Outlook Assessement FOS Meeting - Sept20 HA

New tools for conservation monitoring and assessment
IUCN-Conservation Outlook
Assessments on natural
World Heritage
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Haifaa Abdulhalim (Abedalhaleem)
Integrity Of
the Outstanding Universal
Value
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for natural World Heritage
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The three pillars of Outstanding Universal Value
(Note: Authenticity is not applicable to natural properties)
OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE
PROTECTION AND
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MANAGEMENT
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AUTHENTICI
INTEGRITY A
Illustration of the three pillars of Outstanding Universal Value. All three must be in place for a property to meet the
requirements of the World Heritage List
THE THREE ELEMENTS OF INTEGRITY-
88. Integrity is a measure of the wholeness and intactness of the natural

and/or cultural heritage and its attributes. Examining the conditions of
integrity, therefore requires assessing the extent to which the property:
a. includes all elements necessary to express its outstanding universal

value;
b. is of adequate size to ensure the complete representation of the
features and processes which convey the property’s significance;
c. suffers from adverse effects of development and/or neglect.
91. In addition, for properties nominated under criteria (vii) to (x), a

corresponding condition of integrity has been defined for each
criterion.
INTEGRITY FOR CRITERION X
95. Properties proposed under criterion (x) should be the most important properties for
the conservation of biological diversity. Only those properties which are the most
biologically diverse and/or representative are likely to meet this criterion. The
properties should contain habitats for maintaining the most diverse fauna and flora
characteristic of the bio-geographic province and ecosystems under consideration.
For example, a tropical savannah would meet

the conditions of integrity if it includes a
complete assemblage of co-evolved
herbivores and plants; an island ecosystem
should include habitats for maintaining
endemic biota; a property containing wide
ranging species should be large enough to
include the most critical habitats essential to
ensure the survival of viable populations of
those species; for an area containing
migratory species, seasonal breeding and
nesting sites, and migratory routes, wherever
they are located, should be adequately
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Example: Socotra Archipelago
Year of inscription: 2008
Criteria: (x)
Criterion (x): contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-
situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened
species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or
conservation.
Criterion (x)
Extracted from Committee decision 32COM 8B.5
Biological diversity and threatened species: Socotra is globally important for biodiversity
conservation because of its exceptional level of biodiversity and endemism in many
terrestrial and marine groups of organisms. Socotra is particularly important for its
diversity of plants and has 825 plant species of which 307 (37%) are endemic. Socotra
has high importance for bird species as underlined by the identification by Birdlife
International of 22 Important Bird Areas on Socotra. Socotra also supports globally
significant populations of other land and sea birds, including a number of threatened
species. Extremely high levels of endemism occur in Socotra’s reptiles (34 species,
90% endemism) and land snails (96 species, 95% endemism). The marine life of
Socotra is also very diverse, with 253 species of reef-building corals, 730 species of
coastal fish and 300 species of crab, lobster and shrimp, and well represented in the
property’s marine areas.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF WORLD HERITAGE?
New monitoring system to track the status of natural World

Heritage sites over time
• Led by IUCN, with WCPA expertise

• Based on Conservation Outlook Assessments for all natural and
mixed sites
• A new website supporting the system (
https://worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org)
WHAT IS THE STATE OF
WORLD HERITAGE?
Conservation Evaluates Compiles additional
Outlook information on
Assessments
• Current state and trend • Benefits
Projection into the
of values of a site • Conservation issues
future of the potential
for a site to conserve • Threats affecting those relevant to a site
its values over time values • Ongoing projects or

• Effectiveness of project needs
protection and
management in
maintaining values of the
site
WHAT IS THE STATE OF WORLD HERITAGE?
Threats
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Pr
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Co
CONSERVATION
OUTLOOK
St of
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Benefits
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RATING CATEGORIES
4 ratings
WHY Do It? State of World Heritage monitoring
Conservation Web-based Objectives

