Srebarna Nature Reserve
Factors affecting the property in 2004*
- Management systems/ management plan
- Other Threats:
Lack of monitoring system
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system.
Additional Details:
Lake rehabilitation and assessment of rehabilitation success; management plan finalization and adoption; and transborder cooperation with other States Parties sharing the Danube River
International Assistance: requests for the property until 2004
Total amount approved : 52,812 USD
| 2004 | Cleaning the channel connecting the lake with the River ... (Approved) | 11,812 USD |
| 1999 | Training workshop on "Srebarna Nature Reserve - core ... (Approved) | 8,000 USD |
| 1998 | Assistance to the renovation of the exposition of the ... (Not approved) | 0 USD |
| 1994 | Purchase of equipment for the measurement and ... (Approved) | 19,000 USD |
| 1994 | Training workshop in Srebarna Nature Reserve (Approved) | 14,000 USD |
Missions to the property until 2004**
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2004
The joint UNESCO-IUCN mission to Pirin National Park, which was carried out from 3 to 6 February 2004, took the opportunity to discuss state of conservation issues of Srebarna Nature Reserve with the Ministry for Environment and Waters in Sofia. The mission noted the progress made with regard to reporting on the Srebarna Nature Reserve and received a draft report during its meetings in Sofia. The mission recommended to process the international assistance requests under way and to enhance the collaboration with Romania as requested by the World Heritage Committee.
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 2004
28 COM 15B.23
Srebarna Nature Reserve (Bulgaria)
The World Heritage Committee [13],1. Noting the report by the State Party and the results from the February 2004 joint UNESCO/IUCN mission to Bulgaria,
2. Welcomes that the State Party requested technical assistance from the World Heritage Fund to urgently purchase a portable electric generator to enable rapid closure of the sluice gates in a potential emergency situation;
3. Regrets that the State Party did not submit a calendar of activities for preparing a proposal for a transborder World Heritage area in the Danube Delta in cooperation with other concerned States Parties as requested (Decision 27 COM 7A.10);
4. Requests the State Party to enhance the implementation of the management plan and to keep the World Heritage Centre informed on progress achieved in transboundary collaboration relating to the Danube Delta ecosystem.
Draft Decision: 28 COM 15B.23
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Noting the report by the State Party and the results from the February 2004 joint UNESCO/IUCN mission to Bulgaria,
2. Welcomes that the State Party requested technical assistance from the World Heritage Fund to urgently purchase a portable electric generator to enable rapid closure of the sluice gates in a potential emergency situation;
3. Regrets that the State Party did not submit a calendar of activities for preparing a proposal for a transborder World Heritage area in the Danube Delta in co-operation with other concerned States Parties as requested (27 COM 7A.10);
4. Requests the State Party to enhance the implementation of the management plan and to keep the Centre informed on progress achieved in transboundary collaboration relating to the Danube Delta ecosystem.
BulgariaExports
* :
The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).
** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.
