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Stnetnocfoelbat Table of Contents Page Nº Introduction i IUCN Technical Evaluation Reports AsNatural Propertie As1 New Nominations of Natural Propertie Africa Madagascar - Rainforests of the Atsinanana 1 South Africa - Prince Edward Islands 11 Asia / Pacific China - South China Karst 19 Republic of Korea - Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes 29 Vietnam - Ba Be National Park 37 Europe / North America France - Speleothems of French Limestone Caves, Outstanding 43 Records of Karst Processes and Archives of Palaeo-climates Italy - The Dolomites 53 Slovakia / Ukraine - Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians 61 Spain - Teide National Park 69 Latin America / Caribbean Mexico - Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve 75 As2 Extensions of Natural Propertie Europe / North America Switzerland - Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn (extension) 81 Table of Contents Page Nº IUCN Technical Evaluation Reports BsMixed Propertie Bs1 New Nominations of Mixed Propertie Africa South Africa - The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape 87 Bs2 Referred Nominations of Mixed Propertie Africa Gabon - Ecosystem and Relic Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda 95 CsCultural Propertie Cs1 New Nominations of Cultural Landscape Africa Kenya - The Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests 99 Europe / North America France / Spain - The Mediterranean Coast of the Pyrenees 103 NUMERICAL INDEX OF THE IUCN EVALUATIONS OF PROPERTIES TO BE EXAMINED BY THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE AT ITS 31ST SESSION IyD No Sytate Part Noominated Propert Page N 1d037 Bis S)witzerlan J1ungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn (extension 8 1e045 F,ranc Speleothems of French Limestone Caves 43 Outstanding Records of Karst Processes and Archives of Palaeo-climates 1e133 Sslovakia / Ukrain P1rimeval Beech Forests of the Carpathian 6 1n147 Rev G-abo Ecosystem and Relic Cultural Landscape of Lopé 95 Okanda 1a231 Kseny T9he Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forest 9 1y237 Istal T3he Dolomite 5 1o244 Meexic B5anco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserv 7 1a248 Cthin S9outh China Kars 1 1m249 Vkietna B7a Be National Par 3 1r257 Maadagasca R1ainforests of the Atsinanan 1n258 Skpai T9eide National Par 6 1n261 Fsrance / Spai T3he Mediterranean Coast of the Pyrenee 10 1a264 Rsepublic of Kore J9eju Volcanic Island and Lava Tube 2 1a265 Seouth Afric T7he Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscap 8 1a266 Ssouth Afric P1rince Edward Island 1 THE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION IUCN TECHNICAL EVALUATION REPORT OF WORLD HERITAGE NOMINATIONS May 2007 1. INTRODUCTION Programmes, and scientific contacts in universities and other international agencies. This highlights the This technical evaluation report of natural and mixed considerable “added value” from investing in the use of properties nominated for inclusion on the World Heritage the extensive networks of IUCN and partner institutions. List has been conducted by the Programme on Protected Areas (PPA) of IUCN – The World Conservation Union. IUCN has also placed emphasis on providing input and PPA co-ordinates IUCN’s input to the World Heritage support to ICOMOS in relation to those cultural landscapes Convention. It also works closely with IUCN’s World which have important natural values. IUCN recognises Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), the world’s that nature and culture are strongly linked and that many leading expert network of protected area managers and natural World Heritage properties have important cultural specialists. values. In carrying out its function under the World Heritage During 2005 IUCN commissioned an external review of Convention IUCN has been guided by four principles: its work on World Heritage evaluations, which was carried out by Dr. Christina Cameron. This resulted in a number i) the need to ensure the highest standards of quality of recommendations to improve IUCN’s work and the control and institutional memory in relation to technical majority of these are now being implemented. The final evaluation, monitoring and other associated activities; review and the IUCN management response are available on IUCN’s website: www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/ ii) the need to increase the use of specialist networks of pubs/pdfs/heritage/christina_cameron_review.pdf IUCN, especially WCPA, but also other relevant IUCN Commissions and specialist networks; 2. EVALUATION PROCESS iii) the need to work in support of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and States Parties to examine how In carrying out the technical evaluation of nominations IUCN can creatively and effectively support the World IUCN is guided by the Operational Guidelines of the Heritage Convention and individual properties as Convention. The evaluation process is carried out over “flagships” for conservation; and the period of one year, from the receipt of nominations at IUCN in April and the submission of the IUCN evaluation report to the World Heritage Centre in May of the following iv) the need to increase the level of effective partnership year. The process (outlined in Figure 1) involves the between IUCN and the World Heritage Centre, following steps: ICOMOS and ICCROM. 