Galápagos Islands
Factors affecting the property in 1985*
- Other Threats:
Fire
International Assistance: requests for the property until 1985
Total amount approved : 91,000 USD
| 1985 | Contribution to the training of an environmental ... (Approved) | 2,500 USD |
| 1985 | 4-month training in management of protected areas ... (Approved) | 6,000 USD |
| 1985 | Contribution to purchase of equipment for Galapagos ... (Approved) | 10,500 USD |
| 1982 | Financial contribution to a national training course ... (Approved) | 10,000 USD |
| 1979 | Purchase of equipment to eliminate invasive species in ... (Approved) | 50,000 USD |
| 1979 | Training seminar in the Galapagos (Approved) | 12,000 USD |
Missions to the property until 1985**
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 1985
[Oral report]
A man-caused fire on Isabela Island in March 1985 had resulted in an international appeal to aid the efforts of the Ecuadorian Government and Park authorities to extinguish the blaze, which had burnt over 30,000 ha.
A contribution of US$10,500 from the World Heritage Fund under emergency assistance had been provided, in addition to contributions from WWF-Germany and the United Kingdom and contributions in kind from the Province of Quebec (Canada) and the United States.
There had been no serious losses of animal species and it was reported that the fire could even have had some positive effects on habitat.
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 1985
9 COM XIII.C
SOC: Galapagos National Park (Ecuador)
Galapagos National Park, Ecuador: A man-caused fire on Isabela Island in March 1985 had resulted in an international appeal to aid the efforts of the Ecuadorian Government and Park authorities to extinguish the blaze, which had burnt over 30,000 ha. A contribution of US$10,500 from the World Heritage Fund under emergency assistance had been provided, in addition to contributions from WWF-Germany and the United Kingdom and contributions in kind from the Province of Quebec (Canada) and the United States. There had been no serious losses of animal species and it was reported that the fire could even have had some positive effects on habitat.
No draft decision proposed
Ecuador
Exports
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The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).
** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.
