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State of Conservation (SOC)

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1986)

UNESCO Extra-Budgetary Funds
International Assistance granted to the property

Requests Approved: 0 (from1981-1986)
Total Amount Ap proved: 112,882USD

1986   Equipment for Mount Nimba Reserve   6,500  USD
1983   Financial contribution to a seminar/workshop on the elaboration ...   22,000  USD
1983   Consultant services to prepare requests for technical cooperation ...   6,082  USD
1982   Financial contribution to a tripartite meeting (Guinea, Ivory ...   8,000  USD
1981   Equipment for Mount Nimba   70,300  USD
Missions**
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports

Lack of Management Plan; Lack of funding; Poaching

Corrective Measures
Current conservation issues

A Swedish mining company and the Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée have proposed a new railway link to the Liberian side of the mountain.

IUCN has sent an intervention letter noting that although the forests on the Liberian side have been destroyed, those on the Guinea side still retain much of their biological and watershed value, and the new railway should take this into account.

We are awaiting follow-up to this suggestion.

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

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
State Party:
Côte d'Ivoire
Guinea
Date of Inscription: 1981
Nomination records (Year): 1980
Category: Natural
Criteria: (ix)(x)
Exports
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Threats*
  • Ground transport infrastructure
  • Illegal activities
  • Management systems/ management plan
  • Financial resources
  • 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: 1558
Inscription on the Danger List
Year: 1992
Threats to the Site:

The Reserve was inscribed on the List of the World Heritage in Danger as a result of two factors:

  • a proposed iron-ore mining concession to an international consortium;
  • the arrival of a large number of refugees to areas in and around the Guinean part of the site.

The granting of the concession was announced in 1992 and included portions of the WH site.


* : 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.