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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