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World-Heritage-Watch-Report 2019 W H W World Heritage Watch Report 2019 World Heritage Watch Report 2019 Report Watch Heritage World World Heritage Watch World Heritage Watch Report 2019 Berlin 2019 2 Bibliographical Information World Heritage Watch: World Heritage Watch Report 2018. Berlin 2018 184 pages, with 276 photos and 80 graphics and maps Published by World Heritage Watch e.V. Berlin 2019 ISBN 978-3-00-062800-9 NE: World Heritage Watch 1. World Heritage 2. Civil Society 3. UNESCO 4. Heritage at Risk 5. Natural Heritage 6. Cultural Heritage 7. Historic Cities 8. Sites 9. Monuments 10. Cultural Landscapes 11. Indigenous Peoples 12. Participation W H W © World Heritage Watch e.V. 2019 This work with all its parts is protected by copyright. Any use beyond the strict limits of the applicable copyright law without the consent of the publisher is inadmissable and punishable. This refers especially to reproduction of figures and/or text in print or xerography, translations, microforms and the data storage and processing in electronical systems. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions whatsoever on the part of the publishers concerning the legal status of any country or territory or of its au- thorities, or concerning the frontiers of any country or territory. The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contained in this book and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of the editors, and do not commit them. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publishers except for the quotation of brief passages for the purposes of review. Landesstelle für Senatsverwaltung Entwicklungs- für Wirtschaft, Energie zusammenarbeit und Betriebe This publication has been produced with support by the Landesstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Berlin. The con- tents of this publication are the sole responsibility of World Heritage Watch e.V. and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the Landesstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Berlin. Editorial Team Stephan Doempke (chief editor), Pratiti Joshi, Andrea Martinez Fernandez, Michael Turner and Maritta von Bieberstein Koch-Weser. Map editor: Andrea Martinez Fernandez Upper left: Katz Castle and the Rhine river, with the disturbing roof of the new Loreley concert hall in the background (Stephan Doempke); Upper right: A mud volcano in Azerbaijan (Hartmut Müller), Lower left: Former Town Hall of Bolama, Guninea-Bissau (Francisco Nogueira), Lower right: An orangutan rescued from a destroyed rainforest in Sumatra (Katie Cleary / Orangutan Information Centre) Back cover map: Andrea Martinez Fernandez Cover, Design and Layout: Bianka Gericke, LayoutManufaktur.Berlin Printed by: Buch- und Offsetdruckerei H.Heenemann GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin 3 Contents I. Natural Properties 9 Water Infrastructure Impacts on World Heritage – How to Prevent or Minimize them? . .10 Eugene Simonov, Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition (RwB)1 Shadow Report on the State of Conservation of the World Heritage Property Bialowieza Forest . 14 Prepared by a NGO Coalition of ClientEarth, Wild Poland Foundation, Greenmind Foundation, Greenpeace Poland, Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (OTOP) – BirdLife Poland, Workshop for All Beings, WWF Poland New Threats to the World Natural Heritage in Russia . 18 Mikhail Kreyndlin, Anna Podgorodneva, Igor Glushkov, Greenpeace Russia The Western Caucasus – a Candidate for Insription in the List of „World Heritage In Danger“ . 21 Mikhail Kreindlin, Greenpeace, and Yulia Naberezhnaya, Russian Geographical Society Landscapes of Dauria – How to Prevent a Water Management Crisis? . 24 Sukhgerel Dugersuren and Eugene Simonov, Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition The Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan – a Potential UNESCO World Heritage Site . 28 Hartmut. E. J. Müller Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve on Endangered List for four years by 2018 … and counting . 31 Gunter Wippel, uranium network Development of Large-scale Industrial Complexes in the Sundarbans . 32 Sultana Kamal, National Committee for Saving the Sundarbans Sumatra’s Last Jungles: Protecting and Enhancing the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra . 34 Katharine Lu, on behalf of Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) and Friends of the Earth US Losing the Great Barrier Reef: Australia’s Failures to Reduce Its Contributions to Climate Change . 39 Noni Austin, Earthjustice | Jo-Anne Bragg, Environmental Defenders Office Louise Matthiesson, Queensland Conservation Council | Brendan Sydes, Environmental Justice Australia | Imogen Zethoven, Australian Marine Conservation Society Government Push for Tourism Development Undermines a Proud Record . 