ANNEX VII Distribution limited WHC-93/INF.4 Paris, November 1993 English only UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE World Heritage Committee Seventeenth session Cartagena, Colombia 6-11 December 1993 Information Document on item 11 of Provisional Agenda: Report of the International Expert Meeting on "Cultural Landscapes of Outstanding Universal Value" Templin, Germany, 12 to 17 October 1993 I. Introduction 1. The expert meeting was organized by the World Heritage Centre and the German authorities in close cooperation with the advisory bodies and at the request of the sixteenth session of the World Heritage Committee. 2. The objective of the meeting was to provide further guidance to the Committee on issues related to the inclusion of cultural landscapes on the World Heritage List. The Committee specifically requested that the group of experts discuss the preparation of Tentative Lists and to provide illustrations and examples of cultural landscapes. 3. The meeting was held in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide/Chorin in Templin, Germany with the support of the environmental foundation "Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt" from 12 to 17 October 1993. *[2] 4. The meeting was attended by experts from 19 State Parties (Australia, Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Senegal, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America) and one non State Party (Israel), representatives of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the advisory bodies ICOMOS and IUCN and of relevant nongovernmental organizations (IFLA, IALE, ILAA, IUCN/CNPPA). The interdisciplinary professional expertise of those who attended the expert meeting bridged natural sciences and cultural disciplines. The full list of participants is annexed to this report. 5. The programme of the expert meeting was carefully formulated to ensure the appropriate consideration of the Committee's request by the expert meeting. A global survey of outstanding cultural landscapes was presented in the form of case studies to provide the baseline illustrative information for the inclusion of cultural landscapes on the World Heritage List. Workshops discussed the classification and evaluation of cultural landscapes, issues concerning the conservation and management of cultural landscapes and the preparation of tentative lists to include cultural landscapes. The meeting programme, summary reports of the global survey of case studies and of the workshops are annexed to this report. The proceedings of the expert meeting supplemented by additional contributions will be published during 1994. 6. The expert group expressed its deep satisfaction that the World Heritage Committee had adopted the revisions to the cultural criteria to include cultural landscapes on the World Heritage List. 7. A number of general principles emerged during the expert meeting. The meeting reaffirmed that cultural landscapes are an expression of the interactions between people and the environment. Furthermore, the meeting recognized the importance of peoples involvement in the processes of identification, evaluation nomination and management of cultural landscapes. It was moreover emphasized that cultural landscapes are the subject of increasing threats. 8. The expert meeting made the following specific recommendations for an action plan for the future: ACTION PLAN FOR THE FUTURE: GUIDANCE TO STATE PARTIES ON THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, NOMINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES FOR INCLUSION IN THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST (a) that the difficulties encountered by State Parties in developing Tentative Lists be identified and addressed; *[3] (b) that additional information, guidance and advice be provided to State Parties on the subject of cultural landscapes and their inclusion on Tentative Lists; this should include an explanatory illustrated booklet on cultural landscapes; (c) that the opportunity for applying for preparatory assistance for the development of Tentative Lists should again be communicated to State Parties; (d) that State Parties that have not yet submitted revised Tentative Lists, to include cultural landscapes, be urged and encouraged to do so within the next two years; (e) that in light of the recent revisions to the cultural criteria that State Parties be made aware of the opportunity to review properties that are already on the World Heritage List with the object of reassessing the criteria and the boundaries for which the property was included. It was noted that this was at the discretion of State Parties; (f) that specific guidelines for the management of cultural landscapes, including both conservation and development, be incorporated in the existing "Guidelines for the Management of World Heritage Properties"; (g) that an exchange of information and case studies on the protection of cultural landscapes between State Parties be encouraged; (h) that the expert groups and NGOs (ICOMOS, IFLA, ILAA, IALE, IUCN/CNPPA) be encouraged to promote a broader understanding of cultural landscapes and their potential for inclusion of the World Heritage List; (i) that the World Heritage Centre be asked to facilitate all of the above. THEMATIC STUDY ON CULTURAL LANDSCAPES (a) that a working group(s) be convened,to initiate a cultural landscape(s) thematic study. This group(s) should be established by the World Heritage Centre in association with ICOMOS and in consultation with IUCN; (b) it was noted that a number of State Parties had developed thematic methodologies for the preparation of Tentative lists. It was suggested that the working group(s) investigate how these thematic frameworks could be applied to the development Tentative Lists to include cultural landscapes; (c) that the completion of this thematic study should not delay the inscription of landscapes of unquestionably outstanding universal value on the World Heritage List; *[4] (d) that the proposed working group(s) be requested to give careful consideration to the definitions and categories of cultural landscapes included in the Operational Guidelines. That the "Model for Presenting a Tentative List" (Annex 1 of the Operational Guidelines), the nomination form, and the format of the World Heritage List, be reviewed to insure the visibility of cultural landscapes; (e) that paragraph 14 of the Operational Guidelines be redrafted in response to the changes to the cultural criteria to provide appropriate information to the public during the nomination process. ANNEX VIII ACTION PLAN FOR THE FUTURE (CULTURAL LANDSCAPES) GUIDANCE TO STATE PARTIES ON THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, NOMINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES FOR INCLUSION IN THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST (a) that the difficulties encountered by State Parties in developing Tentative Lists be identified and addressed; (b) that additional information, guidance and advice be provided to State Parties on the subject of cultural landscapes and their inclusion on Tentative Lists; this should include an explanatory illustrated booklet on cultural landscapes; (c) that the opportunity for applying for preparatory assistance for the development of Tentative Lists should again be communicated to State Parties; (d) that State Parties that have not yet submitted revised Tentative Lists, to include cultural landscapes, be urged and encouraged to do so within the next two years; (e) that in light of the recent revisions to the cultural criteria that State Parties be made aware of the opportunity to review properties that are already on the World Heritage List with the object of reassessing the criteria and the boundaries for which the property was included. It was noted that this was at the discretion of State Parties; (f) that specific guidelines for the management of cultural landscapes, including both conservation and development, be incorporated in the existing "Guidelines for the Management of World Heritage Properties" taking into account successful management experiences; (g) that an exchange of information, case studies and management experiences on the level of regional and local communities for the protection of cultural landscapes between State Parties be encouraged; (h) that the expert groups and NGOs (ICOMOS, IUCN/CNPPA, IFLA, ILAA, IALE) be encouraged to promote a broader understanding of cultural landscapes and their potential for inclusion of the World Heritage List; (i) that the World Heritage Centre be asked to facilitate all of the above. *[2] THEMATIC STUDY ON CULTURAL LANDSCAPES (a) that a working group(s) be convened to initiate a cultural landscape(s) thematic study. This group(s) should be established by the World Heritage Centre in association with ICOMOS and in consultation with IUCN; (b) it was noted that a number of State Parties had developed thematic methodologies for the preparation of Tentative lists. It was suggested that the working group(s) investigate how these thematic frameworks could be applied to the development of Tentative Lists to include cultural landscapes; (c) that the completion of this thematic study should not delay the inscription of cultural landscapes of unquestionably outstanding universal value on the World Heritage List; (d) that the proposed working group(s) be requested to give careful consideration to the definitions and categories of cultural landscapes included in the Operational Guidelines. That the "Model for Presenting a Tentative List" (Annex 1 of the Operational Guidelines), the nomination form, and the format of the World Heritage List, be reviewed to insure the visibility of cultural landscapes; (e) that paragraph 14 of the Operational Guidelines be redrafted in response to the changes to the cultural criteria to provide appropriate information to the public during the nomination process. *[EOF]