Download 1. Everglades National Park (United States of America) (N 76) Year

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Everglades National Park (United States of America) (N 76)
Year of inscription on the World Heritage List 1979
Criteria (viii)(ix)(x)
Year(s) of inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger 1993-2007, 2010-present
Previous Committee Decisions see page http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/76/documents/
International Assistance
Requests approved: 0
Total amount approved: USD 0
For details, see page http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/76/assistance/
UNESCO Extra-budgetary Funds
N/A
Previous monitoring missions
N/A
Factors affecting the property identified in previous reports
 Agricultural, industrial and urban developments altering the natural systems;
 Pollution of the water (nutrients and mercury);
 Hurricane in August 1992
Illustrative material see page http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/76/
Information presented to the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee in 1996
The site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1993. At its last session, the World
Heritage Committee examined a detailed monitoring report, presented by the State Party, which outlined
the long-term restoration work necessary to restore the balance of the Everglades ecosystem. The State
Party presented a preliminary monitoring report dated May 1996 outlining the Government's efforts to
protect the site. The report acknowledges that despite significant progress made (acquisition of
additional land, improved ecological indicators), the Park remains seriously in danger.
Action Required
Due to the long-term nature of the rehabilitation activities and further to the conclusions of the
Committee, the Bureau recommended that the site remain on the List of World Heritage in Danger until
further rehabilitation is demonstrated.
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 1996
The site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1993. At its last session, the World
Heritage Committee examined the detailed monitoring report presented by the State Party, which
outlined the precedent setting long-term experimental restoration work necessary to restore the balance
of the Everglades ecosystem. The State Party presented an interim monitoring report dated May 1996
outlining the Federal and State government's $2 Billion partnership efforts with the private sector to
protect the World Heritage values of the site. The State Party further indicated that Everglades now has
the largest science staff of any unit in the U.S. National Park System. The report acknowledges however,
that despite significant progress made (acquisition of additional land, improved ecological indicators),
the Park remains in danger.
Analysis and Conclusions of the World Heritage Centre and IUCN
The Committee may wish to adopt the following:
"Due to the long-term nature of the rehabilitation activities the Committee (a) commends the State Party
and its state government and private sector partners for their extraordinary efforts to protect the World
Heritage values of this site, (b) encourages the State Party to consider sharing the knowledge and
experience gained through this restorative effort in the rehabilitation of aquatic ecosystems with other
State Parties with internationally significant wetlands in commemorative events related to both the 50th
anniversary of the establishment of Everglades National Park and the 25th anniversary of the
Convention in 1997, and (c) decides to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger until further
rehabilitation progress is demonstrated."
Decision Adopted: 20 BUR IV.7
The Bureau recalled that the site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1993 and that
the World Heritage Committee at its last session examined a detailed monitoring report, presented by
the State Party, which outlined the longterm restoration work necessary to restore the balance of the
Everglades ecosystem. The State Party presented a preliminary monitoring report dated May 1996
outlining the Government's efforts to protect the site. The report acknowledges that despite significant
progress made (acquisition of additional land, improved ecological indicators), the Park remains
seriously in danger.
Due to the long-term nature of the rehabilitation activities and further to the conclusions of the
Committee, the Bureau recommended that the site remain on the List of World Heritage in Danger until
further rehabilitation is demonstrated.
Decision Adopted: 20 COM VII.C.20/17
VII.20 Everglades National Park (United States of America)
The Committee recalled that the site was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1993 and
that at its last session, it examined the detailed monitoring report presented by the State Party, which
outlined the precedent-setting long-term experimental restoration work necessary to restore the balance
of the Everglades ecosystem. The State Party presented an interim monitoring report dated May 1996
outlining the Federal and State of Florida government's US$2 billion partnership efforts with the private
sector to protect the World Heritage values of the site and that Everglades now has the largest science
staff of any unit in the U.S. National Park System.
The Delegate of the United States of America informed the Committee that the President signed the
Water Resources Development Act on 12 October 1996, which contains most of the components of the
Everglades Restoration Plan. This includes the completion of a comprehensive plan to restore, preserve,
and protect the South Florida ecosystem, a re-study of the water management system, an authority to
design and construct projects that will accelerate the restoration effort, implementation of critical projects
with funding of a total of US$ 75 million, strengthened partnership with the State of Florida and cost
sharing of projects, establishment of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, full
consultation of the public in the work of the Task Force, approval of US$ 12 million for the land
acquisition, US$ 8 million for ecosystem research and US$ 2.8 million for the Shark River Slough
restoration.
Despite significant progress made (acquisition of additional land, improved ecological indicators), the
Park remains in danger.
Due to the long-term nature of the rehabilitation activities, the Committee (a) commended the State
Party and the State of Florida and private sector partners for their extraordinary efforts to protect the
World Heritage values of this site; (b) encouraged the State Party to consider sharing the knowledge
and experience gained through this restorative effort in the rehabilitation of aquatic ecosystems with
other State Parties with internationally significant wetlands, and (c) decided to retain the site on the List
of World Heritage in Danger until further rehabilitation progress is demonstrated.