The World Heritage Committee,
1. Commends the State Party for its efforts to monitor immigration of fishermen
into the site, setting standards for compliance by aquaculture practitioners and a
number of other regulatory and legislative instruments for the management of
the Ha Long Bay World Heritage area;
2. Urges the State Party to take an integrated planning approach in the interest of
sustainable development and conservation of the values of the World Heritage
property, giving special attention to the many threats impacting on the Property
which include increasing population in the floating community, massive tourism
infrastructure development, urbanization, aquaculture activities, industrialization
etc.;
3. Commends the State Party for the substantial provincial efforts in capacity
building, awareness raising and addressing challenges for sustainable
development in the region and invites the international community to support
these efforts ;
4. Applauds the increased effective collaboration between Ha Long Bay
Management Authority, the Provincial Government and national government,
with various international partners such as IUCN, the US Government and others
in capacity-building initiative promoting integrated marine and coastal
management in the Province of Quang Ninh;
5. Notes with appreciation State Party efforts to develop a number of
environmental management, awareness building and capacity building projects
and programmes with international, national and provincial partners;
6. Invites the State Party to consider documenting the outcomes of successful
projects and programme that have helped to improve environmental quality and
disseminate the information internationally and nationally; and
7. Recommends the State Party to co-operate with IUCN and the World Heritage
Centre to involve tourism and other development sector enterprises in the Ha
Long Bay area to contribute towards conservation and effective management of
the property.