Iguaçu National Park
Factors affecting the property in 2004*
- Ground transport infrastructure
- Illegal activities
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
Poaching/Hunting
International Assistance: requests for the property until 2004
Total amount approved : 0 USD
Missions to the property until 2004**
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2004
The Committee at its 25th session (Helsinki, 2001) removed Iguaçu National Park from the List of World Heritage in Danger after the State Party had taken the necessary measures to close down an illegal road that crossed the Park. The Committee requested a UNESCO / IUCN joint mission to take place in 2002 / 2003 to prepare a status report for submission to its 27th session in 2003. Although the State Party extended an invitation in 2003, there was not enough time to organize a mission whose report could be presented to the Committee in June 2003.
In early October 2003, a group of over 300 people invaded the Park, destroyed park buildings and several hectares of forest plantations and reopened the Estrada do Colono road. The State Party was able to remove these people from the road and close it once again within a few days, but the situation in the region has since remained politically sensitive as the debate over the road and whether it should remain closed or be opened continues. For these reasons, the State Party requested that the mission that had been planned for late February 2004 be postponed. Negotiations are now taking place to set a definite date for a mission in 2004. The report of this mission will be presented in time for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005.
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 2004
28 COM 15B.32
Iguaçu National Park (Brazil)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Noting with concern that the forced opening of the Colono Road continues to be a potential threat to Iguaçu National Park,
2. Urges the State Party to work with local communities to resolve the on-going concerns over the re-opening of the Colono Road for local use;
3. Requests the State Party to provide all the necessary assistance to the World Heritage Centre and IUCN to carry out a mission as soon as possible so that a detailed report can be presented in time for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005.
Draft Decision: 28 COM 15B.32
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Noting with concern that the forced opening of the Colono Road continues to be a potential threat to Iguaçu National Park;
2. Urges the State Party to work with local communities to resolve the on-going concerns over the re-opening of the Colono Road for local use;
3. Requests the State Party to provide all the necessary assistance to the Centre and IUCN to carry out a mission as soon as possible so that a detailed report can be presented in time for examination by the Committee at its 29th session in 2005.
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Exports
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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.