The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7A.32, adopted at its 40th Session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Welcomes the progress achieved with the finalization of the Draft Forest (Protection of Mangroves) Regulations, and requests the State Party to finalize the legal drafting and adoption of the Regulations as a matter of priority and to submit the final legal document to the World Heritage Centre, as soon as it becomes available;
Also welcomes the commencement of the implementation of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add.2,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.75, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016),
Notes with appreciation the State Party’s ongoing commitment and efforts aimed at the preservation of the critically endangered vaquita and totoaba, particularly through the establishment of an unprecedented level of cooperation between different national authorities, including the Mexican Navy and regrets that the Integral Strategy for the Protection of the vaquita has not delivered the expected results and that illegal ...