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SAVEBIODlVERSITY Countdown 2010 Declaration
BIODIVERSITY - THE WEB OF LIFE ON EARTH - IS ESSENTIAL TO THE QUALITY OF HUMAN WELL-BEING, AND IT IS A
CRUCIAL ELEMENT IN SUSTAINING THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF All
SOCIETIES WORLDWIDE.
YET, BIODIVERSITY CONTINUES TO DECLINE. POLITICAL COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO STOP THIS TREND BY
2010. FURTHER STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN TO HONOUR THIS COMMITMENT AND TO TRANSLATE IT INTO ACTION.
We the undersigned
will
take every practical
opportunity
to:
Support the commitments to halt
Encourge decision makers at
educe the current
all levels, in both the public and
ity loss by 2010,
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the private sector, to contribute to
these commitments and to:
World Environment Ministers •
Increase public awareness
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he
bioi
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Partis to the
incuding the prmotion of
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exemplary
ctivities tward
Nethrlands
the 2010 bioiversity targt;
Better integrate biodiversity
•
Heads of State in the
considerations ito all
tation at the
relvat sectrs of public
Wrld Summit
policy nd e
y;
Dvlopment
•
Undertake serious effort
to
, South
adapt human activities to the
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Support the development of
World Summit
suiable
oioring and
w York 2005;
inicator tools to assess the
a umbr of bidiversity
statof biodiv
ty.
ons ad
regional processes since
2001.
Commit ourselves to encourage
and assist decision makers and
societies in achieving the 2010
biodiversity target, notably
through:
•
Actively promoting
Countdown 2010 to focus
attention and mobilise
resources for achieving the
2010 biodiversity target;
•
Significantly reducing our
own impact on biodiversity.
In particular, we will:
•
Launch the Egyptian
Countdown 2010 initiative in
June 2007 and ensure its
expansion in Egypt along
with the implementation of
the Egyptian National
Biodiversity Strategy which
includes concrete actions for
achieving the 2010 target
•
Promote Countdown 2010 in
the Arab League and its
technical committees.
•
Prepare a process to
increase the inv