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Proceedings from the
7th World Wilderness Congress
Now Available

 


 

RESOLUTIONS:

Forty Nine Resolutions were passed by the Congress

The Secretariat of the 8th World Wilderness Congress is pleased to provide the resolutions as Adobe PDF files. 

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Title of Resolution

Proposer + Organization

Seconder

 1

Wilderness and Water:  A Basic Human Right

Bittu Sahgal,

Editor, Sanctuary Asia

Mary Ama Kudom-Agyemang

Ghana Broadcasting

2

Formation of a Wilderness and Indigenous People Working Group

Jonathan Habarad

People and Nature Trust

Evelyn Yobera

University of Alaska

3

International Definition of Wilderness, Biodiversity Conservation, and Ecosystems Services

William R. Bainbridge

WAG South Africa

Wilderness Leadership School, SA

Chad Dawson

SUNY-ESF

4

Wilderness – A Criterion for World Heritage Listing

Keith Muir, O.A.M. Director

Colong Fndn. for Wilderness

Kevin Kiernan, Lecturer in Geomorphology, U of Tasmania

5

Protect Arctic Natonal Wildlife Refuge from Oil Development

Betsy Goll, Sierra Club

 

Gladys Netro - Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society

6

Kamchatka-Alaska Project

Alexey Stukalov, UNDP/GEF

Tatyana Mikhailova- Kamchatka League of Independent Experts

7

National Landscape Conservation has Critical Role in Protecting Deserts of North America

Marilyn Riley

Wilderness Transitions, Inc.

George Nickas

Wilderness Watch

8

Expansion of Nahanni National Park Reserve in Canada

Grand Chief Herb Norwegian

DehCho First Nations, Canada

Jim Shorsell

UNESCO

9

Expansion of Waterton Glacier International Peace Park into Flathead Valley

Wayne Sawchuk - Northern BC Coordinator - Chetwynd Environmental Society

Gary Tabor

Wilburforce Foundation

10

Establishment of a European Wildland Network

Toby Aykroyd

Wilderness Foundation, UK

Zoltan Kun,  Hungary

11

European Wildland Conference in 2007

Toby Aykroyd and Jo Roberts Wilderness Foundation, UK

Kees Bastmeijer, Holland

12

Wilderness Areas in Asia

Sun Shan – Conservation International China Program

George Schaller, Wildlife Conservation Society

13

International Support for Protected Areas in Myanmar

Daniel H. Henning, Ph.D.

Delegate

Haven B. Cook

Delegate

14

Protection of Zambezi Valley from “Chirundu Project” Agricultural Development

Paul Dutton

The Bateleurs

Valerie Purvis

15

Cultivating Wilderness Conservation Values Within the Mining Sector: The Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine, Namibia

Jonathan R. Stacey

Birdlife International

Antonio Claparols

Ecological Society of the Philippines

16

Saving the Olifants River Gorge in the Kruger National Park

Wayne Elliott

Wilderness Leadership School

Dr. Andrew Venter

Wildlands Conservation Trust

17

African Protected Areas Initiative & Trust Fund (APA/APATF)

Michael Sweatman

Green Mountain Capital

Walter Lusigi

Global Environmental Facility

18

Tropical Protected Areas

Virgilio Viana, Secretary for Environment, State of Amazonas, Brazil

Carolyn Rodriguez-Echandi           

Minister of Environment, Costa Rica

19

Marine Wilderness

David Rockefeller, Jr. Pew Oceans Commission

Larry Merculieff - Bering Sea Council of Elders

20

The Importance of Oceans and their Ecosystems to Life on Earth

Tui De Roy, The Roving Tortoise Worldwide Nature Photography

Nora Deans, Birchtree Cove Studio

21

Freshwater Wilderness Initiatives in Australia: Protecting Queensland’s Wild Rivers

Alec Marr

The Wilderness Society, Australia

Antonio M. Claparols

Ecological Society of the Philippines

22

Restoring the Great Ruaha River (Tanzania)

