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27COM 8C.12 - Rio de Janeiro: Sugar Loaf, Tijuca Forest and the Botanical Gardens (Brazil)

Decision Text

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Decides not to inscribe Rio de Janeiro: Sugar Loaf, Tijuca Forest and the Botanical Gardens, Brazil, on the World Heritage List on the basis of natural criteria;

2. Defers consideration of the cultural criteria of Rio de Janeiro: Sugar Loaf, Tijuca Forest and the Botanical Gardens, Brazil, encouraging the State Party to:

(a) undertake an appraisal of the cultural values of Rio's setting in order to inform a re-definition of the boundaries of the proposed World Heritage property, so as to protect the overall back-drop of the city more effectively,; and

(b) put in place an integrated management plan, including revisions to the legislative protection and boundaries of the proposed property, as recommended by IUCN and ICOMOS;

3. Further encourages the State Party to renominate the property as a cultural landscape, subject to the caveats outlined above.

Documents

• Original Decision Document
• WHC-03/27.COM/08C
• WHC-03/27.COM/INF.08A
• WHC-03/27.COM/INF.08A Add
• WHC-03/27.COM/INF.08B
• WHC-03/27.COM/INF.08C