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Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Virgin Komi Forests 1. World Heritage Property Data 1.5 - Governmental Institution Responsible for the Property 1.1 - Name of World Heritage Property Grigory E. Ordzhonikidze Virgin Komi Forests Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO Executive Secretary 1.2 - World Heritage Property Details 1.6 - Property Manager / Coordinator, Local Institution / State(s) Party(ies) Agency Russian Federation Zinaida K. Muzileva Type of Property The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian natural Federation Identification Number Comment 719 The head of «National park «Yugyd Va» Fomicheva Tatiana Savvatievna 8(82146) 24021; 89129460212; e-mail: Year of inscription on the World Heritage List [email protected] The acting head of «Pechora-Ilych State 1995 Nature Reserve» Kudriavtseva Dominika 8(82138) 95680; 89121483643; e-mail: [email protected] 1.3 - Geographic Information Table Name Coordinates Property Buffer Total Inscription 1.7 - Web Address of the Property (if existing) (latitude/longitude) (ha) zone (ha) year (ha) 1. Virgin Komi Forests (Greenpeace Russia) 0 / 0 ? ? ? 2. Yugud-Va National Park in Ural mountains 3. Natural site datasheet from WCMC 0 / 0 ? ? ? 4. Natural Heritage Protection Fund Yugyd Va 65.067 / 60.15 1900000 0 1900000 1995 (Clear Water) Comment National www.yugydva.komi.com www.pechora-reserve.ru Park , Komi Republic , Russian 1.8 - Other designations / Conventions under which the Federation property is protected (if applicable) Pechoro- 62.333 / 59 730000 650000 1380000 1995 Ilychskiy Nature 2. Statement of Outstanding Universal Value Reserve , Komi Republic , Russian 2.1 - Statement of Outstanding Universal Value / Federation Statement of Significance Yaksha Forest 61.879 / 57.008 15800 0 15800 1995 District , Komi 2.2 - The criteria (2005 revised version) under which the Republic , Russian property was inscribed Federation (vii)(ix) Total (ha) 2645800 650000 3295800 Comment 2.3 - Attributes expressing the Outstanding Universal Because of constitutive documents of increasing area of the Value per criterion National Park and clarification of the exact area of the (ii) - an outstanding example of significant ecological and Reserve and its buffer zone there is a need to make changes. biological processes in the evolution and development of The necessity of further changes in the boundaries of the ecosystems and plant and animal communities. The object is object is very relevant: results of reactive mission, a positive an outstanding example of ongoing ecological and biological opinion of the accession of environmental expertise on joining processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial areas of boreal forests to the national park "Yugyd va" which ecosystems and plant and animal communities. The rocks, total area is 183,222 hectares which were formed in the early stages of the Earth development, have been bared as a result of the folded structure of the relief. These rocks have a history of the 1.4 - Map(s) organic evolution. The object includes the most important and Title Date Link to significant natural habitats for the biological diversity source conservation in it, including endangered species of Virgin Komi Forests - Map of the inscribed 05/10/1994 outstanding universal value from the scientific point of view. property The Virgin Forests of Komi are an area of rare and Comment endangered plants and animals. This area, located in the zone The necessity of further changes in the boundaries of the of contact between the European and Siberian floras, is a object is very relevant: results of reactive mission, a positive unique natural complex, which is very rich in flora and opinion of the accession of environmental expertise on joining distinctive. The object is an outstanding example of the main areas of boreal forests to the national park "Yugyd va" which stages of earth''s history and also it is a monument of the past, total area is 183,222 hectares a symbol of ongoing geological processes in the development of the relief. The Virgin Komi Forests are the part of the Ural mountain country, stretching from the North to the South for more than 2000 km. For a long time theUrals have been considered as the boundary between two parts of the world - Page 1 Monday, October 13, 2014 (8:59:11 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Virgin Komi Forests World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Virgin Komi Forests Europe and Asia. The history of the Urals led to the creation of succession - primary and secondary, etc.). The formation of folded structures of the two complexes (structural stages). the image of the mountain slopes and river valleys is still going Lower complex (tier) is presented by doordovikskimi