Following several reviews of the Charter of the Friends of the Conservation Commons by ad-hoc Steering Committee, it is now approved and open for signature.

Please note that, according to the article 9.h of the Charter, by joining three qualified Organizational Members,  the Charter will be a binding document but it shall be open for signature by individuals and institutions, who are the Signatories of the Commons.

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

According to the Charter, a “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

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

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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