42 COM 7B.63
Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche (Mexico) (C/N 1061bis)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decisions 38 COM 8B.16, and 40 COM 7B.63, adopted at its 38th (Doha, 2014) and 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) session, respectively,
Acknowledges the progress made in the integration of the protection and management of the cultural and natural values of the mixed property, and welcomes particularly the formal agreement of cooperation between the National Commission for Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) and the National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH);
Notes the development of a Special ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decisions 40 COM 8B.15 and 41 COM 8B.52, adopted at its 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) and 41st (Krakow, 2017) sessions respectively,
Welcomes the proposal to upgrade the protection status and consolidate the management of the property, and the opportunities offered by the new partnership between the State Party and African Parks Network (APN), with financial support of the European Union, Dutch Postcode Lottery and other partners, and encourages the international community to continue to provide ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.64, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Congratulates the State Party for the revision and updating of the 2018-2022 Management and Conservation Plan for the property, and notably for the important involvement of local communities, despite the persisting problems caused by the security situation;
Favourably welcomes the measures taken to involve communities in the conservation of the property and the different components of their heritage, and more particularly ...
42 COM 7B.66
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (Iraq) (C/N 1481)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 8B.16, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes establishment of an inter-ministerial committee for the management of the property, the completion of the Strategy for Water and Land Resources in Iraq (SWLRI) and the recognition of the Iraqi marshlands as a legitimate water user and, noting the competing demands for water between different users in Iraq, also welcomes the ongoing efforts for reform of water governance;
Urges the State Party to take ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.65, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Notes with appreciation progress made by the State Party in addressing the recommendations made by the 2014 Reactive Monitoring mission, despite facing financial and technical challenges;
Requests the State Party to keep the World Heritage Centre informed about plans for the development of a wastewater treatment plant, and on the development of a land use plan for the buffer zone;
Encourages the State Party to continue ...
Sites: Wadi Rum Protected Area
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.87, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Reiterates its utmost concern that new data shows that, in 4 out of 7 recent years, water provision to the property has remained well below the 550 million cubic feet recommended by the 2008 mission as a minimum to sustain its wetland values, and strongly urges the State Party to identify and implement solutions to sustain adequate and reliable long-term water supply to the property and its satellite sites;
Welcomes the ...
Sites: Keoladeo National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 8B.9, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Regretting that the State Party of Kyrgyzstan did not submit a report on the state of conservation of the Kyrgyz components of the property, recalls that for transboundary properties, States Parties should submit a joint report, rather than individual reports on their national components, and strongly encourages all three States Parties involved in this serial transnational property to submit joint reports in the future; ...
Sites: Western Tien-Shan
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.89, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes the completion and on-going implementation of the 2016-2020 Management Plan for the property and its nationally designated buffer zone, and urges the State Party to pay particular attention to the recommendations of the 2016 Advisory mission, including but not limited to firewood collection, tourism management, management of solid and liquid waste, and unregulated and poorly controlled helicopter use resulting in ...
Sites: Sagarmatha National Park
42 COM 7B.71
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine) (N 1133ter)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decisions 41 COM 7B.4 and 41 COM 8B.7, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Welcomes the two specific government resolutions adopted by the State Party of Slovakia aimed at addressing the Committee’s requests and recommendations regarding the protection and management of the Slovak components of the property;
Notes the confirmation provided by the State Party of Slovakia that logging remains suspended within the Slovak components of the property, but notes with utmost concern the continued ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.93, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Notes that the new Management Plan for the property could not yet be finalized due to Court proceedings regarding the procedures for the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA);
Noting the amendments to the current Management Plan for Pirin National Park adopted in December 2017 which now do not prohibit the construction of water catchment facilities within the property, requests the State Party to provide more detailed ...
Sites: Pirin National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.94, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes the clarification provided by the State Party that industrial resource extraction inside the boundaries of the property, both on and below the surface, is not permitted;
Requests the State Party to ensure that long-term, substantive measures are introduced to prevent future oil and gas licences being awarded in the vicinity of the property as a matter of priority, and before the “pause” on hydraulic fracturing ...
Sites: Gros Morne National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 7B.3, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Commends the State Party for progress made to respond to the Committee’s decisions and to the 2017 mission recommendations, and urges the State Party to continue these efforts to fully implement all recommendations of the mission;
Welcomes the State Party’s decision to amend the Spatial Plan for Plitvice Lakes National Park which would include preparation of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), in line with IUCN’s Advice Note ...
Sites: Plitvice Lakes National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 7B.5, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Regrets that the State Party report provides little information on the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations of the 2012 mission and that most of the information provided is related to one component of the property only, the Katunsky State Nature Reserve;
Urges the State Party to implement all the recommendations of the 2012 mission, as adopted in Decision 36 COM 7B.25, across all components of the property and to ...
Sites: Golden Mountains of Altai
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 7B.6, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Noting with serious concern the resolution extending the use of increased limits on the fluctuation between the maximum and minimum water levels of Lake Baikal for 2018-2020, urges the State Party to stop introducing further changes of the limits on fluctuation until the impacts of all existing water use and management regulations on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property are fully understood through a complete and ...
Sites: Lake Baikal
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decisions 39 COM 7B.25, 40 COM 7B.98, and 41 COM 7B.7, adopted at its 39th (Bonn, 2015), 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) and 41st (Krakow, 2017) sessions respectively,
Taking note of the conclusions of the 2017 joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission, expresses its serious concern on the reported threats to the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property, and requests the State Party to fully implement all the recommendations of the mission;
Welcomes the continued efforts ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.99, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Regrets that the State Party report only includes information on one component of the property, Yugid Va National Park (YVNP) but that no information on the Pechoro-Ilychskiy Nature Reserve component is provided;
Welcomes enhanced capacity for the prevention of forest fires and protection of permafrost in YVNP as well as the development of the property’s Integrated Management Plan for the 2017-2031 period, and requests the ...
Sites: Virgin Komi Forests
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.100 adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Notes the clarifications provided by the State Party regarding the total area of the nature parks components of the property and the discrepancies with previously reported figures and requests the State Party to submit the information on the boundaries of all components to the World Heritage Centre in order to formally clarify them by submitting high-resolution maps and shapefiles for each of the property’s ...
Sites: Volcanoes of Kamchatka
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add,
Recalling Decision 41COM 7B.8, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Welcomes the State Party’s statement that the recent legislative changes do not impact on the obligations of the State Party under the Convention to preserve and transfer the heritage object to future generations in an unchanged state, but regrets that no detailed information about these changes has been provided and therefore reiterates its request to the State Party to provide detailed information about all recently adopted ...
Sites: Western Caucasus
42 COM 7B.81
Gough and Inaccessible Islands (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (N 740bis)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.103, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes the planned implementation of the house mice (Mus musculus) eradication programme on Gough Island in 2019, and requests the State Party to ensure adequate funding to fully implement the programme as a matter of urgency;
Appreciates that a feasibility study for the eradication of house mice has been undertaken and that the captive management of two endemic land bird species is being planned to mitigate risk of ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.104, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Reiterates its significant concern that there are uranium mines proposed in the area surrounding the property and requests the State Party to ensure Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, including a specific assessment of impacts on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property, are completed and copies submitted to the World Heritage Centre for review by the World Heritage Centre and IUCN before any decisions ...
Sites: Grand Canyon National Park