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President Calderon Announces Multi-National Cooperation with Canada and US on Wilderness

On the opening day of WILD9 (6 November), His Excellency Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, the President of Mexico announced ground-breaking multi-national cooperation with Canada and US on wilderness conservation. The announcement was part of the President’s speech, which officially opened WILD9, welcoming delegates to Merida.  Read the Memorandum of Understanding in:  ENGLISH, FRENCH and SPANISH.

“Today it gives me great pleasure to announce that, within the framework of this 9th World Wilderness Congress, Mexico, Canada and the United States will be formalizing an important Cooperation Plan for Wilderness Conservation,” said President Calderon.

“This Agreement will make it easier to exchange successful experiences, and facilitate monitoring and the training of human resources, as well as financing projects that will protect and recover wilderness areas.”

The following day (7 November), representatives from all three countries (Mexico, United States and Canada) signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation for Wilderness Conservation. Among those signing were represesntatives from the National Commission for Protected Areas (CONANP, Mexico), Parks Canada and the US Department of Interior (National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management) and the Department of Agriculture.

The MOU provisions address ecosystems, migratory wildlife, and natural resources that do not start and end with geographical boundaries. This MOU also encourages cooperative efforts to conduct and share scientific research.

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