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3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress
Adopted Resolutions and Recommendations
 
 


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Resolutions and Recommandations en Français
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Please find below the final text of the Resolutions and Recommendations adopted at the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress (Bangkok, November 2004).

You can choose to download a PDF document with all Resolutions and Recommendations in one file (with bookmarks that will take you directly to the Resolution or Recommendation you want), or you can download individual Resolutions and Recommendations from the table below.

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Resolutions and Recommendations in English [One file, PDF, 716 Kb]

Resolutions  
RESWCC3.001 Precedence clause – Establishing precedence in regard to IUCN general policy
RESWCC3.002 Improving the transparency of the IUCN Council
RESWCC3.003 Engagement by IUCN with local and regional government authorities
RESWCC3.004 Ratification and implementation of the revised African Convention
RESWCC3.005 European policy and biodiversity in overseas territories
RESWCC3.006 Protecting the Earth’s waters for public and ecological benefit
RESWCC3.007 A moratorium on the further release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
RESWCC3.008 Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and biodiversity
RESWCC3.009 Establishing gender equity as a mandate in the strategic activities and themes of IUCN
RESWCC3.010 HIV/AIDS pandemic and conservation
RESWCC3.011 Addressing the linkages between conservation, human and animal health, and security
RESWCC3.012 Governance of Natural Resources for Conservation and Sustainable Development
RESWCC3.013 The uses of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
RESWCC3.014 Poverty reduction, food security and conservation
RESWCC3.015 Conserving nature and reducing poverty by linking human rights and the environment
RESWCC3.016 On the role of conservation organizations in poverty alleviation and development
RESWCC3.017 Promoting food sovereignty to conserve biodiversity and end hunger
RESWCC3.018 Mobile peoples and conservation
RESWCC3.019 Horizontal evaluation of international conventions, treaties and agreements on the environment
RESWCC3.020 Drafting a code of ethics for biodiversity conservation
RESWCC3.021 International Covenant on Environment and Development
RESWCC3.022 Endorsement of the Earth Charter
RESWCC3.023 Providing support for IUCN’s Observer Status in the United Nations
RESWCC3.024 The Harold Jefferson Coolidge Medal
RESWCC3.025 Education and communication in the IUCN programme
RESWCC3.026 Establishment of the World Conservation Learning Network
RESWCC3.027 Education for sustainable development
RESWCC3.028 Policy on capacity building and technology transfer
RESWCC3.029 Capacity building of Young Professionals
RESWCC3.030 Capacity building in applied and demand-driven taxonomy
RESWCC3.031 Cherishing volunteers
RESWCC3.032 Volunteer translators and interpreters to serve IUCN
RESWCC3.033 Implementation of an IUCN programme for the Insular Caribbean
RESWCC3.034 Strengthening the action of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
RESWCC3.035 Aral Sea Basin as the hot spot for biodiversity conservation
RESWCC3.036 Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
RESWCC3.037 Arctic legal regime for environmental protection
RESWCC3.038 Conservation and sustainable development of mountain regions
RESWCC3.039 The Mediterranean Mountain Partnership
RESWCC3.040 Transboundary cooperation in mountain areas
RESWCC3.041 Protection of the Macal River Valley in Belize
RESWCC3.042 Biodiversity in Southern Sudan
RESWCC3.043 Resource-based conflicts in Darfur, Sudan
RESWCC3.044 The Haitian environmental crisis
RESWCC3.045 Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers Commission 
RESWCC3.046 Conservation in regions in violent conflict of West Asia – strengthening IUCN’s presence to protect the natural and human environment
RESWCC3.047 Durban Action Plan and CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas
RESWCC3.048 IUCN Guidelines for protected areas management categories
RESWCC3.049 Community Conserved Areas
RESWCC3.050 Integrating protected area systems into the wider landscape
RESWCC3.051 Freshwater protected areas
RESWCC3.052 Protected Areas in the Mediterranean
RESWCC3.053 Protection of Chile’s first Ramsar site, threatened by a cellulose factory
RESWCC3.054 Threats from Olympic Games and other major sporting events to protected areas and biodiversity
RESWCC3.055 Indigenous peoples, protected areas and the CBD Programme of Work
RESWCC3.056 Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation and conservation of nature in the Amazon region and Chaco
RESWCC3.057 Adapting to climate change: a framework for conservation action
RESWCC3.058 Military activities and the production, stockpiling and use of weapons that are of detriment to the environment
RESWCC3.059 IUCN’s energy-related work related to biodiversity conservation
RESWCC3.060 Influencing private sector actions in favour of biodiversity
RESWCC3.061 IUCN’s interaction with the private sector
RESWCC3.062 The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
RESWCC3.063 Cities and conservation
RESWCC3.064 Conservation and sustainable management of high seas biodiversity
RESWCC3.065 A landscape/seascape approach to conservation
RESWCC3.066 The protection of seamounts, deep sea corals and other vulnerable deep sea habitats from destructive fishing practices, including bottom trawling, on the high seas
RESWCC3.067 Strengthening stakeholder participation in fisheries management
RESWCC3.068 Undersea noise pollution
RESWCC3.069 Status of floating atomic power stations in the world’s oceans
RESWCC3.070 Environmental protection of the Mediterranean Sea from the risk of maritime traffic
RESWCC3.071 International cooperation on forest management
RESWCC3.072 Legal aspects of the sustainable use of soils
RESWCC3.073 Conservation of medicinal plants
RESWCC3.074 Implementing the Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
RESWCC3.075 Applying the Precautionary Principle in environmental decision-making and management
RESWCC3.076 Illegal and unsustainable international trade in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Mekong river riparian states
RESWCC3.077 Urgent measures to secure the survival of the critically endangered Western Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus )
RESWCC3.078 Sturgeon (Acipenseriformes) conservation within the Caspian, and Azov and Black Sea Basins
RESWCC3.079 Conservation of Gyps species of Vultures in South and Southeast Asia
RESWCC3.080 Vote of thanks to the host country
 
