10th WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS

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A conservation project in Europe to mobilize & achieve the conservation of wild nature across the globe

WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS

…born in the African wilderness, created by a white conservationist (Ian Player) and Zulu leader (Qumba Magqubu Ntombela) who worked together in the wilderness for 40 years in apartheid South Africa…

From an idea…

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….To Reality

1977 South Africa 2013 Europe

The world’s longest-running, public, international conservation project

WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS

A project of

and hundreds of collaborating organizations, agencies, and experts

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WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS

9th Mexico, 2009

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The WWC/WILD process is different.

- Diverse perspectives, all sectors - Nature and people, a relationship - Practical outcomes and accomplishments

It is not a “conference”, it is a conservation project with 2 to 3 year cycles of: Setting practical goals & targets Assembling coalitions Using latest information and communications Achieving concrete conservation outcomes Fostering hope

WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS

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8WWC-Leaders.

GLOBAL LEADERS

MINISTER COSTA RICA

DAVID ROCKEFELLER

MINISTER CANADA PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERON

NATIVE LEADERS

NOBEL LAUREATES

DR. SYLVIA EARLE

8WWC-Diversity.

DIVERSITY

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CONSERVATION RESULTS

WILD7: South Africa Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve (expanded to 0.5 mha) WILD8: The Native Lands & Wilderness Council (NLWC), targeting traditional stewardship of more than 45 mha of land and sea WILD9: Big Bend/Rio Bravo transborder conservation area (2 mha) Plus many new protected areas on land a seas, better policies, new organizations

PIONEERING NEW APPROACHES

WILD4: World Conservation Bank → Global Environment Facility (˃ $20 billion spent) WILD 8: --International League of Conservation Photographers --Wild Wonders of Europe WILD 9: --International League of Conservation Writers -- launched “Nature Needs Half” --announcing private initiatives such as Carpathian Wilderness Area

CONNECTING PEOPLE

FINE ART -- From the largest nature/wildlife exhibit in Africa (1977, 1st WWC), to the proposed WILD10 exhibition hosted in Salamanca by Rijksmuseum Twenthe

CULTURE is not just entertainment... it is part of the conservation solution

MUSIC, DANCE – Classical and contemporary; Bavarian State Ballet

FILMS –International Festivals

PUBLIC SCULPTURE CONTESTS

CONNECTING PEOPLE

NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS

From traditional to

contemporary native arts

and culture

SPECIAL EVENTS Applying the Ancient Art of Body Painting to Endangered Species and Spaces

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS

Culture Communicates Conservation!

Why Europe & Why Now?

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WILD10

WILD10

WILD NATURE IS ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA IN EUROPE • EU Parliament resolution (February 2009) • EC Prague conference (May 2009) • National land use planning (e.g. Croatia) • Government policies (Germany , Czech Republic, etc) • Expanding NGO network

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WILDERNESS IS RETURNING IN EUROPE Wildlife Land Abandonment Ecological corridors Natura 2000 Network

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WILD10

WILD10 --- THREE MAIN PILLARS

WILD10 - PLANET

• New Conservation Visions: - Nature Needs Half - Rewilding the World & Europe - New European Vision • Native Lands & Sea •Marine Wilderness • Legacy landscapes •Polar – The North and South HALF • New conservation initiatives • Celebrating global conservation successes

Nature Needs Half

Half the world for humanity, half for the rest of life, to make a planet both self-sustaining and pleasant.

E.O. Wilson, The Future of Life, 2002

Nature Needs Half applies to the waters of the world as well as the land, from the tops of mountains to the greatest depths of the sea. More than half of the world is ocean, the blue heart of the planet. You decide: How much of your heart do you need to stay alive? Sylvia Earle, 2011

WILD10 - “NATURE NEEDS HALF”

WILD10 - PEOPLE

• A “Wilder” Generation – Youth Initiative • “Wild Cities” – Urban Wilderness, Reaching out to millions • Our Roots – Wildness in Archaeology, Art, Music, Dance & Architecture • Capacity Building – Scholarships

Mobilizing Constituencies – Creating a Social Movement

WILD10 - PROSPERITY

• Mobilizing private investments for conservation • Valuation of Nature – Does it bring conservation benefits? • Rural Development – From subsidized natural resource extraction to nature/wilderness based service economy • Hunting • Wild Nature on Private Land • Health • NNH & Food production, Population growth, Urbanization & Land use change

Living With and From Nature: Valuing our Natural Capital

WILD10 - A COLLABORATIVE (Just a Few...)

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WILD10 – WHERE ARE WE NOW?

1. Start-up funding (Spanish Ministry for Agriculture and Environment, “Rural Development Funds”)

2. ExCo with Spanish, European & Global representatives Spanish, North American and other regional working groups

2. Venue & time agreed (Salamanca, 4-10 October 2013)

3. Communication tools: Logo, Promotional Video, plan

4. Programme Framework & Main Concepts

5. Project proposals (Marine, Youth, Native Peoples, Private Sector

Investments, Wildlife Art, Nature Needs Half) 7. Training on wilderness management, Germany…Oct 2012 (Brandenburg Foundation)

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WILD10 – What you can do

Associate with the WILD10 process, and see it as an opportunity to advance your conservation agenda and outcomes Advertise WILD10 in your networks Advise on conservation partners & funding opportunities

WELCOME TO WILD10!

info@wild10.org