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(c) To focus in-depth attention on a small number of
particularly promising new approaches.
(d)To explore how IUCN can deal most effectively
with the social and methodological dimensions of
its work, continuing to elaborate a clear and manageable
role for the Commission.
4. Terms of Reference
To achieve its objectives over the coming three years,
CESP will:
(a) develop and advance a world ethic for living sustainably,
through a working group involving all
IUCN Commissions as well as other concerned
organizations;
(b) improve and promote sustainable development
strategies at international, national, and subnational
levels;
(c) systematically collect, study, and disseminate information
about tools for sustainability, emphasizing
methods for citizen participation, collaborative
decision-making, integrated resource management,
adaptive planning and management, and
evaluation of efforts to attain sustainability;
(d) identify, develop, and promote a small number of
particularly promising tools for sustainability;
(e) carry forward along these lines, the work it has
begun on landscape conservation, conservation
corps, and indicators of sustainability;
(f) develop better ways for conservationists to share
their experience with different approaches and
tools;
(g) examine how IUCN can best give attention to the
social and methodological dimensions of its work,
making specific recommendations to Council and
the Director General;
(h) publish a current-awareness newsletter for the
IUCN community on developments in its field, and
produce or cooperate in producing working
papers, guidelines, reference books, and case
studies;
(i) continue to build the CESP network and search for
the best ways of harnessing its expertise.
5. Structure and Organization
(a) Chair, Deputy Chair, and Steering Committee.
The Chair, elected by the General Assembly, will
nominate a Deputy Chair for Council approval.
The Chair, Deputy Chair, Chairs of Working
Groups, and not more than five other members will
constitute the Steering Committee.
(b) Members. The members of the Commission will
be appointed by the Chair, the list of proposed
names being submitted to Council.
(c) Honorary Members. These have been elected by
the Commission Steering Committee in recognition
of outstanding service to IUCN in environmental
strategy and planning.
(d) Working Groups, Task Forces and Advisory
Groups. In consultation with the Steering Committee
and the Director General, the Chair will
appoint Working Groups to address particular
parts of the work programme. Such groups carrying
forward existing activities are likely to deal
with strategies, tools, ethics, and landscape conservation.
In addition, the Chair may appoint Task
Forces to deal with specific shorter-term assignments,
and Advisory Groups.
(e) Cooperating Organizations. The Chair, in consultation
with the Director General, may so designate
organizations that work closely with CESP in
carrying out its mandate.
COMMISSION ON NATIONAL
PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS
(CNPPA)
1. Mission
To contribute to the IUCN mission through promoting
the establishment and effective management of a
worldwide network of terrestrial and marine protected
areas.
2. Purpose
IUCN's Commission on National Parks and Protected
Areas (CNPPA) serves as the principal source of technical
advice to the Union, its members and its collaborating
organizations on all aspects of the selection,
planning and management of protected areas. It supports
action by government agencies, international
organizations, local communities, private land
owners and non-governmental organizations to
ensure that natural and semi-natural habitats can be
conserved in such a way as to make their optimal
contribution to human society. CNPPA aims to demonstrate
the value of protected areas within wider
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