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Decision 28 COM 15B.20
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest

The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Noting the information provided by the IUCN-UNESCO mission to the property and congratulating both States Parties for their conservation efforts,
  2. Requests the States Parties to create a management body or joint structure for dealing with the whole World Heritage area on both sides of the boundary to enable coherent planning and management with the main goal to preserve the old growth forest and its natural dynamics;
  3. Urges both States Parties to further evaluate possibilities to reduce the negative impacts of the border fence on ungulates and other mammals, in case the removal of the fence is not possible, relevant techniques should be used to allow the movements of animals along certain corridors;
  4. Encourages both States Parties to give high priority to implementing all recommendations proposed in the mission report and requests them to provide a response to these recommendations, as well as information on how they intend to implement the recommendations, by 1 February 2005 for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005.
Decision Code
28 COM 15B.20
Themes
Conservation
States Parties 2
Properties 1
Year
2004
State of conservation reports
2004 Białowieża Forest
Documents
WHC-04/28.COM/26
Decisions of the 28th session of the World Heritage Committee
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