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Ischigualasto/Talampaya Natural Parks (Argentina)

Tipo de documento
Decision
Número de referencia
X.A.1
Fecha
Nov 27, 2000
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Estado
Activo
Materia
Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Tratado
Convención para la Protección del Patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural (Nov 23, 1972)
Reunión
24e session du Comité
Página web
whc.unesco.org
Resumen

Property: Ischigualasto/Talampaya Natural Parks

Id. N°: 966

State Party: Argentina

Criteria: N (i)

The Committee inscribed Ischigualasto/Talampaya Natural Parks on the World Heritage List under natural criterion (i).

Criterion (i). The site contains a complete sequence of fossiliferous continental sediments representing the entire Triassic Period (45 million years) of geological history. No other place in the world has a fossil record comparable to that of Ischigualasto-Talampaya which reveals the evolution of vertebrate life and the nature of palaeoenvironments in the Triassic Period.

IUCN noted that existing pressures on the site are low, that the site is effectively managed and that a positive response was received from the State Party concerning a cooperative management plan.

A number of delegates, in supporting the nomination, highlighted the uniqueness of the site covering the whole Triassic period.

The Observer of Argentina thanked the Committee for the decision, which will strengthen the protection of natural areas in his country. He informed the Committee that the two areas are now well integrated and that a joint management plan is in place since 2 October 2000. He also agreed to a name change from Ischigualasto Provincial Park and Talampaya National Park to Ischigualasto/ Talampaya Natural Parks as suggested by some delegates who felt the name was complicated.