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Accomplishments of the 3rd
World Wilderness Congress
The 3rd WWC convened in Scotland, brining together the public, educators, scientists, senior Ministers from many countries such as (pictured) Brazil and the U.S., artists and others to discuss and act upon nature conservation programmes.
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3rd WORLD
WILDERNESS CONGRESS - Held in October, 1983 in Inverness and Findhorn, Scotland, with
600 delegates from 25 countries. Proceedings: Wilderness: The Way Ahead, edited by
Martin and Inglis, published by Findhorn & Lorian Press, 1984.
Mrs. Thatcher's government (through the Secretary
of State for Scotland, George Younger) formally announced for the first time their
ratification of the World Heritage Convention. Congress delegates recommended that the
Cairngorm Plateau in Scotland be included on the Register.
Prompted formation of the Wilderness Associazione
Italiana (Italian Wilderness Association), which is successfully establishing the
wilderness concept and working for wilderness legislation in Italy.
Barry Cohen (Minister of Environment, Australia)
reported on developments in Australia since the 2nd WWC, with special reference to his
government not allowing the Tasmanian dams to proceed, thereby protecting the Southwest
Tasmanian Wilderness.
Contemporary and historical nature art from around the world complemented the working sessions, in which concerned activists from (pictured) India, the Navajo Nation and elsewhere met with resource developers and policymakers.
 
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Continued to emphasize the need for a cultural
and ethical dimension to conservation planning and policy making. (This concept has
finally been acknowledged in the scientific arena by formation of a new commission within
the World Conservation Union.)
Professor C.A. Meier (Switzerland), colleague and
friend of the late Carl Gustav Jung, made the first address to an international
conservation conference by a leading psychologist.
Prompted establishment of the Wilderness Action
Group in South Africa to advocate for wilderness legislation.
The published proceedings were formally
recognized by the British Council as one of the exemplary books published in the United
Kingdom in 1984.
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