WILD9 - Saturday 7 November
PHOTOGRAPHY KEYNOTE
Michael “Nick” Nichols – National Geographic contributing Photographer; Fellow, International League of Conservation Photographers; Window into the Redwoods
KEYNOTE
Dr Thomas Lovejoy – Chief Biodiversity Adviser to the President of the World Bank, Senior Adviser to the President of the United Nations Foundation, and President of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment The Wild Answer to Climate Change, English & español
CORPORATE COMMITMENT TO WILDERNESS
Chair – Manuel Arango, Founder and Chairman, Mexican Foundation for Environmental Education
Armando Garcia – Executive Vice President for Technology, Energy and Sustainability, CEMEX, English & español
- The El Carmen Wilderness, an Expanded Commitment
- Launch of The Corporate Commitment to Wilderness Introduction of corporate partners
MEETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE – THE CORPORATE RESPONSE
Chair – Jose Carral, CEO, Club de Industriales
- Daniel Servitje, CEO, Grupo Bimbo; Grupo Bimbo: A Commitment for the Environment, English & español
- Brian J. Smith, President, Coca Cola (Mexico), English & español
- David Labistour, CEO, Mt Equipment Coop (Canada) An Integrated Corporate Commitment to Conservation, English & español
KEYNOTE
Dr. Trista Patterson; Economist, writer; Sitka, Alaska What Would Nature Do? English & español
GLOBAL WILDERNESS COMMITMENTS
Chair – Vance G. Martin, President, The WILD Foundation
CANADA, UNITED STATES, MEXICO: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR WILDERNESS
- Canada – The Honorable Jim Prentice, Minister of Environment, English & español
- Mexico – The Honorable Juan Elvira, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources – represented by Ernesto Enkerlin-Hoeflich, President of the National Commission on Natural Protected Areas of Mexico, English & español
- USA – The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture – represented by Dr Sally Collins, Director of Ecosystem Services and Markets, USDA, English & español
SIGNING CEREMONY Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation for Wilderness Conservation, Between Mexico, Canada and the United States, English & español
Representatives of: Mexico (National Commission for Protected Areas, CONANP); Canada (Parks Canada); United States (Representatives of Department of Interior – National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management – and Department of Agriculture)
SUMMARY KEYNOTES
- Sam Hamilton – Chief, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of Interior, English & español
- Jon Jarvis, Director, US Department of Interior, National Park Service, English & español
Latin America
Honorable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett; Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Guyana; Economic Transformation and Wilderness Conservation, English & español
GLOBAL WILDERNESS COMMITMENTS II
Chair – Vance G. Martin
- Russia – Olga Krever, Expert Adviser, Upper Environmental Council of the Committee for Natural Resources, Nature Use and Ecology, Russian Federal Parliament; Russia’s Contribution to Conserving Globally-Significant Wilderness, English & español
- South Africa – Drummond Densham, Wilderness Action Group; Bheki Khoza, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. iMfolozi: The first Wilderness Area Declared in Africa – 50 years of Wilderness. With multi-media presentation by Trevor Barrett. English & español
- Europe – A New Momentum for Wilderness
- Dr. František Pelc, Deputy Minister of the Environment – Director of Nature and Landscape Protection,The Czech Republic The European Commitment to Wilderness – Report from Prague, English & español
- Toby Aykroyd, Director, Wild Europe Initiative; Vice Chairman, Wilderness Foundation, UK; Next steps for Wilderness in Europe, English & español
- Zoltan Kun, Executive Director, PANParks, Hungary – The last of the Wild: a Partnership for Protection, English & español
- Magnus Sylvan – conservation consultant; former Director, WWF Europe and Middle East – Re-Wilding Europe, English & español
PHOTOGRAPHY KEYNOTE
Wild Wonders of Europe – Staffan Widstrand
Book Launch – Wilderness (Martin and Robles Gil)
Presented by Eduardo Garcia-Lecuona, Executive President, Intercam Financial Services
EVENING CULTURAL PROGRAM
- Frans Lanting’s LIFE: A Journey Through Time – a multi-media show featuring the photography of Frans Lanting and music by Philip Glass – conducted by Carolyn Kuan and featuring the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra.
- WILD9 Film Festival! The Best of WildScreen, UK; Other selected films
