World Heritage 25 COM Distribution limited WHC-01/CONF.208/10 Paris, 25 October 2001 Original : English/French UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Twenty-fifth session Helsinki, Finland 11 – 16 December 2001 Item 8.2 of the Provisional Agenda : State of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List SUMMARY The Bureau during its twenty-fifth extraordinary session (Helsinki, 7-8 December 2001), will be requested to prepare this agenda item and to examine reports on the state of conservation of properties that are inscribed on the World Heritage List included in the corresponding Bureau Working Document (WHC-01/CONF.207/3) attached. The Bureau’s observations and recommendations will be transmitted to the World Heritage Committee in the report of the session of the Bureau (WHC-01/CONF.208/4). The Committee is requested to review the recommendations of the Bureau and take action as indicated in working document WHC-01/CONF.208/4. INTRODUCTION Cairns, Australia). In order to limit the length of this working document to a minimum number of pages, 1. This document deals with reactive monitoring as it is texts from those two reports have not been repeated in defined in the Operational Guidelines: "The reporting by the this document.) Centre, other sectors of UNESCO and the advisory bodies to •= Issues the Bureau and the Committee on the state of conservation of •= New information specific World Heritage sites that are under threat". Reactive •= Action required monitoring is foreseen in the procedures for the eventual deletion of properties from the World Heritage List 5. In addition, this document is now divided into two (paragraphs 48-56 of the Operational Guidelines) and for the parts: inclusion of properties in the List of World Heritage in Danger (paragraphs 86-93 of the Operational Guidelines). PART I Reports on the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage 2. Reports on the state of conservation of properties List for examination inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger are submitted directly to the World Heritage Committee. The This part of the document includes state of Bureau is requested to examine reports on the state of conservation reports on which the Bureau is conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage requested to take action, i.e. adopt a proposed List. decision under the following three categories: 3. The present document is also made available to the (a) The Bureau recommends the Committee to members of the Committee for consideration as Working inscribe the property on the List of World Document WHC-01/CONF.208/3. The observations/ Heritage in Danger; recommendations of the Bureau will be reflected in the report of the Bureau session that will be transmitted to the (b) The Bureau transmits the state of conservation Committee as Working Document WHC-01/CONF.208/4. report to the Committee for action; STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT (c) The Bureau transmits the state of conservation report together with its own 4. To facilitate the work of the Bureau, state of conservation observation/recommendation to the Committee reports are presented in a standard format that includes the for noting. following information: PART II Reports on the state of conservation of •= Name of property (State Party) properties inscribed on the World Heritage •= International assistance List for noting. •= Previous deliberations (Reference is made to relevant paragraph numbers from the Reports of the twenty- This part includes information on the state of fifth ordinary session of the Bureau (25 - 30 June 2001, conservation of specific properties that is Paris, France) and the twenty-fourth ordinary session transmitted to the Bureau for noting. of the Committee (27 November - 2 December 2000, PART I Reports on the state of conservation of The Bureau also noted the change in the organization of properties inscribed on the World the mining industry relating to the Global Mining Heritage List for examination Initiative's (GMI) decision to put in place a new organization. On 21 May 2001, the Board of Directors of the International Council on Metals and the Environment NATURAL HERITAGE (ICME) agreed to transform the organization into the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), to MINING AND WORLD HERITAGE be based in London. ICMM has been given a broader mandate by the membership to focus principally on The Bureau at its twenty-fifth session noted that, following providing sustainable development leadership for the the review of the results of the technical workshop on industry. An environmental scientist has been appointed World Heritage and Mining by the last session of the the Secretary-General of ICMM in October 2001. The Committee, the proceedings of the workshop were membership comprises leading companies from the published by the International Council on Metals and the mining, metals and minerals industry (represented by their Environment (ICME), IUCN and the World Heritage Chairmen/CEOs), as well as office bearers of regional, Centre. A copy has been sent in July 2001 to all national and commodity associations. Committee members for information. The objectives of ICMM are as follows: State of Conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List WHC-01/CONF.208/10, p. 1 •= to initiate, conduct, promote and communicate research •= 13 tonnes of bushmeat passed through one village and analysis into the interaction of the world’s bordering Dja Faunal Reserve within two months. mining, minerals and metals industries with the Most of it was bound for Yaoundé. economy, the environment and communities; •= The logging roads used for the transportation bushmeat •= to seek to lead change within these industries by to Yaoundé come to within 500 metres of the border stimulating discussion and coordinating activities of Dja Faunal Reserve. between and among member companies, others •= Three tonnes of meat arrive at Yaoundé's four involved with the industry and the industry’s regional, bushmeat markets daily. national, commodity and international associations; •= The number of men hunting in the logging concession •= to develop and communicate a clear and authoritative adjoining Dja Faunal Reserve equals the number of position on global issues affecting the future of the men employed by the concessionaire. mining, minerals and metals industries; •= Each hunter may lay 200 snares, and capture on •= to determine and promote global best practice average three or four chimps and two gorillas a performance standards within these industries; month. •= to maintain a high-level dialogue with government and inter-governmental bodies, non-governmental and IUCN reports that the articles also raised concern about the community organisations, academic and professional effectiveness of the 50 ‘eco-guards’ funded by the EU, institutions and other stakeholders. who are responsible for law enforcement in and around Dja. Both articles claim that the guards are not making a The inaugural meeting of the Governing Council of ICMM difference to the poaching problem. They are hampered has been held on 24 October 2001 in London. Issues by the State requirement that any meat they confiscate - related to mining and biodiversity will continue to be a including that of protected species - must be auctioned for priority for this new organization. The Bureau may wish to State revenue, hence creating a perverse incentive to note that following the creation of ICMM, the World protect wildlife. IUCN notes that such a situation can Heritage Centre and IUCN will review the proposal for the negatively impact protected area relations with local establishment of a Working Group on World Heritage and people. IUCN reports that, in collaboration with the Food Mining, as proposed by the World Heritage Committee at and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and TRAFFIC, the its twenty-fourth session. wildlife monitoring programme of IUCN and WWF, convened a technical workshop in Yaounde, Cameroon from 17-20 September 2001. The workshop, entitled Africa “Links Between Biodiversity Conservation, Livelihoods and Food Security and the Use of Wild Meat”, aimed to: Dja Forest Reserve (Cameroon) forge functional links among the species conservation, Year of inscription on the World Heritage List: 1987 under food security/community development and commercial criteria N (ii) and (iv) sectors in order to identify means to address conservation and development concerns linked to the unsustainable use International assistance: of wild fauna for food; contribute to the process of US$56,000 under Technical Co-operation and identifying, prioritising and planning practical responses to US$167,410 under Training (1984 to 1999). address priority conservation and development concerns related to the use of wild fauna for food; and provide input Previous deliberations: to a GEF proposal related to the use of wild fauna to Twenty-second session of the World Heritage Committee: contribute to sustainable livelihoods in Central Africa. Annex IV Twenty-fourth session of the World Heritage Committee: IUCN and the Centre note that the UNESCO/FAO African paragraph VIII. 24 World Heritage Forest Initiative (AWHFI) concept document, currently being developed for submission to the Issues: UNF Board for the July 2002 round of biodiversity grants, Illegal poaching, logging includes Dja Faunal Reserve. IUCN received an update