Title:
Wilderness and Jurisprudence
Proposed by: Professor Wangari Maathai
Seconded by:
Cormac
Cullinan
WHEREAS,
Recognising the importance to the well-being of the wider community of
life on earth which includes the human community, and the failure of
existing regulatory systems to protect that wilderness adequately;
Accepting that no wilderness will be safe in the long term unless we
succeed in changing how society regulates human behaviour;
Acknowledging that such change will involve a fundamental reassessment of
the legal philosophy (jurisprudence) of human cultures that currently
dominate the world and requires the co-operation of all sections of human
society;
Believing that it is important to draw upon the wisdom of those indigenous
peoples and local communities who have lived in harmonious and sustainable
relationship with the natural world;
THEREFORE,
the 7th World Wilderness Congress hereby
Emphasizes that it is not possible for humans to fulfil their role in
the wider earth community unless we re-think the philosophical basis which
underlies and informs the ways in which the dominant cultures in the world
regulate themselves; and hereby
RESOLVES, that
Delegates at this Congress, coordinated by the Gaia Foundation, will
facilitate a process of re-evaluating the basis on which human societies
regulate themselves, including calling upon the World Summit for
Sustainable Development at its meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa in
2001; and further, will
Initiate programmes and provide resources to develop a jurisprudence that
recognizes humans as inseparable from the planetary ecosystem and that for
it to function properly, human societies must regulate their behaviour in
a way that supports rather than undermines the integrity and health of the
community of life on earth.
Proposed by:
Professor Wangari Maathai
PO Box 67545
Nairobi , Kenya
gbm@iconnect.co.ke
Seconded by:
Cormac Cullinan
EnAct International
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