Durmitor National Park
Factors affecting the property in 1985*
- Water infrastructure
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
Construction of a dam
International Assistance: requests for the property until 1985
Total amount approved : 9,000 USD
| 1981 | 2 experts missions in Durmitor National Park (Approved) | 9,000 USD |
Missions to the property until 1985**
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 1985
[Oral report]
This property had been threatened by the construction of a dam on the Tara River, however, due to public pressure
from within and without Yugoslavia, this proposal had been cancelled.
The Committee noted its satisfaction that this threat had now been removed and congratulated the Yugoslav authorities on making the best use of the Convention to support efforts to protect this property.
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 1985
9 COM XIII.C
SOC: Durmitor National Park (Yugoslavia)
Durmitor National Park, Yugoslavia: This property had been threatened by the construction of a dam on the Tara River, however, due to public pressure from within and without Yugoslavia, this proposal had been cancelled. The Committee noted its satisfaction that this threat had now been removed and congratulated the Yugoslav authorities on making the best use of the Convention to support efforts to protect this property.
No draft decision proposed
MontenegroExports
* :
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.
