Plitvice Lakes National Park
Factors affecting the property in 1995*
- Illegal activities
- War
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
- War in the region;
- Destruction of the forests and park facilities;
- Poaching of bears;
- Dynamite fishing.
International Assistance: requests for the property until 1995
Total amount approved : 60,000 USD
| 1995 | N, Plitvice (Approved) | 30,000 USD |
| 1992 | Expert mission to Plitvice to assess the damage caused ... (Approved) | 30,000 USD |
Missions to the property until 1995**
February 1992: IUCN expert mission; September 1992: UNESCO/IUCN mission; September 1993: WHC/IUCN mission
Information presented to the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee in 1995
The site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992. Missions to the site were carried out in 1992 and 1993. The situation remains critical due to armed conflict and the political situation in the region which remains unchanged. The Committee at its eighteenth session decided to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger and another fact-finding mission to this area, particularly to the Korkaova Uvala Virgin forest is to be scheduled for 1995-96.
Action Required
Given the continued armed conflict in the region, the Bureau urges the Committee to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 1995
The site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992. Missions to the site were carried out in 1992 and 1993.
The Committee at its eighteenth session decided to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger and that another fact-finding mission to this area, particularly to the Korkaova Uvala Virgin Forest is to be scheduled for 1995-96.
The Centre received information from both the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Croatia to UNESCO and the National Croatian Commission for UNESCO, that the site has been visited and that damage from the period of occupation was evident. The World Heritage Centre jointly with the authorities are now scheduling a management planning workshop for early 1996 which will address the future management of the Park.
Analysis and Conclusion by World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies in 1995
The Bureau may wish to underline the need to review management planning for this Park with a recommendation that action should be taken to repair the serious damage to the infrastructure. The Bureau therefore recommends the Committee to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 1995
19 BUR VI.20
Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)
The Bureau recalled that the site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992. Missions to the site were carried out in 1992 and 1993. The situation remains critical due to armed conflict and the political situation in the region which remains unchanged. The Committee at its eighteenth session decided to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger and another fact-finding mission to this area, particularly to the Korkaova Uvala Virgin Forest is to be scheduled for 1995-96. Given the continued armed conflict in the region, the Bureau recommended to the Committee to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
19 COM VII.A.1.4
SOC: Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)
VII.4 Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)
The Committee recalled that the site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992 and that information was received from both the Permanent Delegation of the Republic _of Croatia to UNESCO and the Croatian National Commission for UNESCO, indicating that damage from the period of occupation was evident. The Committee furthermore noted that the site was reopened to the public on 10 August 1995 and that the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee approved a request for emergency assistance (communications equipment) for an amount of US$ 30,000. Upon the granting of US$ 30,000, the State Party agreed to provide a contribution of US$ 60,000 for a total of US$ 90,000. The Centre informed the Committee that a management and planning meeting for the Park is scheduled for spring 1996.
The Committee took note of the report presented by the Secretariat and commended the State Party for its special contribution and endorsed the management and planning meeting for the Park scheduled for spring 1996. The committee decided to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger until the region stabilizes.
The Bureau recommends the Committee to take note of the written information provided by the Secretariat and to adopt the following:
"The Committee commended the State Party for its special contribution and endorsed the management and planning meeting for the Park scheduled for Spring 1996. The Committee decided to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger until the region stabilizes."
Croatia
Documents examined by the Committee
19COM (1995)Exports
* :
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.
