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WILDERNESS CONSERVATION
A STRATEGIC ELEMENT IN THE
GLOBAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
9TH WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS
6 – 13 NOVEMBER 2009
www.wild9.org
MERIDA – YUCATAN – MEXICO
[email protected]
WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS
WWC
CONGRESO MUNDIAL DE TIERRAS SILVESTRES
SINCE 1977
• LONGEST RUNNING
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM
• FOR WILDERNESS
AND PEOPLE
• DIVERSITY OF
PARTICIPANTS
• PRACTICAL OUTCOMES
WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS
MAP
FIRST TIME IN LATIN AMERICA
MEXICO 2009
ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS
WWC
A SHARED MISSION
WORKING FOR
WILDERNESS,
WILDLIFE
AND PEOPLE
PROTECTING
MEXICO’S LAST
WILD PLACES
BUDGET
MAIN THEMES
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• TRANSBOUNDARY &
CONNECTIVITY
• FRESHWATER
• FIRE
• LARGE LANDSCAPES &
SEASCAPES
• HUMAN COMMUNITIES
IN TRANSITION
BUDGET
TOPICS WITHIN THEMES
• LAW AND POLICY
• SCIENCE
• MANAGEMENT TRAINING
AND CAPACITY BUILDING
• ECONOMIC AND
CORPORATE SOLUTIONS
• ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
• INDIGENOUS WISDOM
AND PARTICIPATION
• ARTS & CULTURE IN
SERVICE OF CONSERVATION
• SOCIAL BENEFITS
• ROLE OF RELIGONS
WILDERNESS
WILD 9 - Merida
A SHARED NATURAL LEGACY
WILDLIFE SPECIES
MOUNTAIN RANGES
FOREST HABITAT
FRESHWATER SYSTEMS
OCEANS AND MARINE LIFE
WILD 9 - Merida
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE
WILDERNESS IS A
STRATEGIC ELEMENT IN
OUR RESPONSE TO GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• LOSS OF
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
• SPECIES EXTINCTIONS
WILDERNESS PROTECTION
WILD 9 - Merida
A SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
STERN REVIEW (2006)
• 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
IPCC 2007
• DEFORESTATION AND OTHER LAND
DEGRADATIONS ACCOUNT FOR UP TO
25% OF GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS
INT. WETLANDS CONFERENCE (2008)
• WETLANDS ACCOUNT FOR 6% OF THE
EARTH SURFACE AND THEY STORE 20%
OF ITS CARBON
WILDERNESS PROTECTION
WILD 9 - Merida
A SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
MITIGATION
• CARBON STORAGE
- CARBON THAT IS NOT
RELEASED IN THE ATMOSPHERE
• CARBON ABSORTION
- FORESTS AND GRASSLANDS
ADAPTATION
• HABITAT CONECTIVITY
- ECOSYSTEM SHIFTS
• BUFFER ZONES
- CONTINUITY OF
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
• MONITORING
- CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS
ON NATURAL RESOURCES
AND HUMAN WELFARE
WILD 9 - Merida
JOINING EFFORTS
TWO PRACTICAL OBJECTIVES
1. NORTH AMERICAN PACT
ON WILDERNESS
• MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING
• DECLARES MUTUAL
OBJECTIVES
• PRESCRIBES
COOPERATIVES MEASURES
2. WHMSI PARTICIPATION
IN WILD 9
• MAPPING THE THREATS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR
MIGRATORY SPECIES AT
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESS
WILD 9 - Merida
INTERGOVERNMENTAL BOARD
POLICY AND RESEARCH REPRESENTATIVES FROM
MEXICO
SECRETARIAT OF THE
ENVIRONMENT AND
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATIONAL COMMISSION
FOR PROTECTED AREAS
NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE (NPS)
U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED
STATES
CANADA
U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE
SERVICE (USFWS)
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT (BLM)
U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. FOREST
SERVICE (USFS)
DEPARTMENT OF
CANADIAN HERITAGE
PARKS
CANADA
N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESS
WILD 9 - Merida
BOARD ROLES
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
4. DECLARE THE FIRST
INTERNATIONAL PACT ON
WILDERNESS AT WILD9
N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESS
WILD 9 - Merida
COOPERATIVE MEASURES
• WILDERNESS CONSERVATION
AND MANAGEMENT
• LEGAL MECHANISMS
FOR WILDERNESS PROTECTION
• RESEARCH, INVENTORY,
DOCUMENTATION AND MONITORING
• SAVEGUARD HUMAN LIVELIHOODS
DEPENDENT ON WILDERNESS
• MECHANISMS OF PAYMENT FOR
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RELATED
TO WILDERNESS PROTECTION
• PUBLIC INFORMATION
TO INCREASE COMMUNITY
SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION
• JOINT IDENTIFICATION
AND CONSERVATION OF
TRANSBOUNDARY RESOURCES
• ESTABLISHMENT OF “SISTER”
WILDERNESS AREAS RELATIONSHIP
• DEVELOPMENT OF WILDERNESS
PROTECTION INITIATIVES
• MENTORING OF OTHER COUNTRIES
N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESS
WILD 9 - Merida
PROGRESS TO DATE
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
WHMSI PROJECT FOR WILD9
WILD 9 - Merida
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS MAP
PURPOSE
TO CREATE HIGH-PROFILE MAP
EXHIBIT FOR WILD9 TO SHOWCASE
THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ON MIGRATORY SPECIES OF
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
COUNTRIES
CONTRIBUTION
• MAPPING OF A WILD AREA VISIBLY
IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
• PHOTOS OF THE HABITAT
AND SPECIES AFFECTED
• ONE-PAGE CASE SUMMARY
IN PRESCRIBED FORMAT
WHMSI PROJECT FOR WILD9
WILD 9 - Merida
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS MAP
TIMELINE
Initial Submissions needed by
15 November 2008
CONTACT
Julie Anton Dunn
Director of Program Development
The WILD Foundation
[email protected]
(703) 864 7770
9TH WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS
6 – 13 NOVEMBER 2009
MERIDA – YUCATAN – MEXICO
www.wild9.org
[email protected]
6 – 13 NOVEMBER 2009
MERIDA – YUCATÁN – MEXICO
www.wild9.org
[email protected]
WILD 9 - Merida
STRUCTURE
HONORARY HOSTS
Felipe Calderón
Ivonne Ortega
Presidente México
César Bojórquez
GobernadoraYucatán
MEXICO
MEXICO
Merida City Major
MEXICO
CHAIRMAN
Exequiel Ezcurra
Museo de Historia Natural de San Diego
MEXICO
Manuel Arango
CO-CHAIRS
Armando J. García
Juan R. Elvira Quesada
Fund. Mex. para la Educ.Ambiental
CEMEX
Environment Minister
MEXICO
MEXICO
MEXICO
Rodolfo Elizondo
Mario Molina
Marinela Servitje
Tourism Minister
Centro Mario Molina
Papalote - Museo del Niño
MEXICO
MEXICO
MEXICO
Carlos M. Rodríguez
Fernando Chico Pardo
Julio Gutiérrez
Conservation International
Grupo ASUR
Gonzalo Río Arronte Foundation
COSTA RICA
MEXICO
MEXICO