Ecuador

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1976 - 1980
• 1995 - 2001

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Ciudad de Zaruma (1998)
• Sitio arqueológico de Ingapirca (1998)
• Parque Nacional Machalilla (1998)
• Bosque petrificado de Puyango (1998)
• Complejo de fortificaciones precolombinas de Pambamarca (1998)
• Lacs du Cajas et Ruines de Paredones (2003)

Activities

• Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape Project
• Main Andean Road - Qhapaq Ñan
• Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites

News

• Avian Malaria found in Galápagos Penguins Jul 4, 2008
• Ecuador’s “Galápagos Invasive Species” Fund gets injection of US 2.19 million dollars Mar 19, 2008
• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007
• Galápagos and Niokolo-Koba National Park inscribed on UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger Jun 26, 2007
• UNESCO Mission confirms threat to Galápagos Islands Apr 16, 2007
• UNESCO-IUCN Mission to Galápagos Islands World Heritage Site Apr 12, 2007
• Three sites withdrawn from UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger Jul 13, 2005

Events

• Conference: The Charles Darwin Research Station and Foundation in Galapagos: New Directions and Challenges for the Future Sep 30, 2005

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• Mr Marcelo Vazquez
  Minister Plenipotentiary, Chargé d'Affaires a. i.
  Permanent Delegation of Ecuador to UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Comisión Nacional Ecuatoriana de Cooperación con la UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)