WCC 2016 Res 045 - Activity Report

General Information

Period covered
IUCN Constituent
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2017-2020
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
After Rio, I participated in Rio +7, in the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable development and in CSDs Where I often collaborated on forestry issues, From 1992 to 1996, I co-taught a course in global issues of sustainable development. In this course I stressed the importance of international law as instrument of change.From 1997-2001, I was the national leader of the Green Party of Canada, and worked on drafting the Platform, including the platform on forests. i also wrote affidavit for court cases where citizens were arrested for protecting old growth forests in BC
On-going

Actors involved in these activities

Other non-IUCN related organisations
before seeing this resolution, I was working in 1992 with the forest caucus and in having input the ngo alernative treaty in UNCED. After Rio, i worked on placing the 'forest Principles in the context of the section on deforestation in Agenda 21. Locally, I was involveded in court to try to set aside the injunction that resulled in over 1000 citizens being arrested
Report status
Published