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30th September – 6th October
 2005



Wilderness,
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and People:
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for the Planet

 



"There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its melancholy and its charm"

Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States 1901-1909
 
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Proceedings from the
7th World Wilderness Congress
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PRESS & MEDIA:

Press Releases from the Congress:

Fairbanks Sculptor's Ideas Often Take Her Outdoors  June 11, 2006 (Anchorage Daily News)

8th World Wilderness Congress - International Journal of wilderness article  November 10, 2005 (pdf)

8th World Wilderness Congress Generates Conservation Results  October 17, 2005 (Word Doc)

Bonobo Peace Forest” Announced First Reserve of its Kind for Endangered Great Ape  October 10, 2005 (Word Doc)

League of Conservation Photographers is Formed October 6, 2005 (Word Doc)

Native Lands and Wilderness Council News Release October 6, 2005 (Word Doc)

New Funding for Wild Planet Project Announced at 8WWC October 6, 2005 (Word Doc)

Umzi Wethu Project Unveiled at 8WWC October 5, 2005 (Word Doc)

Top Nature Photographers join a Global Conservational Initiative to Protect Wilderness October 3, 2005 (Word Doc)

EL CARMEN, The First Wilderness Designation in Latin America October 1, 2005 (Word Doc)

New Book Highlights World’s Borderless Conservation Areas October 1, 2005 (Word Doc)

Naturescreen International Film Festival Announces Winners September 30, 2005 (Word Doc)

8th World Wilderness Congress Attracts 1,200 Delegates October 1, 2005 (Word Doc)

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