WHC-11/35.COM/INF.8B2 IUCN Evaluations of Nominations of Natural and Mixed Properties to the World Heritage List IUCN Report for the World Heritage Committee, 35th Session, Paris, France, June 2011 IUCN Evaluations of Nominations of Natural and Mixed Properties to the World Heritage List Table of Contents Page Nº Exective summary table Alphabetical index and IUCN field evaluators Introduction i A. Natural Properties A1. New Nominations of Natural Properties Africa Congo, Cameroon and Central African Republic – Sangha Trinational 3 Asia / Pacific Australia – Ningaloo Coast 13 China – Wudalianchi National Park 27 India – Western Ghats 35 Iran – Harra Protected Area 49 Japan – Ogasawara Islands 59 A2. Deferred Nominations of Natural Properties Africa Kenya – Kenya Lakes System in the Great Rift Valley 75 A3. Extensions / Renominations of Natural Properties Africa Benin – Pendjari National Park (extension of W National Park of Niger, Niger) 89 Asia / Pacific Viet Nam – Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (renomination under additional criteria) 99 Europe / North America Germany – Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (extension of Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians, Slovakia and Ukraine) 109 A4. Boundary Modifications of Natural Properties Africa Tanzania – Selous Game Reserve 123 Europe / North America Germany and the Netherlands – The Wadden Sea 129 Latin America / Caribbean Mexico – Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California 135 B. Mixed Properties Page Nº B1. New Nominations of Mixed Properties Africa Senegal – Saloum Delta 143 Arab States Jordan – Wadi Rum Protected Area 153 Latin America / Caribbean Jamaica – Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park 163 B2. Boundary Modifications of Mixed Properties Asia / Pacific Australia – Kakadu National Park 175 C. Cultural Properties C1. New nominations of Cultural Landscapes Africa Nigeria – Oke Idanre 183 Arab States Bahrain – Pearling, testimony of an island economy 187 Asia / Pacific China – West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou 191 Mongolia – Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai 195 Europe / North America Israel – Land of Caves and Hiding in the Judean Lowlands 199 Latin America / Caribbean Colombia – Coffee Cultural Landscape 203 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TABLE OF IUCN EVALUATIONS TO THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE Meets protection and Meets one or more natural criteria Meets conditions of integrity management requirements Name of the State Note ) / property ) ) ) Party vii viii ix x (ID number) ( ( ( ( atus rotection in in rotection Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Integrity Boundaries Threats addressed Justification of approach serial Protection st Management zone Buffer P surrounding arrea Paragraphs of the 78, 108- required ission Operational Guidelines for 118, 77 77 77 77 78, 87-95 99-102 78, 98 137 78, 132.4 103-107 the Implementation of the 132.4, World Heritage Convention 135 m Further IUCN Recommendation Ningaloo Coast Australia yes no ̶ yes yes yes yes ̶ (yes) (yes) (yes) N I + R (1369) Pendjari Benin National Park Extension ̶ ̶ ̶ (yes) no no yes (yes) yes yes no Y D (749 Bis) Wudalianchi China National Park no no no ̶ yes yes yes ̶ yes yes yes N N (1365) Congo Sangha Cameroon Trinational (yes) ̶ (yes) (yes) no no no ̶ yes no yes Y D CAR (1380) Ancient Beech Germany Forests Extension ̶ ̶ no ̶ yes yes yes (yes) yes yes yes Y D (1133 Bis) Western Ghats India (yes) ̶ ̶ (yes) no no no (yes) no no ̶ Y D (1342) Harra Iran Protected Area no ̶ no no no yes no ̶ yes no ̶ N N I (1373) OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE Meets protection and Meets one or more natural criteria Meets conditions of integrity management requirements Name of the State Note ) / property ) ) ) Party vii viii ix x (ID number) ( ( ( ( atus rotection in in rotection Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion Integrity Boundaries Threats addressed Justification of approach serial Protection st Management zone Buffer P surrounding arrea Paragraphs of the 78, 108- required ission Operational Guidelines for 118, 77 77 77 77 78, 87-95 99-102 78, 98 137 78, 132.4 103-107 the Implementation of the 132.4, World Heritage Convention 135 m Further IUCN Recommendation Blue and John Crow mountain Jamaica Mixed site ̶ ̶ no no no yes no ̶ no no yes ? N National Park (1356) Ogasawara Japan Islands ̶ no yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes N I (1362) Wadi Rum Jordan Protected Area Mixed site yes (yes) ̶ ̶ yes yes no ̶ yes no no N R (1377) Kenya Lake System in the Kenya yes ̶ yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes N I Great Rift Valley (1060 Rev) Saloum Delta Senegal Mixed site no ̶ ̶ no no yes no ̶ no no yes N N (1359) Phong Nha - Ke Bang Renomi- Viet Nam ̶ ̶ ̶ (yes) no no no ̶ no no yes Y D National Park nation (951 Bis) KEYS yes met I inscribe (yes) partially met NI non inscribe no not met R refer ̶ not applicable D defer ALPHABETICAL INDEX State Party ID No. Property Page Australia 1369 Ningaloo Coast 13 Australia 147ter Kakadu National Park 175 Bahrain 1364 Pearling, testimony of an island economy 187 Benin 749 bis Pendjari National Park 89 China 