WHW und BI Rheinpassagen auf Exkursion in Azerbaijan
Es scheint als sei das 6. NGO Forum Paris 2019 im Februar - WHW & Greenpeace - erfolgreich gewesen.
Die UNESCO macht in ihrer Draft Decision deutlich, dass es bislang keine wirksamen Verbesserungen in Sachen Bahnlärm gibt, dass der Güterverkehr langfristig auf einer Alternativtrasse fahren sollte oder zumindest aber deutlich reduziert werden sollte.
Die UNESCO ist wegen der Tunnelrestaurierung gegenüber der Loreley besorgt, da diese den OUV des Welterbes gefährden könnte.
Die UNESCO favorisiert ortsnahe (klimafreundliche) Lösungen für eine Verbesserung der Rheinquerung um die lokalen Bedürfnisse der Bewohner des Welterbes zu erfüllen.
Das Welterbezentrum möchte sich gemeinsam mit ICOMOS die Auswirkungen bereits umgesetzter und geplanter Maßnahmen ansehen, um diese bzgl. des OUV zu bewerten.
Draft Decision: 43 COM 7B.83
The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/7B,
- Recalling Decision 41 COM 7B.45, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
- Noting the recommencement of planning for a permanent river crossing, reiterates its request to the State Party to involve the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies, at the earliest possible stage in the appraisal of options undertaken in a wide regional strategic context, but focusing on developing solutions for local needs, and before any decisions are taken;
- Welcomes the State Party’s continuous commitment to reduce rail-related noise levels in the property, notes however with regret that no effective result was achieved so far, and notes with concern the plans to upgrade railway tunnels between St. Goar and Oberwesel in a manner that could potentially harm the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property, therefore, encourages the State Party to develop long term solutions for diverting freight train traffic from the property or effectively reduce their traffic flow;
- Also welcomes the decision to withdraw the application for the installation of the wind farm project on Ranselberg Hill, near the municipality of Lorch, and strongly encourages the State Party:
- to reject the application for the extension of the wind farm on the Kandrich Hill, near the municipality of Oberdiebach,
- to harmonize its legislative tools and criteria for the assessment of the impact of wind farms on the OUV of the property and its buffer zone, and develop systematic mapping for identifying sensitive areas within the property, its buffer zone and beyond, also considering culturally significant visual aspects, key views, viewpoints, panoramas, silhouettes and other factors related to its OUV;
- Also encourages the State Party to provide revised detailed plans with a spatial assessment document that includes a Visual Impact Assessment on the cultural landscape for the Holiday Resort Sankt-Goar-Werlau, to the World Heritage Centre, for review by the Advisory Bodies, and before any irrevocable decisions are taken;
- Commends the State Party for its effort to update the Management Plan of the property into a consolidated document with the Master Plan, and also requests the State Party to provide the draft consolidated document to the World Heritage Centre, for review by the Advisory Bodies, in order to ensure that its recommendations and comments can be appropriately taken into account in the final document;
- Further welcomes the initiative of the State Party to invite an ICOMOS Advisory mission to the property in 2019 to assess the extension of the Koblenz cable car operating permit, nevertheless, further requests the State Party to invite instead a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to assess the impact of already implemented changes and provide expert advice on how to assess, mitigate or avert the potential cumulative adverse impact on the OUV of the property of prospective projects, including the upgrading of three railway tunnels, and the Federal Horticultural Show 2029;
Quelle: http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2019/whc19-43com-7B-en.pdf