Recommendations  
RECWCC3.081 Implementation of Principle 10 by building comprehensive good governance systems
RECWCC3.082 The Extractive Industries Review
RECWCC3.083 Improving capacity to achieve sustainable development and address consequences of globalization
RECWCC3.084 Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
RECWCC3.085 Principles of knowledge sharing of the Conservation Commons
RECWCC3.086 Coordination of sustainable development programmes for energy
RECWCC3.087 Financial institutions and the World Commission on Dams recommendations
RECWCC3.088 Support for the ‘Ban Amendment’ to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
RECWCC3.089 Humane trapping standards
RECWCC3.090 Implementation of the “European Strategy on Invasive Alien Species”
RECWCC3.091 Fulfilling the right to optional use of the official languages in the internal and external communication documents of IUCN and its members
RECWCC3.092 Conservation and Sustainable Use of Seals
RECWCC3.093 Application of the IUCN Sustainable Use Policy to sustainable consumptive use of wildlife and recreational hunting in southern Africa
RECWCC3.094 Management of large terrestrial herbivores in southern Africa
RECWCC3.095 Nomination of large-scale multi-state serial World Heritage Routes
RECWCC3.096 Inclusion of the Mont Blanc massif in UNESCO’s World Heritage List
RECWCC3.097 Conservation of the Wetland Corridor of the Fluvial Littoral, Argentina
RECWCC3.098 Conservation and sustainable management of high seas biodiversity
RECWCC3.099 The protection of seamounts, deep sea corals and other vulnerable deep sea habitats from destructive fishing practices, including bottom trawling, on the high seas
RECWCC3.100 Reef fish spawning aggregations
RECWCC3.101 Advancing Boreal Forest Conservation
RECWCC3.102 Conservation of Mediterranean-type ecosystems
RECWCC3.103 The Biosphere Reserve of the Chaco and indigenous peoples
RECWCC3.104 Consolidation of a national system of protected areas in the Dominican Republic
RECWCC3.105 Conservation of the Cantábrico–Burgalesa mountain range
RECWCC3.106 Mitigation of the environmental impacts of the ’Plan Puebla Panama’ and strengthening of Protected Areas adjacent to new road sections and other Infrastructure works
RECWCC3.107 Threats to the Danube Biosphere Reserve
RECWCC3.108 Great Barrier Reef
RECWCC3.109 Transboundary protected areas in Southeast Asia
RECWCC3.110 Promoting responsible management of water resources in the Mekong Region
RECWCC3.111 Impact of roads and other infrastructure through the ecosystems of Darién
RECWCC3.112 Establishing a marine protected area for blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the gulf of Corcovado, Chile
RECWCC3.113 Conservation of Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica tatarica and Saiga tatarica mongolica)
RECWCC3.114 Conservation of dugong Dugong dugon , Okinawa woodpecker Sapheopipo noguchii , and Okinawa rail Gallirallus okinawae in Japan
RECWCC3.115 Protection of the great Indian bustard Ardeotis nigriceps
RECWCC3.116

Shark finning

[Statement by Programme and Policy Committee of Council , 6 July 2005]

RECWCC3.117 Conservation of the Bandula barb Puntius bandula in Sri Lanka
RECWCC3.118 Continued prohibition of shahtoosh production and trade

 

 
   
   
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