MEMBERS ARTICULATE, INITIATE AND PRECIPITATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Foreword

Our Donors

Valli Moosa
The State of Our Union

Achim Steiner
The Invisible Power of Doing

A Bold Council for a Growing Union

Members Articulate, Initiate & Precipitate Achievements

Commissions Seek
& Find Synergies

LINKING TIME
Using the Past to Shape
the Future

LINKING PLACES
Building Bridges Across
the World

LINKING PEOPLE
Moving in Unison Throughout Society


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MEMBERS ARTICULATE, INITIATE AND PRECIPITATE ACHIEVEMENTS

This report highlights the achievements that members have asked for when they developed and approved the IUCN Programme 2005-2008. It shows how our Commissions and Secretariat inform, empower and help govern as two organs created of the members, by the members and for the members. Only members breathe life, direction and authority into the Union.

Members are not merely part of the World Conservation Union - members are the Union. They keep our feet on the ground, and give authority to our voice.

When this report seems to portray the Union as a single unit, rather than dwell on individual components, it is because of the quiet alchemy of collaboration - where we become more than the sum of our parts.

That alchemy is subtle. Like electrical wires hidden in a wall, our behind-the-scenes connections are the essence of our relationships. The Union is that wiring of 1,086 members, six Commissions, many partners and the Secretariat, including the world's most dedicated governments, agencies, NGOs, networks, foundations, donors and businesses.

Space in this report does not let us acknowledge every time and place where various partners or members or individuals drive the Union forward. Yet, hopefully each can still take quiet pride in their achievements. We celebrate our debt to them at length in other documents. For now, let us celebrate our connection and dedication, with the anticipation that we can and will continue to rely on each other as we have in the past.

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP
81 STATE MEMBERS
113 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
775 NATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
84 INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
33 AFFILIATE MEMBERS

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP BY REGION
303 IN WEST EUROPE
178 IN AFRICA
171 IN MESO AND SOUTH AMERICA
133 IN SOUTH AND EAST ASIA
126 IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN
71 IN EAST EUROPE, NORTH & CENTRAL ASIA
61 IN WEST ASIA
43 IN OCEANIA

members are the Union