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Ilulissat Icefjord Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Ilulissat Icefjord 1. World Heritage Property Data 1.8 - Other designations / Conventions under which the property is protected (if applicable) 1.1 - Name of World Heritage Property Ilulissat Icefjord 2. Statement of Outstanding Universal Value 1.2 - World Heritage Property Details 2.1 - Statement of Outstanding Universal Value / Statement of Significance State(s) Party(ies) Denmark 2.2 - The criteria (2005 revised version) under which the Type of Property property was inscribed natural (vii)(viii) Identification Number 1149 2.3 - Attributes expressing the Outstanding Universal Year of inscription on the World Heritage List Value per criterion 2004 2.4 - If needed, please provide details of why the 1.3 - Geographic Information Table Statement of Outstanding Universal Value should be revised Name Coordinates Property Buffer Total Inscription (longitude / (ha) zone (ha) (ha) year latitude) 2.5 - Comments, conclusions and / or recommendations Ilulissat 69.133 / -49.5 402400 0 402400 2004 related to Statement of Outstanding Universal Value Icefjord Total (ha) 402400 0 402400 3. Factors Affecting the Property 1.4 - Map(s) 3.14. Other factor(s) Title Date Link to source Ilulissat Icefjord - inscribed property 07/07/2004 3.14.1 - Other factor(s) 1.5 - Governmental Institution Responsible for the Property Bolette Lehn Petersen Heritage Agency of Denmark Architect MAA Comment Heritage Agency of Denmark - the name of the agency has been changed to Danish Agency for Culture. The email adress has also been changed - current adress is: [email protected] 1.6 - Property Manager / Coordinator, Local Institution / Agency Naja Habermann Qaasuitsup Kommunia UNESCO Site Manager Ilulissat Icefjord Office 1.7 - Web Address of the Property (if existing) 1. View photos from OUR PLACE the World Heritage collection 2. www.unep-wcmc.org 3. ilulissaticefjord.com 4. The Official Tourism Site of Greenland Comment Official webpage: www.kangia.gl Page 1 Monday, May 19, 2014 (12:18:57 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Ilulissat Icefjord World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Ilulissat Icefjord 3.15. Factors Summary Table 3.15.1 - Factors summary table Name Impact Origin 3.1 Buildings and Development 3.1.1 Housing 3.1.2 Commercial development 3.1.4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 3.1.5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3.2 Transportation Infrastructure 3.2.2 Air transport infrastructure 3.2.3 Marine transport infrastructure 3.2.4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3.3 Services Infrastructures 3.3.3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3.3.5 Major linear utilities 3.4 Pollution 3.4.1 Pollution of marine waters 3.4.2 Ground water pollution 3.4.4 Air pollution 3.4.5 Solid waste 3.5 Biological resource use/modification 3.5.1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3.5.2 Aquaculture 3.5.7 Subsistence wild plant collection 3.5.8 Commercial hunting 3.5.9 Subsistence hunting 3.6 Physical resource extraction 3.6.3 Oil and gas 3.6.4 Water (extraction) 3.7 Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3.7.3 Temperature 3.8 Social/cultural uses of heritage 3.8.1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3.8.2 Society's valuing of heritage 3.8.3 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 3.8.4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3.8.6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3.9 Other human activities 3.9.1 Illegal activities 3.9.2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3.10 Climate change and severe weather events 3.10.3 Drought 3.10.5 Changes to oceanic waters 3.10.6 Temperature change 3.10.7 Other climate change impacts 3.11 Sudden ecological or geological events 3.11.3 Tsunami/tidal wave Page 2 Monday, May 19, 2014 (12:18:57 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Ilulissat Icefjord World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Ilulissat Icefjord Name Impact Origin 3.11.5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3.11.6 Fire (widlfires) 3.13 Management and institutional factors 3.13.1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3.13.3 Management activities Legend Current Potential Negative Positive Inside Outside 3.16. Assessment of current negative factors 3.16.1 - Assessment of current negative factors Spatial scale Temporal scale Impact Management Trend response 3.2 Transportation Infrastructure 3.2.4 Effects arising from use of restricted frequent minor no capacity and / or increasing transportation infrastructure resources 3.3 Services Infrastructures 3.3.5 Major linear utilities restricted one off or rare insignificant low capacity increasing 3.4 Pollution 3.4.1 Pollution of marine waters restricted intermittent or sporadic minor no capacity and / or increasing resources 3.4.4 Air pollution restricted frequent minor no capacity and / or increasing resources 3.4.5 Solid waste restricted frequent minor medium capacity static 3.7 Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3.7.3 