World Heritage 37 COM

World Heritage

37 COM

WHC-13/7B

Paris, 3 May 2013 Original: English / French

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE

Thirty-seventh session

Phnom Penh, Cambodia 16 - 27 June 2013

Item 7B of the Provisional Agenda: State of conservation of World Heritage properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

SUMMARY

This document contains information on the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. The World Heritage Committee is requested to review the reports on the state of conservation of properties contained in this document. The full reports of reactive monitoring missions requested by the World Heritage Committee are available at the following Web address in their original language:

All previous state of conservation reports are available through the World Heritage State of conservation Information System at the following Web address:

Decision required: The World Heritage Committee may wish to adopt the draft Decision presented at the end of each state of conservation report.

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I. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 5 ELABORATION OF THE STATE OF CONSERVATION REPORTS ..................................... 6 STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT ..................................................................................... 7

II. REPORTS ON THE STATE OF CONSERVATION OF PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST....................................................................................10

NATURAL PROPERTIES.....................................................................................................10 AFRICA .............................................................................................................................10 1. Dja Wildlife Reserve (Cameroon) (N 407)...............................................................10 2. Sangha Trinational (Cameroun / Central African Republic / Congo) (N 1380rev) ...10 3. Mount Kenya (Kenya) (N 800) ................................................................................10 4. Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya) (N 801bis) ...................................................13 5. Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi) (N 289) ..........................................................13 6. Vredefort Dome (South Africa) (N 1162) .................................................................13 7. Selous Game Reserve (United Republic of Tanzania) (N 199bis) ...........................16 ARAB STATES..................................................................................................................21 8. Banc d'Arguin National Park (Mauritania) (N 506)...................................................21 9. Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) (N 1253) ..................................................................21 ASIA-PACIFIC ...................................................................................................................22 10. Great Barrier Reef (Australia) (N 154).....................................................................22 11. Macquarie Island (Australia) (N 629 rev).................................................................27 12. Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Area (China) (N 1083 bis) ....................29 13. Lorentz National Park (Indonesia) (N 955) ..............................................................29 14. East Rennell (Solomon Island) (N 854)...................................................................29 15. Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (Thailand) (N 590rev) ..........................33 16. Ha Long Bay (Viet Nam) (N 672bis)........................................................................38 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ....................................................................................39 17. Pirin National Park (Bulgaria) (N 225) .....................................................................39 18. Gros-Morne National Park (Canada) (N 419)..........................................................39 19. Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (France) (N 258) ........................................................................................................................39 20. Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island (N 1317) .......................................41 21. Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Russian Federation) (N 765bis) .....................................45 22. Lake Baikal (Russian Federation) (N 754) ..............................................................49 23. Western Caucasus (Russian Federation) (N 900)...................................................49 24. Virgin Komi Forests (Russian Federation) (N 719)..................................................53

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25. Golden Mountains of Altai (Russian Federation) (N 768rev) ...................................56

26. Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (Slovakia / Germany / Ukraine) (N 1133bis) ............................................56

27. Do?ana National Park (Spain) (N 685bis) ...............................................................56

28. Giant Causeway and Causeway Coast (United-Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (N 369)........................................................................................60

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN .........................................................................61

29. Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (Brazil) (N 1032) .................................................................................................................61

30. Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica / Panama) (N 205bis)................................................................................................61

31. Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (Panama) (N 1138 rev) .........................................................................................................................66

32. Pitons Management Area (Saint Lucia) (N 1161) ....................................................66

MIXED PROPERTIES ..........................................................................................................67 AFRICA .............................................................................................................................67 33. Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lop?-Okanda (Gabon) (C/N 1147rev) ...............................................................................................................................67 34. Bandiagara Cliffs (land of the Dogons) (Mali) (C/N 516) .........................................67 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN .........................................................................68 35. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (Peru) (C/N 274) ............................................68

CULTURAL PROPERTIES ..................................................................................................69 AFRICA .............................................................................................................................69 36. Royal Palaces of Abomey (Benin) (C 323 bis) ........................................................69 37. Historic Town of Grand-Bassam (C?te d'Ivoire) (C 1322rev)...................................69 38. Aksum (Ethiopia) (C 15)..........................................................................................72 39. Lower Omo Valley (Ethiopia) (C 17) .......................................................................76 40. Lamu Old Town (Kenya) (C 1055) ..........................................................................76 41. Old Towns of Djenn? (Mali) (C 116 rev) ..................................................................77 42. Island of Saint-Louis (Senegal) (C 956 bis).............................................................79 43. Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (South Africa) (C 1099) .....................................82 44. Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (South Africa) (C 915bis)....................................................................................................86 ARAB STATES..................................................................................................................87 45. Tipasa (Algeria) (C 193)..........................................................................................87 46. Kasbah of Algiers (Algeria) (C 565) ........................................................................89 47. Qal'at al-Bahrain ? Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun (Bahrain) (C 1192bis) ..91 48. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (Egypt) (C 87) ..................................................92

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49. Historic Cairo (Egypt) (C 89) ...................................................................................94 50. Petra (Jordan) (C 326) ............................................................................................96 51. Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (Jordan) (C 1093)..................................................99 52. Tyre (Lebanon) (C 299) ........................................................................................102 53. Archaeological Site of Cyrene (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (C 190)..........................106 54. Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (C 287).....................106 55. Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (Mauritania) (C 750)..106 56. Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (Sudan) (C 1073)...................108 57. World Heritage properties of Syria ........................................................................108 58. Old City of Sana'a (Yemen) (C 385) .....................................................................108 ASIA-PACIFIC.................................................................................................................109 59. Historic Centre of Macao (China) (C 1110) ...........................................................109 60. Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (China) (C 705)...................111 61. Group of Monuments at Hampi (India) (C 241) .....................................................114 62. Meidan Emam, Esfahan (Islamic Republic of Iran) (C 115)...................................117 63. Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan (Islamic Republic of Iran) (C 1397)..............................117 64. Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (Kazakhstan) (C 1103) ................................117 65. Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) (C 121) .......................................................................117 66. Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (Pakistan) (C 143).....................................121 67. Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (Sri Lanka) (C 451)..................................124 68. Historic Centre of Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (C 602rev) .............................................124 69. Samarkand ? Crossroads of Cultures (Uzbekistan) (C 603rev).............................124 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA ..................................................................................128 70. Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra (Albania) (C 569bis) .............................128 71. World Heritage properties of Vienna (Austria).......................................................132 72. Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (Austria) (C 784) .......................................135 73. Ancient City of Nessebar (Bulgaria) (C 217) .........................................................135 74. Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the V?z?re Valley (C 85) .....................138 75. Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Germany) (C 1066)...................................................140 76. Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and

Andr?ssy Avenue (Hungary) (C 400bis)................................................................141 77. Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (Italy) (C 829)

.............................................................................................................................141 78. Portovenere, Cinque Terre and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (Italy) (C

826) ......................................................................................................................141 79. Alto Douro Wine Region (Portugal) (C 1046) ........................................................144 80. Kizhi Pogost (Russian Federation) (C 544) ...........................................................147 81. Historic Centre of the City of Yaroslav (Russian Federation) (C 1170)..................147

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