ICOMOS har henvendt seg til UNESCO om konsekvenser av havbruksnæring i verdensarvområdet
Her er fulltekst av brevet som ble sendt:
Director Mechtild Rössler
UNESCO/World Heritage Centre
Paris, France
ICOMOS NORWAY Bergen 25th of October 2016
c/o Riksantikvaren I Oslo
Pb 8196, 0034 OSLO
THREATS TO THE VEGA ARCHIPELAGO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
ICOMOS Norway will hereby express our deep concern regarding the problems created by the introduction of Salmon fish farms close to, and even inside, the WH-site.
A private consulting firm has this summer been engaged to evaluate what visual impact fish farming represent in a WH-site like the Vega islands and its shallow waters. The Assessment concludes that fish farming in practice and principle is incompatible with the intentions behind the WH-site.
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