Temperature widespread on-going significant no capacity and / or increasing resources 3.8 Social/cultural uses of heritage 3.8.2 Society's valuing of heritage localised intermittent or sporadic minor medium capacity static 3.8.4 Changes in traditional ways of life widespread frequent minor low capacity increasing and knowledge system 3.8.6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / extensive on-going significant medium capacity increasing recreation 3.9 Other human activities 3.9.1 Illegal activities restricted intermittent or sporadic minor no capacity and / or static resources 3.10 Climate change and severe weather events 3.10.3 Drought widespread frequent minor low capacity increasing 3.10.5 Changes to oceanic waters widespread on-going significant no capacity and / or increasing resources 3.10.6 Temperature change widespread on-going significant no capacity and / or increasing resources 3.10.7 Other climate change impacts widespread on-going minor no capacity and / or increasing resources 3.11 Sudden ecological or geological events 3.11.3 Tsunami/tidal wave extensive intermittent or sporadic minor no capacity and / or static resources 3.11.5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition localised frequent significant low capacity increasing 3.11.6 Fire (widlfires) localised intermittent or sporadic significant medium capacity increasing Page 3 Monday, May 19, 2014 (12:18:57 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Ilulissat Icefjord World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Ilulissat Icefjord 2007 saw an amendment of the Executive Order to the effect 3.17. Comments, conclusions and / or that "Greenland Home Rule Government Executive Order No. 10 of 15 June 2007 on protection of Ilulissat Icefjord" now recommendations related to factors affecting the applies to the protected area/World Heritage Area. property 4.2.2 - Is the legal framework (i.e. legislation and / or 3.17.1 - Comments regulation) adequate for maintaining the Outstanding 3.10.7 Refers to the loss of perma frost Universal Value including conditions of Integrity and / or Authenticity of the property? 4. Protection, Management and Monitoring of the An adequate legal framework for the maintenance of the Property Outstanding Universal Value including conditions of Authenticity and / or Integrity of the World Heritage property exists but there are some deficiencies in implementation 4.1. Boundaries and Buffer Zones 4.2.3 - Is the legal framework (i.e. legislation and / or 4.1.1 - Buffer zone status regulation) adequate in the buffer zone for maintaining There is no buffer zone, but there is a need for one the Outstanding Universal Value including conditions of Integrity and / or Authenticity of the property? 4.1.2 - Are the boundaries of the World Heritage property The property had no buffer zone at the time of inscription adequate to maintain the property's Outstanding on the World Heritage List Universal Value? The boundaries of the World Heritage property are adequate 4.2.4 - Is the legal framework (i.e. legislation and / or to maintain the property's Outstanding Universal Value regulation) adequate in the area surrounding the World Heritage property and buffer zone for maintaining the Outstanding Universal Value including conditions of 4.1.3 - Are the buffer zone(s) of the World Heritage Integrity and / or Authenticity of the property? property adequate to maintain the property's Outstanding Universal Value? There is no legal framework for controlling use and activities in the area surrounding the World Heritage property and the The property had no buffer zone at the time of its buffer zone inscription on the World Heritage List 4.2.5 - Can the legislative framework (i.e. legislation and / 4.1.4 - Are the boundaries of the World Heritage property or regulation) be enforced? known? There are major deficiencies in capacity/resources to The boundaries of the World Heritage property are known by enforce legislation and / or regulation in the World Heritage the management authority but are not known by local property residents / communities / landowners. 4.2.6 - Comments, conclusions and / or recommendations 4.1.5 - Are the buffer zones of the World Heritage property related to protective measures known? 4.2.5.2 One Park Ranger, without other means of The property had no buffer zone at the time of its inscription transportation than traditional dogsled, is employed to monitor on the World Heritage List a wilderness area of 4000 km2. The Park Ranger has no authority to issue fines. Only option is to report criminal 4.1.6 - Comments, conclusions and / or recommendations offenses to the police, but due to lack of resources most cases related to boundaries and buffer zones of the World ends up with no penalties. Heritage property An adequate bufferzone is in the planning. 4.3. Management System / Management Plan 4.2. Protective Measures 4.3.1 - Management System Note WHC (July 2012): Please carefully review, complete 4.2.1 - Protective designation (legal, regulatory, and update the information provided below.
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