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STORY: EVERGLADES / WORLD HERITAGE
TRT: 0.52
SOURCE: UNESCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: RECENT 2010, EVERGLADES, FLORIDA, USA
1. Pan right, aerial (fish eye lens) Everglades National Park
2. Various shots, low aerial views of the Everglades
3. Various shots, inside the Everglades
4. Close up, puma
5. Close up, alligator
6. Med shot, Flamingos
7. Close up, bird
8. Wide shot, aerial view Everglades
9. Med shot, Advisory sign on a beach
10. Various shots, contaminated water
11. Various shots, burning land
12. Med shot, tractor
13. Wide shot, aerial view of a expressway
14. Various shots, alligators in dirty water
15. Various shots, fish in contaminated waters
16. Wide shot, aerial view Everglades
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session inscribed the Everglades National Park (United States) on the List of World Heritage in Danger, because of serious and continuing degradation of its aquatic ecosystem.
The inscription was made at the request of the United States (US). It’s the second time the Everglades has been included on the List of World Heritage in Danger. It was first inscribed in 1993 following damage caused by Hurricane Andrew and a marked deterioration in water flows and quality resulting from agricultural and urban development. It was removed from the Danger List in 2007, in recognition of efforts to restore the Park and its wider ecosystem.
However, the degradation of the site has continued. Water inflows have been reduced by up to 60 percent and nutrient pollution increased to the point where the site is showing significant signs of eutrophication, loss of marine habitat and a subsequent decline in marine species.
The US also requested that Experts from UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) visit the property in 2010 to evaluate its state of conservation and assist in the development of a desired state of conservation with a view to removing the property from the Danger List as quickly as possible.
The World Heritage Committee commended the State Party’s initiative in requesting the inscription of the site on the List of Sites in Danger, and encouraged the US to continue corrective measures to restore and preserve the property.
The Everglades, at the southern tip of Florida, contains the largest mangrove ecosystem in the western hemisphere, the largest continuous stand of saw grass prairie and the most significant breeding ground for wading birds in North America.