Mr. Mtango Mtahiko

Chief Park Warden, Ruaha

National Park

Michael Sweatman

ims@gmtcap.com

23

Conservation of Transboundary Riparian Ecosystems – in the Jordan River

Hasven B. Cook

USDA Forest Service

Chad Dawson

SUNY-ESF

24

Recognition of International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP)

Cristina Mitteermeier

Conservation International

Cathy Hart

Photographer, Alaska

25

International Grant Fund for Ambitious Conservation Photography Projects

Staffan Widstrand, Sweden

Michele Depraz

26

Support for Conservation Photography Campaign at China’s 2008 Olympics

Connie Bransilver

Delegate

Florian Schulz

Rainbow Pictures

27

Working Relationship Between Scientists and Photographers

Christian Ziegler, Associate for Communication, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Piotr Naskrecki – Director of Invertebrate Diversity Initiative, CABS, CI, Harvard University

28

International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) Advisory Committee for Ethics, Including Traditional People

Phil Borges, US

Delegate

Melissa Ryan

The Nature Conservancy

29

Local Knowledge and Cultural Practices

Mamoona Wali Muhammad

Assistant Prof. of Forestry

Pakistan Forest Institute

Basireletsi Maphane

Botswana

30

Protection of the Traditional Lands of Aboriginal Peoples

Herb Norwegian, Grand Chief, DehCho First Nations

Terry Tanner, Member, Salish & Kootenai Tribes

31

Identifying and Applying Traditional Principles of Sustainability

Nancy Ratner, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Alan Watson, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Inst.

32

Protected Areas and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Kalemani Jo Mulongoy, CBD Secretariat

Nik Lopoukhine

Chair IUCN-WCPA

33

Standard International Certification of  Sustainable Tourism for Wilderness

Kathryn Haber

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies

Dr. Marcin F. Jedrezejczak

Poland

34

Wilderness Areas and Gateway Communities: A Global Strategy

James Dion, Center for Sustainable Destinations, National Geographic Soc.

Angela West

Delegate

35

Wilderness Seminar for Government Agencies

Karen Taylor-Goodrich

US National Park Service

Freek Venter

Kruger National Park

36

Global Network for Wilderness Information and Stewardship

Karen Taylor-Goodrich

NPS

Nikita Lopoukhine

Chair, IUCN WCPA

37

Network to Respond to International Conservation Crisis

Robert Glenn Ketchum

RGK Photography Inc.

Myron and Bethe Wright

Alaska

38

The Citizen’s Role in Prevention of and Responses to Man-made Environmental Disasters

John Devens, Ph.D. Exec. Dir. Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council

Mike Cooper – Washington State Oil Spill Advisory Council

39

International Journal of Wilderness – Translated Abstracts

William T. Borrie

Professor, University of Montana

Teresa Cristina Magro – Protected Area Management, U of Brazil

40

Improved Support for Rangers and Conservation Personnel

Juan Carlos Gambarotta

International Ranger Federation

J. Paul Cornes

USFWS

41

Deep Ecology

Daniel H. Henning, Ph.D

Nils Faarlund, Norway

42

International Awards System to Honor Wilderness Heroes and Champion Stewards

Glenys Jones

Delegate, Tasmania

Peter Landres

ALWRI

43

Wild Coasts

Ulf Doerner, Ecoropa & Euronature

Sven Kreher,
South Africa

44

Twin Sister Partnership

Ulf Doerner, Wilderness Foundation, Germany

Walter Lusigi, Global Environmental Facility

45

Ballet and Wilderness

Ulf Doerner

Till Meyer, Advisor to Wilderness Fndn, Germany

46

Former Training Grounds of US Army in Germany

Till Meyer, Wilderness Foundation, Germany

Lis Close, USDA Forest Service

47

The World Wilderness Congress and Religion-Based Conservation Groups

Gary Braasch

Photographer

Amy Gulick

Delegate

48

Wilderness and Youth and Young Professionals

Karen Martinsen

Alaska EdVentures

Tim Greyhavens

Wilburforce Foundation

49

World Wilderness Environmental TV Awards

Dorothy & Leo Keeler

Wilderness Inspirations

Deborah Williams

 

 

 
 

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