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Cities and Conservation A resolution approved by the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress 24 November 2004 |
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3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress Resolution WCC 3.063 Approved by over 98% of votes cast. Cities and Conservation RECOGNIZING that almost half the world’s people live in cities and this proportion is expected to grow to 60 percent by 2030; CONSIDERING that nature provides many significant benefits to cities and urban residents; CONSIDERING that conservation organizations depend on support from voters, leaders, opinion-shapers, and financial resources largely concentrated in cities; RECALLING that IUCN has acknowledged the critical roles that cities, urban people, and urban institutions play in achieving its mission, for example, in Caring for the Earth (1990) and at the Union’s 50th Anniversary Celebration (Fontainebleau, 1998); AWARE that Recommendation 14 of the 5th World Parks Congress calls for IUCN to: a. Incorporate an urban dimension into its 2005-08 Programme; b. Link biodiversity conservation to human settlements to advance implementation of sustainability objectives, including the United Nations Millennium Development Goals; c. Recruit as members organizations engaged in urban environmental issues, and invite prominent leaders and experts in urban management to participate in IUCN; and d. Develop partnerships with key organizations engaged in the urban environment; AWARE that several activities have been organized at this World Conservation Congress to demonstrate that protecting nature and improving city life are interdependent goals; CONCERNED that urban considerations are inadequately represented in the 2005-08 Programme; The IUCN World Conservation Congress at its 3rd Session in Bangkok, Thailand, 17-25 November 2004: REQUESTS the Director General, in consultation with commissions and members of IUCN, to: a. Systematically review the 2005-08 Programme to identify opportunities for strengthening existing and planned themes, component programmes, and projects by incorporating an urban component in them; b. Consider how the urban dimension of conservation can best be represented within IUCN’s structure, e.g., by a focal point in the Secretariat, and an intercommission task force; and c. Identify and recruit as IUCN members, and develop partnerships with, key international and national organizations engaged in the urban environment; ENCOURAGES commissions to recruit and actively involve in their work prominent leaders and experts in urban management. _______________
Principal sponsor of this resolution: -- California Institute of Public Affairs (USA, NG/642)
Cosponsors: -- Fondo Mundial para Natureza WWF-Brazil (Brazil NG/24686) -- World Wide Fund for Nature – U.K. (United Kingdom, NG/410)
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