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Statement by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) - The World Conservation Union, Perth, Australia, November 26 - December 5, 1990.
In recent years indigenous peoples of the world have taken a strong interest in the activities of worldwide organizations such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, including the United Nations Environmental Programme, the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, the International Labour Organization, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, and the International Whaling Commission.
At the last General Assembly of IUCN (Costa Rica, February 1988) The Assembly requested die Director General to place a high priority on cooperation with IUCN's NGO members and other NGOs in their efforts to build public support for, and influence governments and international bodies in favour of actions on implementing IUCN's Programme and die goals of die World Conservation Strategy. Moreover, the General Assembly requested die Director General to develop strong cooperative relationships with NGOs of indigenous peoples having traditional knowledge of renewable resource management.
Indigenous peoples are in full agreement with die diree basic conservation objectives being pursued by The World Conservation Union, which are:
(a) To secure the conservation of die renewable natural resources of die earth, and particularly its biological diversity, as an essential foundation for human nature;
(b) To ensure...