W H W World Heritage Watch Report 2018 World Heritage Watch Report 2018 Report Watch Heritage World World Heritage Watch Heritage World World Heritage Watch World Heritage Watch Report 2018 Berlin 2018 2 Bibliographical Information World Heritage Watch: World Heritage Watch Report 2018. Berlin 2018 184 pages, with 217 photos and 53 graphics and maps Published by World Heritage Watch e.V. Berlin 2018 ISBN 978-3-00-059753-4 NE: World Heritage Watch 1. World Heritage 2. Civil Society 3. UNESCO 4. Participation 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. 2018 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. 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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), Jürgen T. Reitmaier, Michael Turner and Maritta von Bieberstein Koch-Weser. Map editor: Martin Lenk Cover photos: Havasupai Medicine Woman Dianna Baby Sue White Dove Uqualla in front of Red Butte, Arizona (Garet Bleir), Burnng Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet (anonymous), Historic Cairo (Judith Angl), Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Tasmania (Rob Blakers) Cover, Design and Layout: Bianka Gericke, LayoutManufaktur.Berlin Printed by: Buch- und Offsetdruckerei H.Heenemann GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin 3 Contents Preface 7 I. Climate Change 9 A Comprehensive Policy Response to Climate Change Vulnerability in World Heritage Sites 10 Adam Markham, Union of Concerned Scientists Harmonizing World Heritage and Climate Measures The Case of Lake Baikal 13 Sergey Shapkhaev, Buriat Regional Union for Baikal, and Eugene Simonov, Rivers without Boundaries Coalition II. Natural Properties 17 Pirin National Park in Bulgaria – Intensification of the Threats to the Property 18 Petko Tzvetkov, Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation, Katerina Rakovska and Neli Dontcheva, WWF DCP Bulgaria, Toma Belev and Zornitsa Stratieva, Association of Parks in Bulgaria, on behalf of For The Nature Coalition in Bulgaria Western Caucasus – Candidate for the List of the World Heritage in Danger 23 Yulia Naberezhnaya, Russian Geographical Society, and Sophia Rusova, Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus The Virgin Komi Forests are Still in Danger 26 Mikhail Kreindlin and Andrey Petrov, Greenpeace Russia Concerns Regarding implementation of WHC Decisions on Lake Baikal and Recommendations for the 2018 World Heritage Committee Decision 28 Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition (RwB) and Greenpeace Russia Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve – Still Under Threat 34 Günter Wippel, uranium network Position Paper Regarding Violations of Decision WHC 41COM 7B 25 37 National Coalition for Saving the Sundarbans (NCSS) Resisting Intrusive Tourism Developments in the Tasmanian Wilderness 42 Geoff Law and Vica Bayley, the Wilderness Society (Australia) 4 III. World Heritage Properties and Indigenous Peoples 47 Grand Canyon National Park Under Attack by Uranium Mining Plans 48 Günter Wippel, uranium network Undermining Cultural Values: An Indigenous Perspective on the Khanchendzonga Nomination 52 Tseten Lepcha and Gyatso Lepcha, Affected Citizens of Teesta, and Shweta Wagh Water Security at the Honghe Hani Rice Terrace System: An Overlooked Issue 57 Archana Jayaraman. United Nations University The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras and the Ifugao Landscape at Risk 61 Llenel de Castro and Liezel Aldiano, Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement IV. Cultural Landscapes and Mixed Sites 65 The Lake District – A Cultural Landscape Under Threat 66 Fritz Groothues, Save the Lake District Campaign World Heritage at Risk: The Upper Middle Rhine Valley 69 Klaus Thomas and Elke Greiff-Gossen (Citizens Group Rheinpassagen) International Appeal: The Case of Italian Prosecco DOCG Region 73 The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Curonian Spit National Park: Will We Save or Lose It? 75 Alexandra Koroleva, Ecodefense Podesennya – the Emerald Heritage of Ukraine 79 Irina Nikiforova, Initiative for St. Andrew’s Passage Roşia Montana – A Unique Mining