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7. Athens, 1958: Erosion and civilizations. Conservation education. Biological hazards resulting from atomic wastes. 8. Warsaw, 1960: The ecological effects of biological and chemical control of undesirable plants and animals. Ecology and management of wild grazing animals in temperate zones. 9. Nairobi, 1963: The ecology of man in the tropical environment. 10. Lucerne, 1966: Towards a new relationship of man and nature in temperate lands. Ecological impact of recreation and tourism upon temperate environment. 11. New Delhi, 1969: Conservation in land-use planning; soil and water resources, especially in mountain regions; wildlife resources and forestry. Effects of pollution in natural ecosystems. Some aspect of wildlife utilization and management. International Biological Programme: the CT survey of undisturbed oceanic islands; current research in India and its relevance to conservation. Problems of threatened species. The National Park situation in southern Asia, with special reference to the role, management and economic and social functions of national parks in densely populated non-industrial regions. Environmental conservation education among the population of rural and woodland areas. Creative conservation in an agrarian economy. 12. Banff, 1972: Conservation for development - Environmental quality in a changing world. National and international environmental policies. Ecological multi-disciplinary approach to development planning. Resource utilization and conservation. Management of non-agricultural rural lands. Dynamics of vanishing species and their habitats. Conservation of marine habitats. Supplementing or supporting this series of broad reviews of old and new conservation topics, IUCN has sponsored, usually with UNESCO, FAO, and other interested agencies, a number of regional meetings to discuss conservation problems and practices of more geographically limited concern. Among the most notable of these were the Conferences held in Africa (Arusha, 1961), in South-East Asia (Bangkok, 1965), in South America (Bariloche, 1968), in Canada (Edmonton, 1969), concerned with productivity and conservation in northern circumpolar lands, and in collaboration with the South Pacific Commission in New Caledonia (Noumea, 1971), on conserving nature in the reefs and lagoons of Oceania. Indeed a very much longer list would be needed to cover all of the meetings in which IUCN has played an active role during the past quarter century. However, a very good idea can be had of their scope and number by simply glancing through the list of IUCN's publications, 25
since the Union has usually taken on the responsibility for publishing Proceedings. Perhaps only two more meetings deserve special mention here: the First World Conference on National Parks, held at Seattle (USA) in 1962, and the Second World Conference on National Parks (1972), held at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in conjunction with the USA observance of the Centennial of its national parks. Commissions The basic organizational structure of IUCN was established at Fontainebleau and has varied little since then. The number of Vice-Presidents and Executive Board members has been increased, reflecting the greatly expanded workload of the Union, and, of course, the Secretariat has been changed from time to time in line with the programme and available funds. The Commissions, however, have undergone quite a metamorphosis in 25 years. In the somewhat heady hours following the signing of the Constitutive Act on 5 October 1948, a number of Technical Commissions were appointed to examine various aspects of the new programme. Some of these could be regarded as ad hoc groups, but three were retained by decision of the Executive Board at its meeting in March 1949. These were the Education Commission, with William Vogt as its first Chairman, the Nomenclature Commission under J. Ramsbottom, and a Publication Commission under Charles J. Bernard. Of these three only the Education Commission was active in any real sense and is, of course, still active today. The Nomenclature Commission was concerned with limited objectives in attempting to secure some uniformity of terminology, in which it was not wholly successful, and the Publication Commission was concerned chiefly with producing official publications, of which there were several of major importance in the early period. Both of these groups have gone out of existence. In 1951 a fourth Commission was created to handle Public Information. Richard W. Westwood, President of the American Nature Association, was its Chairman. This group was dissolved at Athens in 1958. Of the Commissions which still feature in IUCN's organization, next in order of age after the Education Commission comes the Commission on Ecology, established in 1954 at the Copenhagen General Assembly as a result of a symposium on the subject held during the course of the proceedings. John Berry of Great Britain was its first Chairman and it had nine members. The aim was to provide an international body of 26
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proposed Volcan Baru National Park
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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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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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