9TH WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS6 – 13 NOVEMBER 2009

MERIDA – YUCATAN – MEXICO info@wild9.org

WILDERNESS CONSERVATION

www.wild9.org

A STRATEGIC ELEMENT IN THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

WWC

SINCE 1977

• LONGEST RUNNING PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM

• FOR WILDERNESS AND PEOPLE

• DIVERSITY OF PARTICIPANTS

• PRACTICAL OUTCOMES

WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESSCONGRESO MUNDIAL DE TIERRAS SILVESTRES

MAP

MEXICO 2009

WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESSFIRST TIME IN LATIN AMERICA

WWC

WORKING FOR WILDERNESS,

WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE

PROTECTING MEXICO’S LAST

WILD PLACES

ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERSA SHARED MISSION

BUDGET

MAIN THEMES

• FRESHWATER

• CLIMATE CHANGE

• FIRE

• TRANSBOUNDARY & CONNECTIVITY

• LARGE LANDSCAPES & SEASCAPES

• HUMAN COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION

BUDGET

TOPICS WITHIN THEMES

• LAW AND POLICY

• SCIENCE• MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

• ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

• INDIGENOUS WISDOM AND PARTICIPATION

• ARTS & CULTURE IN SERVICE OF CONSERVATION

• ROLE OF RELIGONS

• SOCIAL BENEFITS

• ECONOMIC AND CORPORATE SOLUTIONS

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WILDLIFE SPECIES

FOREST HABITATMOUNTAIN RANGES

OCEANS AND MARINE LIFEFRESHWATER SYSTEMS

WILDERNESSA SHARED NATURAL LEGACY

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ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE

WILDERNESS IS ASTRATEGIC ELEMENT IN

OUR RESPONSE TO GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

• CLIMATE CHANGE

• LOSS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES• SPECIES EXTINCTIONS

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IPCC 2007

STERN REVIEW (2006)

• DEFORESTATION AND OTHER LAND DEGRADATIONS ACCOUNT FOR UP TO 25% OF GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS

WILDERNESS PROTECTIONA SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

• THE LOSS OF NATURAL FORESTS AROUND THE WORLD CONTRIBUTES MORE TO GLOBAL EMISSIONS EACH YEAR THAN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR

• CURBING DEFORESTATION IS A HIGHLY COST-EFFECTIVE MEASURE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS

INT. WETLANDS CONFERENCE (2008)• WETLANDS ACCOUNT FOR 6% OF THE EARTH SURFACE AND THEY STORE 20% OF ITS CARBON

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MITIGATION

ADAPTATION• HABITAT CONECTIVITY

• BUFFER ZONES

• CARBON ABSORTION - FORESTS AND GRASSLANDS

• CARBON STORAGE - CARBON THAT IS NOT RELEASED IN THE ATMOSPHERE

- ECOSYSTEM SHIFTS

• MONITORING- CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN WELFARE

- CONTINUITY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

WILDERNESS PROTECTIONA SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

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• MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING• DECLARES MUTUAL OBJECTIVES

• PRESCRIBES COOPERATIVES MEASURES

JOINING EFFORTSTWO PRACTICAL OBJECTIVES

1. NORTH AMERICAN PACT ON WILDERNESS

• MAPPING THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR MIGRATORY SPECIES AT THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

2. WHMSI PARTICIPATION IN WILD 9

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS)

U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS)

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM)

U.S. FOREST SERVICE (USFS)

POLICY AND RESEARCH REPRESENTATIVES FROM

UNITED STATES

SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTED AREASMEXICO

DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE

PARKS CANADACANADA

N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESSINTERGOVERNMENTAL BOARD

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1. CONSIDER THE STATE OF WILDERNESS AND WILD LANDS PROTECTION UNDER NATIONAL LAW

2. TRILATERAL LEADERSHIP PROMOTING LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR SECURING DESIGNATIONS OF LARGE WILDERNESS AREAS

3. PROMULGATE A NORTH AMERICAN PACT ON THE CRITICAL ROLE OF WILDERNESS IN RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE

N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESSBOARD ROLES

4. DECLARE THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PACT ON WILDERNESS AT WILD9

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• RESEARCH, INVENTORY, DOCUMENTATION AND MONITORING

• JOINT IDENTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION OF TRANSBOUNDARY RESOURCES

• LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR WILDERNESS PROTECTION

• WILDERNESS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

• DEVELOPMENT OF WILDERNESS PROTECTION INITIATIVES

• PUBLIC INFORMATION TO INCREASE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION

• MENTORING OF OTHER COUNTRIES

• SAVEGUARD HUMAN LIVELIHOODS DEPENDENT ON WILDERNESS

• MECHANISMS OF PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RELATED TO WILDERNESS PROTECTION

• ESTABLISHMENT OF “SISTER” WILDERNESS AREAS RELATIONSHIP

COOPERATIVE MEASURESN.A. PACT ON WILDERNESS

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MAY 2008• CANADA / MEXICO / U.S. TRILATERAL COMMITTEE FOR WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT

- NOW PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP 3-YEAR WORK PLAN

JULY 2008• FIRST MEETING OF THE BOARD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

• UNDERLIES CERTAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE GLOBAL WILDERNESS FORUM FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AT WILD9

N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESSPROGRESS TO DATE

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PURPOSETO CREATE HIGH-PROFILE MAP EXHIBIT FOR WILD9 TO SHOWCASETHE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEON MIGRATORY SPECIES OFTHE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTION

• MAPPING OF A WILD AREA VISIBLY IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE

WHMSI PROJECT FOR WILD9CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS MAP

• PHOTOS OF THE HABITAT AND SPECIES AFFECTED

• ONE-PAGE CASE SUMMARY IN PRESCRIBED FORMAT

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TIMELINE

Initial Submissions needed by15 November 2008

CONTACT

Julie Anton DunnDirector of Program Development

The WILD Foundation

Julie@wild.org(703) 864 7770

WHMSI PROJECT FOR WILD9CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS MAP

9TH WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS

6 – 13 NOVEMBER 2009MERIDA – YUCATAN – MEXICO

www.wild9.org info@wild9.org

6 – 13 NOVEMBER 2009MERIDA – YUCATÁN – MEXICO

www.wild9.org info@wild9.org

HONORARY HOSTS

Exequiel EzcurraMuseo de Historia Natural de San Diego

MEXICO

CHAIRMAN

CO-CHAIRSManuel Arango

Fund. Mex. para la Educ.AmbientalMEXICO

Rodolfo ElizondoTourism Minister

MEXICO

Carlos M. Rodríguez Conservation International

COSTA RICA

Armando J. GarcíaCEMEXMEXICO

Mario MolinaCentro Mario Molina

MEXICO

Fernando Chico PardoGrupo ASUR

MEXICO

Juan R. Elvira QuesadaEnvironment Minister

MEXICO

Marinela Servitje Papalote - Museo del Niño

MEXICO

Julio GutiérrezGonzalo Río Arronte Foundation

MEXICO

César BojórquezMerida City Major

MEXICO

Ivonne OrtegaGobernadoraYucatán

MEXICO

Felipe CalderónPresidente México

MEXICO

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