Landscape 82 Adrian Crăciunescu, ICOMOS-Romania, and Sergiu Musteață, ICOMOS-Moldova The Alarming State of the Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor, Montenegro 85 Aleksandra Kapetanovic, EXPEDITIO Center for Sustainable Spatial Development, and Marija Nikolić, Friends of Boka Kotorska Heritage Society Lake Ohrid: Post-Reactive Monitoring, Progress and Stagnation 89 Sonja Dimoska and Daniel Scarry (Ohrid SOS) Brave Heart 93 Tamar Gelashvili 5 The Ahwar of Iraq: World Heritage in Peril 100 Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign Response to Disaster: The Case of the Sukur Cultural Landscape of Northeastern Nigeria 105 Musa O. Hambolu, University of Jos Management of the Cultural Landscape of Bali Province in Fits-and-Starts 108 Wiwik Dharmiasih (Universitas Udayana) and Yunus Arbi, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia V. Historic Cities 111 The Destruction by Metro of Quito of the Patrimony, Tangible and Intangible, of Quito’s Historic Center 112 Lenin Oviedo, Alexandra Velasco Villacis & Diego Velasco Andrade (Colectivo Kitu Milenario) Late Baroque Towns of Val di Noto: Natural and Anthropic Risks 119 Elena Minchenok (Russian National Heritage Preservation Society) and Alessandro Leonardi Liverpool, Maritime Mercantile City 123 Gerry Proctor, Engage Liverpool Historic Centre of Vienna Under Increased Heavy Pressure from a Real-Estate Developer 126 Herbert Rasinger, Initiative Stadtbildschutz L’viv: The Abandoned Heritage 129 Irina Nikiforova, Initiative for the St. Andrew‘s Passage Gjirokastra‘s Monument Drain 135 Kreshnik Merxhani (Forum for the Protection of the Values of Gjirokastra) and Valmira Bozgo Diyarbakir: a World Heritage Site Destroyed Deliberately by Turkey While UNESCO Keeps Silent 139 Ercan Ayboğa, Nevin Soyukaya and Necati Pirinçcioğlu, Platform “No to the Destruction of Sur, Diyarbakir/Turkey” Historic Cairo – A Plea for World Heritage in Danger 143 Judith Angl, proheritage Lamu Old Town: Water Scarcity Threatens Preservation and Livelihoods 148 Mohamed Athman, Save Lamu Concerns for the Potala Palace Historic Ensemble, Lhasa 151 Kate Saunders, International Campaign for Tibet 6 VI. Monuments and Sites 155 Stonehenge, Avebury & Associated Sites WHS under Threat of Road Construction 156 Kate Fielden, Stonehenge Alliance Assessment of the Archaeological Site of Carthage 160 Oumaïma Gannouni, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis and Luxor City: Threats, Impacts and Possible Solutions 164 Eman Shokry Hesham, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Makli Monuments Merit More Attention Than they Receive 167 Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Civil Society Striving Relentlessly to Safeguard the Fort and Shalimar Gardens, Lahore 170 Imrana Tiwana, Lahore Conservation Society The Buffer Zone of the Atomic Bomb Dome is Being Destroyed 173 Terumi Mochizuki, The Organization Against Moving the Oyster Restaurant Near the A-Bomb Dome Annex 175 The Authors 176 World Heritage Watch 184 7 Preface World Heritage Watch offers a platform for civil society actors and indigenous peoples to document con- cerns, to alert the World Heritage Committee, and to inform the wider interested public. Since last year we publish our World Heritage Watch Report before the annual World Heritage Committee Meeting, in order to contribute to the Committee’s decision-making in a timely fashion. This is a demanding routine as the time to prepare the Report is very limited: between 1 February, when most State of Conservation Reports by State Parties are submitted to the WH Centre, and mid-May, when the Draft Decisions are finalized for the upcoming Committee Meeting. We recognize that this useful, yet tight annual routine puts considerable strain on our network members, who must send us their reports in time. Many of them are located in remote locations with only intermittent internet connection; others are not very well versed in legal English or French language. They have to track and check the facts and statements in the State of Conservation Reports, and to compile and select infor- mation which is relevant for the Committee.