United Nations experts advising the committee say Canada should be encouraged to protect the park’s natural beauty from oil extraction.
That recommendation and others are included in a package posted to the UN’s World Heritage Centre website.
The committee called off a monitoring mission to assess fracking risks after Newfoundland and Labrador froze related applications last fall pending a review.
Alison Woodley of the watchdog group Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society says a buffer zone would be a big step toward preserving Gros Morne’s world heritage status.
Gros Morne became a UNESCO site in 1987 but plans to search for oil using hydraulic fracturing near the park raised concerns about the environment and tourism.
