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Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Maya Site of Copan (Honduras)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
8B.59
Date
Jun 19, 2011
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Treaty
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972)
Meeting
35e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Documents WHC-11/35.COM/8B.Add and WHC-11/35.COM/INF.8B1.Add,

2. Refers the examination of the proposed buffer zone for the Maya Site of Copan, Honduras, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:

a) Re-submit map No. 1 showing the nominated property and its immediate surroundings. This map should be either topographic or cadastral, presented at a scale which is appropriate to the size in hectares of the property, include title and legend in English and bear a labelled coordinate grid,

b) Re-submit map No. 3 showing the proposed buffer zone and the nominated area with the same standards as the ones required for map No. 1,

c) Provide justification for the extent of the buffer zone, its delineation and its exact area,

d) Provide information on regulatory measures for the protection and management of the property and its buffer zone.