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the French Committee appointed to organize the 1948 Conference met with serious technical and fundamental obstacles, the latter often being the more difficult to overcome. At last the French Government, jointly with UNESCO, decided to invite the governments of all countries to send representatives to a Conference which was to take place at Fontainebleau from September 30 to October 7, 1948, to establish the International Union for the Protection of Nature. The Provisional Union was asked to send the same invitation to all private, national, or international bodies concerned with Nature Protection. The Conference of Fontainebleau is fresh in our memories. On 5 October 1948, the IUPN was born. An immense and magnificent task lies before it. Those deserving or fortunate persons who assisted in the constitution of the Union will be the first to support it in its efforts. But others, many others, will join them, for all the signs from our 20th century tend towards the certainty that our efforts can only be crowned with success when scattered forces unite in a vast common action to defend a great ideal. Fontainebleau On 5 October 1948, meeting in the Galerie des Colonnes of the Palace in Fontainebleau, representatives of 18 governments, 7 international organizations and 107 national nature protection organizations signed the Constitutive Act of the Union. This Constitution (Statutes) still governs the affairs of the Union. The original Preamble* and Article I, Objects, as redrafted from the Constitution approved at Brunnen for the Provisional Union, are reproduced here, in their original form. Preamble Whereas the term "Protection of Nature" may be defined as the preservation of the entire world biotic community, or man's natural environment, which includes the earth's renewable natural resources of which it is composed, and on which rests the foundation of human civilization; * Drafted by the USA delegation to Fontainebleau. 19
20 Whereas natural beauty is one of the higher common denominators of spiritual life; Whereas civilization has achieved its present high development by finding ever more effective means for exploiting these resources, and moreover, soils, water, forests, wild life and wilderness areas are of vital importance for economic, social, educational and cultural reasons; Whereas the time has come when human standards of living are being depressed because natural resources are becoming inadequate for their maintenance; Whereas this trend may be reversed if people are awakened in time to a full realization of their dependence upon exhaustible natural resources and recognize the need for their protection and restoration as well as for their wise and informed administration in order that the future peace, progress and prosperity of mankind may be assured; Whereas "Protection of Nature" is a matter of vital concern to all nations, and the furthering of it is primary concern of no single effective international agency; Whereas it would be of assistance to various governments, the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies and other interested organizations, if an effective international agency were established for the "Protection of Nature"; Therefore the governments, public services, organizations, institutions and associations concerned with these matters represented at Fontainebleau have hereby established a union known as the "International Union for the Protection of Nature", hereinafter referred to as the Union, and have agreed as follows: Article I. Objects 1. The Union shall encourage and facilitate co-operation between governments and national and international organizations concerned with, and persons interested in, the "Protection of Nature". 2. The Union shall promote and recommend national and international action in respect to: (a) The preservation in all parts of the world of wild life and the natural environment, soils, water, forests, including the protection and preservation of areas, objects and fauna and flora
Page 1 and 2: 1973 IUCN YEARBOOK International Un
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Page 5 and 6: Conservation of Endangered Species
Page 7 and 8: wild animals and plants in their na
Page 10 and 11: THE ENVIRONMENT IN 1973 Limits to G
Page 12 and 13: first time that they could get alon
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Page 17 and 18: country is untouched, and as this i
Page 19: Immediately after the war, in 1918,
Page 23 and 24: The Union in action The first Gener
Page 25 and 26: 1950, with the aid of a grant from
Page 27 and 28: since the Union has usually taken o
Page 29 and 30: - without which it is of course imp
Page 31 and 32: guished career in Africa. From 1966
Page 33 and 34: As far as the first projects undert
Page 35 and 36: Mweka on the slopes of Mount Kilima
Page 37 and 38: specialists: Thane Riney on the sci
Page 39 and 40: 38 The most important first step fo
Page 41 and 42: special international meetings at R
Page 43 and 44: operations comes from WWF. World Wi
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Page 47 and 48: The conservation of wildlife and wi
Page 49 and 50: Its activities considerably increas
Page 51 and 52: Executive Board: Secretary General:
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Page 55 and 56: Ninth General Assembly - July 1966
Page 58 and 59: REVIEW OF IUCN ACTIVITIES The broad
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Page 66 and 67: protection and control. This study
Page 68 and 69: elevant to development in tropical
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Future of the Alps There is increas
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Conservation of Biotic Communities
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Survey of national parks in norther
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proposed Volcan Baru National Park
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Considerable information on marine
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years, and has sponsored regular me
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among Board members that commercial
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of the existence of the Caribbean m
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Environmental Education and Public
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The proposed teaching manual is now
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Foundation, the Virgin Islands Depa
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continued, particularly in relation
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1973 conferences and meetings spons
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5 October 5-9 November 10-29 Novemb
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Membership totals at the end of the
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Appeals of WWF are already members
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gift of 300,000 Swiss Francs to mar
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APPENDIX A IUCN Members as at 31 De
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German Democratic Republic Germany,
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New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan
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United States of America GA GA GA G
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APPENDIX B Honorary Members Honorar
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APPENDIX D Membership of Commission
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Consultants: Representative: Dame S
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Corresponding Members: Representati
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Members: Professor L. Bauer, German
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Reptile/Amphibian Group Co-ordinato
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Dr. Rudolf Hofmann, Peru Ing. Carlo
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APPENDIX G Monthly Bulletin Volume
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APPENDIX H Statement of income and
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