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State of Conservation (SOC)

Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (1992)

UNESCO Extra-Budgetary Funds
International Assistance granted to the property

Requests Approved: 0
Total Amount Ap proved: 0USD

Missions**
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports

Hydro-electric scheme (issue resolved)

Corrective Measures
Current conservation issues

[Oral report by IUCN and the Secretariat] 

Conclusion
Decision

  • Adopted

  • Draft Decision

16COMVIII
Link to the decision

Te Wahipounamu - Southwest New Zealand (New Zealand)

The Committee was informed that the Government of New Zealand has approved an application from a private company for a licence to export water from the World Heritage site. The exportation of freshwater would require the construction of a dam, a buried pipeline and four large reservoirs at Jackson's Bay. The Committee noted that the visual and ecological impacts of the proposed development project were not clearly known and that the legal and economic considerations which guided the decision to approve the project are being actively debated in New Zealand. The Committee instructed the Centre to contact the New Zealand authorities and request them to keep the Committee informed of the environmental impacts of the water export project.

 

No draft Decision

Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
State Party:
New Zealand
Date of Inscription: 1990
Nomination records (Year): 1989
Category: Natural
Criteria: (vii)(viii)(ix)(x)
Documents
Original Documents
WHC.92/CONF.002/12
Other Documents
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Exports
Word File
SOC Reports
SOC Reports by year
2004
1992
1989
Detailed List of SOC reports
Threats*
Major linear utilities
Water (extraction)
Water infrastructure

* : 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.