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WILD9 Opening speech by President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon (English Translation)

25.11.2009 | Categories: Video,WILD9,WWC Videos Back to Gallery List

President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon officially opened WILD9, the 9th World Wilderness Congress (Merida, Mexico) on 6 November 2009, with a speech on Mexico’s commitments to nature and wilderness. In this speech, the President announced the groundbreaking multi-national cooperation with Canada and U.S. on wilderness conservation and formally used the newly defined Spanish term for ‘wilderness’ – Tierras Silvestres. Read President Calderon’s speech >

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