9 TH WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS 6 – 13 NOVEMBER 2009 MERIDA – YUCATAN – MEXICO WILDERNESS CONSERVATION A STRATEGIC ELEMENT IN THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

WWC SINCE 1977 LONGEST RUNNING PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM FOR WILDERNESS AND PEOPLE DIVERSITY OF PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL OUTCOMES WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS CONGRESO MUNDIAL DE TIERRAS SILVESTRES

MAP MEXICO 2009 WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS FIRST TIME IN LATIN AMERICA

WWC WORKING FOR WILDERNESS, WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE PROTECTING MEXICO’S LAST WILD PLACES ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS A SHARED MISSION

BUDGET MAIN THEMES FRESHWATER CLIMATE CHANGE FIRE TRANSBOUNDARY & CONNECTIVITY LARGE LANDSCAPES & SEASCAPES HUMAN COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION

BUDGET TOPICS WITHIN THEMES LAW AND POLICY SCIENCE MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INDIGENOUS WISDOM AND PARTICIPATION ARTS & CULTURE IN SERVICE OF CONSERVATION ROLE OF RELIGONS SOCIAL BENEFITS ECONOMIC AND CORPORATE SOLUTIONS

WILD 9 - Merida WILDLIFE SPECIES FOREST HABITAT MOUNTAIN RANGES OCEANS AND MARINE LIFE FRESHWATER SYSTEMS WILDERNESS A SHARED NATURAL LEGACY

WILD 9 - Merida ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE WILDERNESS IS A STRATEGIC ELEMENT IN OUR RESPONSE TO GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE LOSS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES SPECIES EXTINCTIONS

WILD 9 - Merida IPCC 2007 STERN REVIEW (2006) DEFORESTATION AND OTHER LAND DEGRADATIONS ACCOUNT FOR UP TO 25% OF GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS WILDERNESS PROTECTION A SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE THE LOSS OF NATURAL FORESTS AROUND THE WORLD CONTRIBUTES MORE TO GLOBAL EMISSIONS EACH YEAR THAN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR CURBING DEFORESTATION IS A HIGHLY COST-EFFECTIVE MEASURE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS INT. WETLANDS CONFERENCE (2008) WETLANDS ACCOUNT FOR 6% OF THE EARTH SURFACE AND THEY STORE 20% OF ITS CARBON

WILD 9 - Merida MITIGATION ADAPTATION HABITAT CONECTIVITY BUFFER ZONES CARBON ABSORTION - FORESTS AND GRASSLANDS CARBON STORAGE - CARBON THAT IS NOT RELEASED IN THE ATMOSPHERE - ECOSYSTEM SHIFTS MONITORING - CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN WELFARE - CONTINUITY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES WILDERNESS PROTECTION A SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

WILD 9 - Merida MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DECLARES MUTUAL OBJECTIVES PRESCRIBES COOPERATIVES MEASURES JOINING EFFORTS TWO PRACTICAL OBJECTIVES 1. NORTH AMERICAN PACT ON WILDERNESS MAPPING THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR MIGRATORY SPECIES AT THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 2. WHMSI PARTICIPATION IN WILD 9

WILD 9 - Merida U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) U.S. FOREST SERVICE (USFS) POLICY AND RESEARCH REPRESENTATIVES FROM UNITED STATES SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTED AREAS MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE PARKS CANADA N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESS INTERGOVERNMENTAL BOARD

WILD 9 - Merida 1. CONSIDER THE STATE OF WILDERNESS AND WILD LANDS PROTECTION UNDER NATIONAL LAW 2. TRILATERAL LEADERSHIP PROMOTING LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR SECURING DESIGNATIONS OF LARGE WILDERNESS AREAS 3. PROMULGATE A NORTH AMERICAN PACT ON THE CRITICAL ROLE OF WILDERNESS IN RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESS BOARD ROLES 4. DECLARE THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PACT ON WILDERNESS AT WILD9

WILD 9 - Merida RESEARCH, INVENTORY, DOCUMENTATION AND MONITORING JOINT IDENTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION OF TRANSBOUNDARY RESOURCES LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR WILDERNESS PROTECTION WILDERNESS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF WILDERNESS PROTECTION INITIATIVES PUBLIC INFORMATION TO INCREASE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION MENTORING OF OTHER COUNTRIES SAVEGUARD HUMAN LIVELIHOODS DEPENDENT ON WILDERNESS MECHANISMS OF PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES RELATED TO WILDERNESS PROTECTION ESTABLISHMENT OF “SISTER” WILDERNESS AREAS RELATIONSHIP COOPERATIVE MEASURES N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESS

WILD 9 - Merida MAY 2008 CANADA / MEXICO / U.S. TRILATERAL COMMITTEE FOR WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT - NOW PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP 3-YEAR WORK PLAN JULY 2008 FIRST MEETING OF THE BOARD IN WASHINGTON, D.C. UNDERLIES CERTAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE GLOBAL WILDERNESS FORUM FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AT WILD9 N.A. PACT ON WILDERNESS PROGRESS TO DATE

WILD 9 - Merida PURPOSE TO CREATE HIGH-PROFILE MAP EXHIBIT FOR WILD9 TO SHOWCASE THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRATORY SPECIES OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTION MAPPING OF A WILD AREA VISIBLY IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE WHMSI PROJECT FOR WILD9 CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS MAP PHOTOS OF THE HABITAT AND SPECIES AFFECTED ONE-PAGE CASE SUMMARY IN PRESCRIBED FORMAT

WILD 9 - Merida TIMELINE Initial Submissions needed by 15 November 2008 CONTACT Julie Anton Dunn Director of Program Development The WILD Foundation (703) WHMSI PROJECT FOR WILD9 CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS MAP

9 TH WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS 6 – 13 NOVEMBER 2009 MERIDA – YUCATAN – MEXICO

6 – 13 NOVEMBER 2009 MERIDA – YUCATÁN – MEXICO

HONORARY HOSTS Exequiel Ezcurra Museo de Historia Natural de San Diego MEXICO CHAIRMAN CO-CHAIRS Manuel Arango Fund. Mex. para la Educ.Ambiental MEXICO Rodolfo Elizondo Tourism Minister MEXICO Carlos M. Rodríguez Conservation International COSTA RICA Armando J. García CEMEX MEXICO Mario Molina Centro Mario Molina MEXICO Fernando Chico Pardo Grupo ASUR MEXICO Juan R. Elvira Quesada Environment Minister MEXICO Marinela Servitje Papalote - Museo del Niño MEXICO Julio Gutiérrez Gonzalo Río Arronte Foundation MEXICO César Bojórquez Merida City Major MEXICO Ivonne Ortega G obernadoraYucatán MEXICO Felipe Calderón Presidente México MEXICO WILD 9 - Merida STRUCTURE