Act which taken together will
restore the natural hydrological system, will meet the water supply and flood
control needs of the adjacent municipalities, and will reduce the phosphorous
levels in agricultural return flows to ensure water quality compliance;
3. Congratulates the State Party and the cooperators for their actions to restore
hydrological regimes, to reduce phosphorous levels in return flows, to stabilize
the populations of endangered species, and to appropriate US$ 8.3 Billion to
accomplish these tasks;
4. Invites the World Heritage Centre and IUCN in co-operation with the State
Party to describe the steps and identify the benchmarks and indicators to
monitor progress in the restoration of the property in view of facilitating the
Committee’s future consideration for possible removal of the property from the
List of World Heritage in Danger;
5. Requests the State Party to submit by 1 February 2005 an updated report on the
progress made in the restoration and conservation of the property for
examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005;
6. Decides to retain Everglades National Park on the List of World Heritage in
Danger.

Documents

• Original Decision Document