43 Geoff Law, Wilderness Society (Australia) II. World Heritage Properties and Indigenous Peoples 47 Mikisew Cree First Nation’s Call to Better Safeguard Wood Buffalo National Park . 48 Submitted by: The Mikisew Cree First Nation The Situation of the Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Lake Bogoria) . 51 Wilson Kipkazi, Endorois Welfare Council A Unique Landscape Under Threat: The ‘Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan’ . 53 Submitted by: International Campaign for Tibet 4 III. Cultural Landscapesand Mixed Sites 57 The Lake District – A Cultural Landscape Under Threat . 58 Fritz Groothues, Fiona Campbell and Jon Derry (Lakes Watch) Multiple Threats to the Upper Middle Rhine Valley . 62 Klaus Thomas, Rheinpassagen Citizens’ Initiative Austria: Semmering Railway and Surrounding Landscape in Danger . 67 Christian Schuhböck, Alliance for Nature The Prosecco Region: A Contentious UNESCO World Heritage Nominee . 71 Gianluigi Salvador, Pesticide Action Network Italy Lake Ohrid, Northern Macedonia – Where Concrete Rises and Waters Fall . 74 Daniel Scarry and Emilija Apostolova Chalovska, Ohrid SOS Management in Question at The Cultural Landscape of Bali Province . 79 Wiwik Dharmiasih, Universitas Udayana IV. Historic Cities and Urban Ensembles 83 The Monastery of El Carmen Bajo Affected by the Construction of the Quito Underground Metro . 84 Gloria Galarza Peñaherrera, Colectivo Kitu Milenario Serial Property of Saint Petersburg: In Need of Complex Solutions for Complicated Systems . 88 Elena Minchenok, ROST Fund and Russian National Heritage Preservation Society (VOOPIiK) Preservation of the Territories of Veliky Novgorod and its Surroundings . 92 Iuliia Eremenko, University of Bamberg and Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Liverpool Mercantile Maritime City . 96 Gerry Proctor, Engage Liverpool The City of Vienna Allows a Real Estate Developer to Dictate His Land Use Plan . 100 Herbert Rasinger, Initiative Stadtbildschutz Wien Gjirokastra, a Chronicle of Loss . 102 Kreshnik Merxhani and Valmira Bozgo Diyarbakir: First Destroyed and then Commercialized by Turkey’s Government . 108 Ercan Ayboğa, Platform “No to the Destruction of Sur” 5 The Historic Bazaar Complex of Tabriz, Iran . 112 Ghazal Nouri and Ali Bashash Alanagh Meidan-e Emam, Esfahan, Iran . 115 Ali Bashash Alanagh and Ghazal Nouri Assessment of the Old City of Ghadames . 120 Lamees BenSaad, Tripolitanian Society Colonial Heritage at Risk: Bissau-Guinea – a Modernist African City . 125 Sofia Cristina Mendonça Gaspar and Maria Isabel da Trindade Ferro Multiple Dangers to Lamu Old Town . 131 Mohamed Athman Bakar, Save Lamu The Historic Centre of Macao is still under threat . 135 Anonymous authors V. Monuments and Sites 137 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites WHS Still Under Threat of Road Construction . 138 Kate Fielden, Stonehenge Alliance[1] Altamira: Integrity and Authenticity as a Political Tool . 142 Andrea Martinez Fernández Austria: Großglockner High Alpine Road –a World Heritage Site? . 145 Christian Schuhböck, Alliance for Nature The Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains: 20 Years Without a Management System . 148 Aurora Pețan, Dacica Foundation The State of Conservation of Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove as of December 2018 . 152 Musa Oluwaseyi Hambolu, University of Jos The Need for a New Campaign to Save Carthage . 155 Oumaïma Gannouni Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis: A Reactive Evaluation of the Eastern Part of the World Heritage Property . 161 Eman Shokry Hesham 6 Talgar World Heritage Site is Under Threat . 164 Submitted by Green Salvation Civil Society Safeguarding Fort & Shalamar Gardens, Lahore . 168 Imrana Tiwana, Lahore Conservation Society The Makli Monuments and the State Party’s Reponses to their Preservation . 172 Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) Annex 175 The Authors . 176 7 Preface The recent fire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was – besides the one that ravaged the National Museum of Brazil – the most widely noted event of the past year in the context of the protection of cultural heritage. Countless reactions from all over the world filled social media on the evening of the fire. They demonstrated that there are monuments that people from all over the world identify with. Although owned by one state – in this case, France – these monuments are understood by the world as common heritage, something that in a certain way belongs to all of us. Exactly this is the basic idea of ​​the World Heritage Convention: There are objects of natural and cultural heritage that transcend national significance and become the common heritage of humankind as a whole. Therefore, it is up to humankind as a whole to provide for their protection
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