Outlook
Assessments
• Every 3 years • Regular updates

• Pro-actively identify conservation
• For all sites • Single information hub
issues
• Recognizes the need for o Assessments module
support when dealing with • Prevent information gaps
o Document library
issues
• Feedback mechanism • Provide support for long-term
• Proactive monitoring
planning to the site management
• Give recognition to well-managed

sites
• Understand the context of

benefits and values of the sites
HOW DOES IT WORK?
GATHER INVOLVE
available knowledge holders
information through
sources consultation
ASSESS
REVIEW
FINAL EVALUATION
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Information sources Knowledge-holder
consultation group
• World Heritage documents • Confidential feedback

• Management plans on values, threats, and
• Management Effectiveness
protection and
evaluations
management
• Other site documents
• Acknowledgement of
• All sources are referenced

contributions
CONSULTATION
Site managers
IUCN
members Management
authorities
Community & WCPA regional

Who is
indigenous consulted vice-chairs
groups ?
NGOs
Researchers
Development
cooperation agencies
REVIEW
• IUCN World Heritage Programme

Internal
review
• Expert reviewers: e.g. WCPA, SSC, researchers, NGOs

etc.
External • Site managers (State Parties)
review
• Feedback compiled and integrated

• Assessments are finalized by IUCN and approved by the
Finalization World Heritage Panel
WEBSITE PREVIEW
Site Assessment
Overall assessment for Socotra Status
Current state and Overall THREATS Overall
trend of VALUES PROTECTION
High Threat
and MANAGEMENT
High Concern, Trend:
Deteriorating
Current and potential threats to A management framework for
Most of the existing key values
Socotra’s values are increasing Socotra’s values is under
have enjoyed a stable and
rapidly. Infrastructure development, taking into
satisfactory conservation status
development and unsustainable consideration institutional
until the late 20th Century.
natural resource management arrangements to facilitate the
However, there is no systematic
(following the increasing process of the implementation of
biodiversity monitoring system
abandonment of traditional management and conservation
to enable an accurate scientific
management) are already measures effectively. It should
assessment of changes since the
affecting the islands. Additional be improved to deal with the
2008. The conservation status of
future threats include further rapidly increasing pressures and
reptiles and invertebrates is
habitat destruction, invasive threats to the archipelago’s
poorly understood, but no
species, climate change, and values, including projected
immediate cause for concern is
uncertainty of the political further increases in tourism,
apparent. However, the status of
climate. infrastructure development,
some values, particularly
and unsustainable natural
ecosystems and endemic flora,
resource use. Priority areas
has begun to deteriorate, with
include the creation of an
further deterioration predicted,
archipelago-wide authority,
following rapid ongoing socio-
visitor management and the
economic changes, justifying
participation of local people in
therefore the assessment of the
management, including
current state of World Heritage
schemes to promote
values to be of High Concern.
sustainable natural resource
use where possible.
Major Threats affecting Socotra’S Outstanding universal
value
Thank you
•More Info: WHC-
UNESCO Socotra
Archipelago
http://whc.unesco.org/en/l
ist/1263/documents/
•IUCN World Heritage

Outlook
https://worldheritageoutlo
ok.iucn.org

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New tools for conservation monitoring and assessment

OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE

88. Integrity is a measure of the wholeness and intactness of the natural

a. includes all elements necessary to express its outstanding universal

91. In addition, for properties nominated under criteria (vii) to (x), a

For example, a tropical savannah would meet

Extracted from Committee decision 32COM 8B.5

New monitoring system to track the status of natural World

• Led by IUCN, with WCPA expertise

its values over time values • Ongoing projects or

Conservation Web-based Objectives

• Every 3 years • Regular updates

• Give recognition to well-managed

• Understand the context of

• World Heritage documents • Confidential feedback

• All sources are referenced

Community & WCPA regional

• IUCN World Heritage Programme

• Expert reviewers: e.g. WCPA, SSC, researchers, NGOs

• Feedback compiled and integrated

•IUCN World Heritage

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