Huascarán National Park
Factors affecting the property in 1996*
- Ground transport infrastructure
- Management systems/ management plan
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
- Possible Bill in Congress to reduce the level of legal protection (issue resolved)
- Inappropriate tourism development proposals (issue resolved)
- Overgrazing by domestic sheep (issue resolved)
- Excessive burning (issue resolved)
- Poaching by the military (issue resolved)
- Low financial resources (issue resolved)
- Cultural resources inventory of the site needed
- New road proposal
International Assistance: requests for the property until 1996
Total amount approved : 75,400 USD
| 1993 | Training and awareness-raising activities for Huascaran ... (Approved) | 20,000 USD |
| 1989 | Elaboration of a Master Plan for the Management of ... (Approved) | 20,000 USD |
| 1986 | Support for associated training activities for park ... (Approved) | 5,300 USD |
| 1986 | Financial support for the implementation of the ... (Approved) | 30,100 USD |
Missions to the property until 1996**
Information presented to the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee in 1996
The Committee (nineteenth session) recommended to the Peruvian authorities that a cultural resources inventory of the site be carried out and asked for clarification on the road developments which may threaten the integrity of the site. To date no reply has been received to a letter addressed to the State Party by the World Heritage Centre.
Action Required
The Bureau reiterated the request issued by the World Heritage Committee that a cultural resources inventory of the site be carried out and clarifications be provided on the road developments which may threaten the integrity of the site.
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 1996
The Committee, at its nineteenth session recommended to the Peruvian authorities that a cultural resources inventory of the site be carried out and asked for clarification on the road developments which may threaten the integrity of the site. The Bureau at its twentieth session reiterated this request. To date no reply has been received to a letter addressed to the State Party by the World Heritage Centre.
Analysis and Conclusion by World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies in 1996
The Bureau may wish to adopt the following text and transmit it to the Committee for noting:
"The Bureau reiterates the request by the World Heritage Committee that a cultural resources inventory of the site be carried out and clarifications be provided on the road developments which may threaten the integrity of the site."
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 1996
20 BUR IV.7
Huascaran National Park (Peru)
The Bureau reiterated the request issued by the World Heritage Committee that a cultural resources inventory of the site be carried out and clarifications be provided on the road developments which may threaten the integrity of the site.
20 COM VII.D.40
SOC noted by Committee: Huascaran National Park (Peru)
VII.40 Huascaran National Park (Peru)
The Bureau at its twentieth extraordinary session recalled that the Committee, at its nineteenth session recommended to the Peruvian authorities that a cultural resources inventory of the site be carried out and asked for clarification on the road developments which may threaten the integrity of the site. The Bureau noted that no reply had been received to a letter addressed to the State Party.
The Bureau reiterated the request by the World Heritage Committee that: (a) a cultural resources inventory of the site be carried out; (b) ICOMOS be kept informed about this inventory, and (c) clarifications be provided on the road developments which may threaten the integrity of the site. The Bureau requested that this information be provided by 15 April 1997.
Peru
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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.