strata. on. It is possible because of erosion, weathering, solifluction Rocks of this complex are various gneisses and schists of the and other factors of the landscape. Permafrost, thermokarst Archean. In some places we can see schists, quartzites and and other phenomena complete the overall picture. It is good Proterozoic marbles. Above these strata Riphean sediments to mention that you can find it only in the Northern areas. The are located (Upper Proterozoic sediments). Thus, this area mountainous nature of the terrain enhances the severity of contains unique geological formations and areas of climate change, which attaches the additional specificity in the outstanding natural beauty, numerous geological natural development of natural complexes. The most typical areas of monuments and glaciers are prime examples of geological the park are glacial valleys of the upper river and its tributaries processes occurring. (iii) – the presence of unique natural Kozhim. You can highlight the following geological, phenomena or areas of particular beauty and aesthetic value; geomorphological, paleontological and other monuments of The object is a space of exceptional natural beauty and nature on the territory of the park: a)cuts-Stratotypes aesthetic importance. This is the last complex in Europe (Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian (r.Kozhim), carbon pristine ecosystems from tundra to the middle taiga with a (rr.Big.Synya, Kozhim, Shchugor), Permian (rr.Big.Synya, pronounced altitudinal zones. The most beautiful plots are the Podcherem), Triassic (r.Big.Synya). b) outcrops where landscapes of the ranges Telposs, Sablya, Impregnable, the important details of the geological structure of the Urals occur; spurs of the Research Range - Lapapay and Kursombay с) monuments of tectonic processes - well-defined lines of arrays and Manaraga and Narodnaya mountains . Rocky tectonic faults, slickensides of fault planes, etc. (Sablya Ridge, canyon river stretches Kozhim, Shchugor, Podcherem, the arrays of Narodnaya Mountain, M. Karpinski and others); B.Synya are very picturesque. Listed rivers located on the monuments of exogenous processes activity - weathering, territory of the object have got a lot of rapids and shivers of denudation, erosion, the results of the dissolution karst rocks: outstanding beauty. The glacial landforms help to feel the remnants of weathering; "stone cities", caves and grottos (for aesthetic importance of the object: numerous mountain lakes, example, Caverns of the river Balbanyu and others); glaciers, snowfields and waterfalls. For example the object mineralogical monuments - the location of rare minerals has more than 800 lakes, most of which are picturesque (Yaruta Mountain, near the hill Neroika); e) paleontological glacial lakes, the largest are Commercial, Long and Perch monuments - the location of fossil fauna and flora (the lower lakes. Numerous cirque lakes and 38 glaciers give something reaches of the river Kozhim, midstream of Podcherye); f) really special to the mountain landscape, the largest glaciers mountain peaks and arrays which have the greatest height or are Muncie and Hoffman glaciers (area 0.75 and 0.37 Km2, placed in isolation; g) samples of glacial terrain - glaciers and respectively), which are located on Sablya ridge, numerous snowfields, moraines, permafrost outputs; h) hydrological cirque lakes and glaciers Untouched tracts of virgin forest monuments (mountain lakes, waterfalls, canyons, springs, which go through river valleys, the western slopes of the underground sources of mineral and fresh water); There are Urals, and the foothills of the Pechora lowland attach an numerous archaeological sites, including, for example, three outstanding uniqueness, diversity and special value to the monuments on Kozhim river containing the remains of landscapes. Some of the objects have become symbols, for settlements of the IV-III millennium BC and about II-I example: the highest point of the Urals - Narodnaya Mountain millennium BC, the ancient sanctuary (mainsail arch, Erkusey and Mount Manaraga Since 1930s the Northern Urals have Valley ancestors) on the territory of the park. Among these attracted many tourists from all over the Soviet Union. One of unique monuments we can also find a collection of metal the main reasons of the interest in the region is that objects (the era of the early Middle Ages). It was located exceptional beauty of the landscape, the rugged beauty of nearby Podcherem treasure. Gray Urals, in conjunction with the legends and mysteries which were occured because of lack of knowledge across the 2.5 - Comments, conclusions and / or recommendations area and also untouched forests. related to Statement of Outstanding Universal Value It is necessary: to correct a new nomination 2.4
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