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WHC Nomination Documentation

File name: 548.pdf UNESCO Region LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

SITE NAME ("TITLE") Rio Abiseo National Park

DATE OF INSCRIPTION ("SUBJECT") 12/12/1990 – 14/12/1992

STATE PARTY ("AUTHOR") PERU

CRITERIA ("KEY WORDS") N (ii)(iii)(iv) C (iii)

DECISION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE:14th SessionThe Committee noted that this site also had cultural values and that additional informationwould be provided by the State Party in this respect.16th SessionThe Committee already inscribed this site on the World Heritage List on the basis of naturalheritage criteria in 1990. The Committee decided that this site qualified on the basis of thecultural heritage criteria (iii) as well.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:The park was created in 1983 to protect the fauna and flora of the humid forests characteristicof this part of the Andes. There is a high level of endemism among the fauna and flora speciesof this park. The yellow-tailed woolly monkey, previously thought extinct, is found only inthis area.Research undertaken since 1985 has already uncovered 36 archaeological sites unknown untilthen, at altitudes of between 2,500 and 4,000 metres, which give a very good picture of pre-Inca society.

1.b. State, province or region: Department of San Martin, Province Mariscal Caceres District of Huicungo1.d Exact location: Long. 77°0,14’- 77°4,89’ W ; Lat. 7°24,43’-7°24°77’ S