1. Data Assembly. A standardised data sheet is Members of the expert network of WCPA carry out the compiled on the nominated property by UNEP’s World majority of technical evaluation missions. This allows for Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), the involvement of regional natural heritage experts and using the nomination document, the World Database broadens the capacity of IUCN with regard to its work on Protected Areas and other available reference under the World Heritage Convention. Reports from field material; missions and comments from a large number of expert international reviewers are comprehensively examined by 2. External Review. The nomination is sent to the IUCN World Heritage Panel. PPA then prepares the independent experts knowledgeable about the property final technical evaluation reports which are presented in or its natural values, including members of WCPA, this document and represent the corporate position of other IUCN specialist commissions and scientific IUCN on World Heritage evaluations. networks or NGOs working in the region (approximately 120 external reviewers provided input The WCPA membership network now totals 1400 in relation to the properties examined in 2006 / 2007); protected area managers and specialists from 140 countries. This network has provided much of the basis 3. Field Mission. Missions involving one or more IUCN for conducting the IUCN technical evaluations. In addition, and external experts evaluate the nominated property PPA has called on experts from IUCN’s other five on the ground and discuss the nomination with the Commissions (Species Survival, Environmental Law, relevant national and local authorities, local Education and Communication, Ecosystem Management, communities, NGOs and other stakeholders. Missions and Environmental, Economic and Social Policy), from usually take place between May and November. In the international earth science unions, other IUCN Global case of mixed properties and certain cultural IUCN Evaluation Report May 2007 i landscapes, missions are jointly implemented with In the technical evaluation of nominated properties, the ICOMOS. Udvardy Biogeographic Province concept is used for comparison of nominations with other similar properties. 4. IUCN World Heritage Panel Review. The IUCN This method makes comparisons of natural properties World Heritage Panel meets at least once per year, more objective and provides a practical means of usually in December at IUCN Headquarters in assessing similarity. At the same time, World Heritage Switzerland to examine each nomination. A second properties are expected to contain special features, meeting or conference call is arranged as necessary, habitats and faunistic or floristic peculiarities that can also usually in the following March. The Panel intensively be compared on a broader biome basis. It is stressed reviews the nomination dossiers, field mission reports, that the Biogeographical Province concept is used as a comments from external reviewers, the UNEP-WCMC basis for comparison only and does not imply that World data sheets and other relevant reference material, and Heritage properties are to be selected solely on this provides its technical advice to IUCN on criteria. In addition, global classification systems, such recommendations for each nomination. A final report as Conservation International Biodiversity Hotspots, WWF is prepared and forwarded to the World Heritage Ecoregions, Birdlife International Endemic Bird Areas, Centre in May for distribution to the members of the IUCN/WWF Centres of Plant Diversity and the IUCN/SSC World Heritage Committee. Habitat Classification, and the 2004 IUCN/UNEP-WCMC Review of the World Heritage Network are used to identify 5. Final Recommendations. IUCN presents, with the properties of global significance. The guiding principle is support of images and maps, the results and that World Heritage properties are only those areas of recommendations of its evaluation process to the outstanding universal value. World Heritage Committee at its annual session in June or July, and responds to any questions. The World Finally, the evaluation process is aided by the publication Heritage Committee makes the final decision on of some 20 reference volumes on the world’s protected whether or not to inscribe the property on the World areas published by IUCN, UNEP-WCMC and several other Heritage List. publishers. These include (1) Reviews of Protected Area Systems in Africa, Asia and Oceania; (2) the four volume It should be noted
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