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Komodo National Park

Indonesia
Factors affecting the property in 1997*
  • Fire (widlfires)
  • Fishing/collecting aquatic resources
  • Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community
  • Illegal activities
  • Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
  • Management systems/ management plan
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
  • Preparation of a zonation map of Komodo National Park
  • Population pressure
  • Forest fires
  • Poaching (deer)
  • Coral blasting
  • Fish poisoning
  • Tourism pressures
International Assistance: requests for the property until 1997
Requests approved: 3 (from 1993-1995)
Total amount approved : 119,500 USD
Missions to the property until 1997**
Information presented to the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee in 1997

The Bureau may recall the fact that the boat provided to this World Heritage area with financial assistance from the World Heritage Fund in 1994, was destroyed in an accident during a systematic monitoring mission to the site in July 1995, in which four Indonesians lost their lives. With a view to equipping the Park with a boat capable of undertaking open-sea travel, the Committee at its nineteenth session (Berlin, 1995) approved a sum of US$ 30,000 and requested that the State Party provide the additional US$ 30,000 needed to purchase a large fiberglass catamaran. The Directorate of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation of the Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia, by a letter dated 17 February 1997, informed the Centre that they have approved the release of a sum of US$ 30,000 as counterpart funding for the US$ 30,000 approved by the Committee in 1995. As requested by the Committee in 1995, the Centre has requested the State Party to ensure that the fiberglass catamaran, whose purchase is currently underway, is adequately insured against accidents and other potential damages to it.

Action Required

The Bureau wishes to register its appreciation of the Indonesian Government's contribution of US$ 30,000 to match an equal amount provided by the Committee.

Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 1997
21 BUR IV.B.25
Komodo National Park (Indonesia)

The Bureau recalled the fact that the boat provided to this World Heritage area with financial assistance from the Fund in 1994, was destroyed in an accident during a systematic monitoring mission to the site in July 1995, in which four Indonesian officials lost their lives. With a view to equipping the Park with a boat capable of undertaking open-sea travel, the Committee at its nineteenth session (Berlin, 1995) approved a sum of US$ 30,000 and requested that the State Party provide the additional US$ 30,000 needed to purchase a large fiberglass catamaran. Learning the fact that the Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia has made available the US$ 30,000 as recommended by the Committee, the Bureau requested the Centre to transmit its appreciation of the Indonesian Government's contribution of US$ 30,000 to match an equal amount provided by the Committee. The Bureau also requested the management of the Komodo National Park to fully insure the boat against accidents and other potential liabilities.

Report year: 1997
Indonesia
Date of Inscription: 1991
Category: Natural
Criteria: (vii)(x)
Documents examined by the Committee
arrow_circle_right 21COM (1997)
Exports

* : 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.


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