The Friends of the Conservation Commons are an association of organizations dedicated to furthering the Principles of the Conservation Commons.


“Member” – as written with initial capital letter, refers to any organisation or individual that becomes a formal Member of the Friends of the Conservation Commons, under Article 4, until such membership shall cease. Members will be specifically identified by category upon application for membership as:

a) International not-for-profit organization

b) National or local not-for-profit organization

c) For-profit organization

d) Governmental organization

e) Intergovernmental organization

f) Individual: individuals unaffiliated with other categories of membership

 

Membership in the Friends of the Conservation Commons shall be as follows:

a. Organisations (whether not-for-profit, for-profit, governmental or intergovernmental), and individuals may become a full member of the Friends of the Conservation Commons, if the following criteria are met:

i. They become a Signatory to the Principles of the Conservation Commons;

ii. They pay annual membership dues in an amount set forth in a Schedule of Annual Membership Dues, determined by decision of the Steering Committee on a periodic or annual basis;

iii. In the case of Organizational Members, they agree to participate in a peer review process evaluating the progress they have made toward implementing the Principles as described in Article 8;

iv. In the case of Individual Members, they are not affiliated with any Organizational Member; and

v. The Steering Committee has approved membership.

b. The Steering Committee shall set the first Schedule of Annual Membership Dues, at its first meeting, which shall be held not earlier than two months following the adoption of this Charter.

c. Members may terminate membership at any time with written notice to the Coordinator.

for the full version of the Charter of the Friends of the Conservation Commons, click here.

In the first days of opening the final version for signature (December 2009), Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) have signed the Charter and according to the article 9.h of the Charter, by joining three qualified Organizational Members to make the document applicable,  the Charter of the Friends of the Conservation Commons became a binding document. But the Charter will remain open for signature by individuals and institutions, who are the Signatories of the Commons.

If you wish to join the Charter, kindly sign each page of the PDF version and email a scanned copy of the document (and the original by post) back to the Secretariat:

Asghar M. FAZEL
Coordinator of the Conservation Commons
& Senior Advisor to UNEP-WCMC
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge, CB3 0DL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 277314
Fax: +44 1223 277136
Email: asghar.fazel@unep-wcmc.org

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