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State of Conservation (SOC)

Ichkeul National Park (1986)

UNESCO Extra-Budgetary Funds
International Assistance granted to the property

Requests Approved: 0 (from1981-1981)
Total Amount Ap proved: 30,000USD

1981   Study on Ichkeul National Park   30,000  USD
Missions**
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports

Construction of dams; hunting; grazing and air pollution

Corrective Measures
Current conservation issues

An official response to the request made at the last Committee meeting has been: received by the Secretariat.

The Tunisian Government in April opened tenders for construction of a sluice that would mitigate the immediate problems facing the Park, but tenders have not been approved and long term problems still remain.

A special wetlands management course was held in Ichkeul in January which assisted in raising local awareness of the problems with the park. 

Conclusion
Decision

  • Adopted

  • Draft Decision

10COMIX.A.14-15
Link to the decision

14. As in previous years, IUCN reported on the conservation of natural properties inscribed on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger. An information document (CC-86/CONF.003/INF.4) prepared by IUCN presented up-to-date information on some 16 natural properties.

15. The Committee was glad to learn of improvements or of a stabilisation in the previously deteriorating situation of certain properties, notably Djoudj National Park (Senegal), Ngorongoro Conservation area (Tanzania) and Garamba National Park (Zaire) (all inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger). Improvements were also noted for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Australia), Pirin National Park (Bulgaria), Manas Tiger Reserve (India), Niokolo Koba National Park (Senegal) and Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles). The Committee requested IUCN to keep it informed of the conservation status of Iguazu and Los Glaciares National Parks (Argentina), Mt. Nimba (Guinea/Côte d'Ivoire) and Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia).

 

No draft decision proposed

Ichkeul National Park
State Party:
Tunisia
Date of Inscription: 1980
Nomination records (Year): 1978
Category: Natural
Criteria: (x)
Exports
Word File
SOC Reports (year)
2010
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
1989
1987
1986
1985
Threats*
  • Water infrastructure
  • Air pollution
  • Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals
  • Subsistence hunting
  • Water
  • Other Threats:
Documents
CC.86/CONF.003/INF.4
CC.86/CONF.001/11
Other Documents:
View inscribed site documents, nomination file, reports, decisions, ...
SOC ID: 1549
Inscription on the Danger List
Year: 1996 -2006
Threats to the Site:

The Park was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger during the 20th session of the Committee (1996) as a result of significant deterioration in the characteristics for which the site was inscribed.

The construction of three dams on rivers supplying Lake Ichkeul and its marshes has cut off almost all inflow of fresh water, causing a destructive increase in the salinity of the lake and marshes.

Reed beds, sedges and other fresh-water plant species have been replaced by halophytic plants, with a consequent sharp reduction in the migratory bird populations dependent on the habitat the lake formerly provided. According to IUCN, all reed-dependent species such as purple heron, purple gallinule and reed warblers have disappeared.


* : 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.