1334 West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou 191 China 1365 Wudalianchi National Park 27 Colombia 1121 Coffee Cultural Landscape 203 Germany 1133 bis Ancient Beech Forests of Germany 109 Germany and Netherlands N1314 The Wadden Sea 129 India 1342 Western Ghats 35 Iran 1373 Harra Protected Area 49 Israel 1370 Land of Caves and Hiding in the Judean Lowlands 199 Jamaica 1356 Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park 163 Japan 1362 Ogaswara Islands 59 Jordan 1377 Wadi Rum Protected Area 153 Kenya 1060 rev Kenya Lakes System in the Great Rift Valley 75 Mexico 1182 bis Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California 135 Mongolia 1382 Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai 195 Nigeria 1332 Oke-Idanre Cultural Landscape 183 Congo, Cameroon and Central 1380 Sangha Trinational 3 African Republic Senegal 1359 Saloum Delta 143 Tanzania N199 Selous Game Reserve 123 Viet Nam 951 bis Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park 99 IUCN FIELD EVALUATORS Site Name Sangha Trinational Charles Doumenge and Gérard Collin Harra Protected Area Tarek Abul Hawa and Tilman Jaeger Ningaloo Coast Rainer von Brandis and Ameer Abdulla Wudalianchi National Park Harald Plachter Western Ghats Wendy Strahm and Brian Furze Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Cristi Nozawa and Bastian Bomhard Ogasawara Islands Naomi Doak and Peter Shadie Kenya Lakes System in the Great Rift Valley Geoffroy Mauvais Pendjari National Park Pierre Galland and Mamadou Sidibe Ancient Beech Forests of Germany David A. Mihalic Saloum Delta Wendy Strahm Wadi Rum Protected Area Zoe Wilkinson and Kyung Sik Woo Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park Joerg Elbers Colombia Coffee Cultural Landscape Doris Cordero It should be noted that the IUCN field evaluators are part of a broader evaluation approach detailed in the introduction of this report. THE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION IUCN TECHNICAL EVALUATION REPORT OF WORLD HERITAGE NOMINATIONS MAY 2011 1. INTRODUCTION contacts in universities and other international agencies. This highlights the considerable “added value” from This technical evaluation report of natural and mixed investing in the use of the extensive networks of IUCN properties nominated for inclusion on the World Heritage and partner institutions. List has been conducted by the World Heritage Programme of IUCN (International Union for These networks allow for the increasing involvement of Conservation of Nature). In close cooperation with IUCN regional natural heritage experts and broaden the Global Protected Areas Programme (GPAP) and other capacity of IUCN with regard to its work under the World units of IUCN both at headquarters and in the regions, Heritage Convention. Reports from field missions and the World Heritage Programme co-ordinates IUCN’s comments from a large number of external reviewers are input to the World Heritage Convention. It also works comprehensively examined by the IUCN World Heritage closely with IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Panel. The IUCN World Heritage Programme then Areas (WCPA), the world’s leading expert network of prepares the final technical evaluation reports which are protected area managers and specialists, and other presented in this document and represent the corporate Commissions, members and partners of IUCN. position of IUCN on World Heritage evaluations. IUCN has also placed emphasis on providing input and IUCN’s evaluations are conducted according to the support to ICOMOS in relation to those cultural Operational Guidelines that the World Heritage landscapes which have important natural values. Since Committee has agreed, and are the essential framework 2009 IUCN has extended its cooperation with ICOMOS, for the application of the evaluation process. In carrying including coordination in relation to the evaluation of out its function under the World Heritage Convention, mixed sites and cultural landscapes. IUCN and ICOMOS IUCN has been guided by four principles: have also enhanced the coordination of their panel processes as requested by the World Heritage (i) ensuring the highest standards of quality control Committee. and institutional memory in relation to technical evaluation, monitoring and other associated In 2005, IUCN commissioned an external review of its activities; work on World Heritage evaluations, which was carried out by Professor Christina Cameron and resulted in a (ii) increasing the use of specialist networks of number of recommendations to improve IUCN’s work. IUCN, especially WCPA, but also other relevant The review and the IUCN management response are IUCN Commissions and specialist networks; available on IUCN’s World Heritage website. IUCN is considering undertaking a further review of its work on (iii) working in support of the UNESCO World World Heritage Evaluations in 2012, and this will also Heritage Centre and States Parties to examine consider the results of current reflections by the World how IUCN can creatively and effectively support Heritage Committee regarding the scope to improve the the World Heritage Convention and individual support provided to nominations prior to their properties as “flagships” for conservation; and submission.