Simen National Park : 자연, 1978, Ethiopia
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- 오랜 세월동안 자연적 침식작용으로 대장관을 만들어냄  
- 들쭉날쭉한 산봉우리, 깊은 계곡, 1,500m의 깎아지른듯한 절벽등이 절경을 이룸  
- 비비같은 희귀동물과 세계적으로 드문 시멘의 여우와 염소는 유명함

Inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger: 1996

Threats to the Site
The World Heritage Committee decided to inscribe the Simien National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to evidence of recent deterioration of the population of the Walia ibex. Other large mammals characteristic of the site, such as the bushbuck and the bushpig have become extremely rare. Road construction and human population increase within the site represent further threats to the values of the Park, which was one of the first sites to be inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1978. The decision to inscribe this site on the List of World Heritage in Danger had however, not met the approval of the regional authorities in Bahir Dar, where the site is located. Efforts are thus being made by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Ethiopia and the UNESCO Office in Addis Ababa to provide more information to the regional authorities on the meaning and implications of the Committee's decision and encourage them to view it in a positive light. A stakeholders' meeting was convened by the State Party in June 1998 which led to the formation of a “dialogue group” of various national and regional offices to discuss follow-up activities for the conservation of the park. The responsibilities for the management of the Park were transferred from the Central Authorities to the region. A second stakeholders' meeting, planned for 1999, should address the issues of a strategy for minimising the human population inside the park, the rehabilitation of the park and re-establishing populations of selected species, like the Walia Ibex, which have moved out of the park due to human presence and to cultivation of considerable areas of the Park.

Description
Massive erosion over the years on the Ethiopian plateau has created one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, with jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys and sharp precipices dropping some 1,500 m. The park is home to some extremely rare animals such as the Gelada baboon, the Simien fox and the Walia ibex, a goat found nowhere else in the world.

Ethiopia-UNESCO World Heritage


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