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28COM 15B.20

Decision Text

The World Heritage Committee,
1. Noting the information provided by the IUCN-UNESCO mission to the property
and congratulating both States Parties for their conservation efforts,
2. Requests the States Parties to create a management body or joint structure for
dealing with the whole World Heritage area on both sides of the boundary to
enable coherent planning and management with the main goal to preserve the old
growth forest and its natural dynamics;
3. Urges both States Parties to further evaluate possibilities to reduce the negative
impacts of the border fence on ungulates and other mammals, in case the
removal of the fence is not possible, relevant techniques should be used to allow
the movements of animals along certain corridors;
4. Encourages both States Parties to give high priority to implementing all
recommendations proposed in the mission report and requests them to provide a
response to these recommendations, as well as information on how they intend to
implement the recommendations, by 1 February 2005 for examination by the
Committee at its 29th session in 2005.

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