Title:
World Heritage Society
Proposed by: M.A. Partha Sarathy
Seconded by: Tessa Kennedy, Ulf Doerner

WHEREAS,

According to a UNEP study some 50% of our presently "Living Languages" will be lost within the next 50 years.

Those languages are those of indigenous people mainly living in close contact with wilderness areas

The loss of natural biospheres correlates with the loss of languages, i.e. cultures

THEREFORE, the 7^th World Wilderness Congress hereby

RESOLVES, that

The preservation cultural diversity in context with its natural environment is an issue of priority, is in need of greater public awareness and involvement, and may be well-served by formation of a World Heritage Society that recruits well-known and respected "ambassadors" from all walks of life to represent and promote this issue.

Proposed by:

M.A. Partha Sarathy
1,12th Cross Rajmahal
Bangalore 560 080
India
+91 80 3340400
+91 80 3341674

Seconded by:

Tessa Kennedy
United Kingdom

Ulf Doerner
Simmernstrasse 4
Munich D-80804 Germany
+49 89362 682