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Process of Shiretoko's Inscription on the World Heritage List
The following shows how Shiretoko was registered as world natural heritage.
Date |
Content |
May 26, 2003 |
The Ministry of Environment selected Shiretoko as a domestic candidate. (At the same time, so were the Ogasawara Islands and Ryukyu islands.) |
October 16, 2003 |
The Ministry of Environment and the Forestry Agency openly showed their stance to recommend Shiretoko as a world natural heritage.
(Reasons for recommendation) Biodiversity, including rare species Premival natural vegetation Southernmost point where oceanic drift ice reaches in northern himisphere |
October 27, 2003 |
The 1st coordination meeting for Shiretoko as a candidate for a world natural heritage and for neighboring regions was held. (Making a management plan for Shiretoko was considered.) |
November 16, 2003 |
The Minister of Environment visited Shiretoko to observe Shiretoko as a model district for ecotourism, as well as a breeding and conservation area for eagles. |
December 15, 2003 |
The 4th coordination meeting for Shiretoko as a candidate for a world natural heritage and for neighboring regions was held. (Theme:making management plan for Shiretoko) |
January 15, 2004 |
Management plan for Shiretoko was compiled. (The plan was made in order to properly manage and preserve Shiretoko's nature for the future generations.) |
January 30, 2004 |
Japanese Government submitted documents of recommendation for Shiretoko to the World Heritage Center(an affiliated body of UNESCO). |
February 4, 2004 |
Opinion exchange session was held.Participants were guides from private sectors as well as representatives of national, prefectural and local municipal governments. (Theme:how to get guides organized for better communication and how to make“Shiretoko Guidelines”) |
July 20-25, 2004 |
Research and inspection in Shiretoko were carried out by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources(IUCN). |
November 5, 2004 |
The Ministry of Environment made the first reply to a letter from IUCN. |
March 30, 2005 |
The Ministry of Environment made the second reply to a letter from IUCN. |
May 30, 2005 |
IUCN submitted an evaluation report to the World Heritage Center. |
July 17, 2005 |
The 29th meeting of the World Heritage Committee was held in Durban, South Africa. The conference decided to inscribe Shiretoko on the world heritage list as world natural heritage. |
What is IUCN?
The World Heritage Committee consists of nations which join the Convention for
the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The committee
decides whether or not to inscribe candidates on the world heritage list.
There is a respective advisory body based upon the category of either cultural
or natural heritage. IUCN is an advisory body which deals with the
inscriptions about natural heritage. The duties include not only evaluation of
candidates prior to the inscriptions, but also the monitoring of how the
properties are preserved after they have been listed as world natural heritage
and related duties.