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WORK GROUP MEETS IN ALMA-ATA TO DISCUSS INCLUSION
OF NATURAL MONUMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN IN UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE LIST
On December 25, 2000, a work group met in Alma-Ata to discuss the inclusion of natural monuments in the Republic of Kazakhstan in UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Meeting participants included: the head of the UNESCO section in the Kazakh Ministry of International Affairs; coordinator of the Kazakh National Committee’s UNESCO section cultural heritage project R. R. Muzzafarov; National Committee Chairman of UNESCO Program Man and the Biosphere I. I. Seversky; Kazakh Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection representative N. A. Bebekin; Academician I. O. Baitullin; Tengese-Korgalzhinsky Lakes Project coordinator G. T. Ablaikhanova; and representatives from non-governmental organizations.
The work group discussed those Kazakh nature sites nominated for inclusion in the World Heritage List as well as the situation and composition of the work group.
It was observed that at present not a single natural or cultural Kazakh monument is included in the abovementioned List, though Kazakhstan has many monuments worthy of that status. Today the List includes only three monuments in Central Asia: two in Uzbekistan and one in Turkmenistan.
The work group nominated the following natural monuments for inclusion in the World Heritage List: Steppe Turgai, Kurgaldjinsky State Nature Reserve, North Tien Shan, Altyn-Emel State National Park, Aksu-Djabaglinsky State Nature Reserve, Ile-Alatausky State National Park, Burabai-Kokshetau State National Nature Park, Bayanaulsky and Karkaralinsky State National Parks, Ustyurtsky State Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan Altai.
Of these monuments top priority was given to:
- Steppe Kazakhstan — Steppe Lakes (Kurgaldjinsky and Naurzumsky Nature Reserves);
- Altyn-Emel State National Nature Park;
- Aksu-Djabaglinsky State Nature Reserve;
- North Tien Shan — Ile-Alatausky State National Nature Park.
The work group agreed to complete brief descriptions of these nominations by January 15, 2001, for a draft list of Kazakhstan Natural Monuments nominated for inclusion in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
The work group proposed that a Coordinating Board be set up under the Kazakh Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. Further coordination of the nomination process should be handled by G. T. Ablaikhanova, coordinator of Tengese-Korgalzhinsky Lakes Project.
From the web newspaper
Kazakhstan EcoPravda
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