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Decision 39 COM 7B.29
Área de Conservación Guanacaste (Costa Rica) (N 928)

The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,
  2. Requests the State Party to undertake an assessment of current and potential impacts on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) and integrity of the property of already existing and planned infrastructure of the Las Pailas geothermal project and its expansion located outside and adjacent to the property in line with IUCN’s World Heritage Advice Note on Environmental Assessment, and urges the State Party to finalize such an assessment by 1 February 2016 and submit it to the World Heritage Centre for review by IUCN, in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines;
  3. Encourages the State Party to invite an advisory mission, to be financed by the State Party, aiming to assess the situation, in light with the outcomes of the requested report, as in paragraph 2;
  4. Also requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2016, a progress report and by 1 December 2016, an updated report, including a 1-page executive summary, on the state of conservation of the property for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 41st session in 2017.
Decision Code
39 COM 7B.29
Themes
Conservation
States Parties 1
Year
2015
State of conservation reports
2015 Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Documents
WHC-15/39.COM/19
Decisions adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 39th session (Bonn, 2015)
Context of Decision
WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
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