THE NON-EXTRACTIVE BUSINESSES DECLARATION TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS ON BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, October 2014 The Undersigned Businesses Representatives RECOGNIZING that the global conservation and sustainable management of human uses of biodiversity, including the need to protect ecosystems in their structure, composition and function, is a yet unmet challenge of the 21st Century; CONCERNED that the scale of several extractive uses of biodiversity, including but not limited to, timber extraction, industrial fishing, hunting, and collection of organisms for an array of commercial purposes is already responsible for the depletion of wild populations, species and entire ecosystems throughout the globe, as demonstrated in several reports over the last decade; FURTHER CONCERNED that this depletion of wild animals and plants directly impacts on the livelihoods of people and communities deriving jobs and income from non-extractive uses of biodiversity, included but not restricted to Ecotourism and specific activities undertaken worldwide such as Birdwatching, Whalewatching and Recreational Diving, and on cultural and social values derived from non-commercial uses of biodiversity; AWARE that these non-extractive activities have been estimated to generate more than 400 billion dollars annually in total international direct economic impact1, and constitute a significant economic source for thousands of communities, in particular in developing countries; NOTING that international treaties and agreements are growing in relevance, especially as an increasing number of governments derive their national strategies, policies and actions in regard to natural resource management from treaty/agreement decisions and targets, and that the issue of non-extractive uses of natural resources is necessarily cross-sectoral, requiring for its adequate management, promotion and protection from unsustainable resource uses the engagement of a wide variety of actors; FURTHER NOTING that access to the deliberations of international treaties and agreements is currently almost solely enjoyed by large international non-governmental organizations and lobbyists for extractive-use interests, with an almost absolute lack of direct representation of non-extractive use businesses owners, operators, employees and communities benefitting from such uses; MINDFUL that many extractive uses of wild fauna and flora, especially those which are practiced by, and benefit, local communities, are justified and necessary, but that these must not only be sustainable but also be balanced with other uses that might provide equal or higher levels of social and economic benefits while maintaining the integrity of ecosystems; REALIZING that, while in recent years there has been a trend for international treaties and agreements to consider the interests of communities of stakeholders involved in direct biodiversity use, with rare exceptions the interests of the non-extractive use communities continue to be largely ignored by such fora; THEREFORE CALL UPON the Secretariats and Governing Bodies of International Treaties and Agreements on Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management, in particular but not restricted to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the International Tropical Timber Organization, the FAO Committee on Fisheries and Regional Fisheries Management Organizations, the International Whaling Commission, and the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, to take fully into account, and help protect, the interests of the community of non-extractive users of biodiversity, represented by this sector´s businesses and its millions of employees and clients around the world; REQUEST the Secretariats and Governing Bodies of such Treaties and Agreements to forward this Declaration to all their Member States´ representatives, and to place the issue of non-extractive uses of natural resources on their working agenda for consideration and dialogue, with a view of attaining a balance between extractive and non-extractive uses; and FURTHER REQUEST the Secretariats and Governing Bodies of such Treaties and Agreements to study and implement means to ensure participation of representatives of non-extractive businesses and related community stakeholders in their deliberations; and STRONGLY URGE international treaties and agreements and national governments to work expeditiously to end all unsustainable extractive uses of biodiversity, in order to protect our businesses and the livelihoods of millions of people from the deleterious effects of such damaging practices. Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, on the occasion of the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 6-17 October 2014. 1 EQUITABLE TOURISM OPTIONS. Nature, Markets, Tourism: Exploring Tourism's claims to Conservation in India. Bengaluru, 2009, 101p. ARGENTINA AQUAFUN TSL VIAJES Y TURISMO Laura Carrizo [email protected] AQUATICA ESCUELA DE BUCEO Laura Carrizo [email protected] HIPOCAMPOS BUCEO MENDOZA Raúl Alberto Boggio [email protected] PEKE SOSA AVISTAJES DE BALLENAS [email protected] AUSTRALIA BAIRD BAY OCEAN ECO EXPERIENCE Alan Payne [email protected] DIVE TERRIGAL Les Graham [email protected] DROPBEAR ADVENTURES Hana Garard [email protected] AZUL PROFUNDO MERGULHO Eduardo Enrique Lukezic [email protected] CENTRO DE ESTUDOS DO MAR ONDA AZUL Paulo Guilherme Alves Cavalcanti [email protected] DIVE POINT Marcelo Valle [email protected] ECUADOR GALAPAGOS TRAVELLERS Luis Alberto Jara Mosquera [email protected] PALO SANTO TRAVEL & WHALEWATCHING Cristina Castro Ayala [email protected] ETHIOPIA EXPEDIÇÕES CULTURAIS Paulo Cesar Croccia [email protected] SIMIEN ECO TOURS Marco Degasper [email protected] HORIZONTE ABERTO CATAMARÃS Jacqueline Souza [email protected] FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA PANGEA TURISMO Marcus Vinicius Anflor [email protected] SCAFO ARACAJU MERGULHO Ricardo Stangorlini [email protected] MANTA RAY BAY RESORT & YAP DIVERS Bill Acker [email protected] NATURE´S WAY Su Yasui [email protected] TRUDA PALAZZO & ASSOCIATES José Truda Palazzo Jr. [email protected] SEAWARD HOLDINGS MICRONESIA, INC. – SS THORFINN E. Lance Higgs [email protected] CANADA GERMANY MERIMBULA MARINA Jessica Millar [email protected] SEAKING ADVENTURES INC. Ron King [email protected] DIVING INSTRUCTORS WORLD ASSOCIATION Wilfried Dickes [email protected] TONY´S TROPICAL TOURS Tony Burke [email protected] CAYMAN ISLANDS ETHICAL ADVENTURES Robert Woods [email protected] WILLIS´S WALKABOUTS Russell Willis [email protected] GHANA EDEN ROCK DIVING CENTER Stuart Freeman [email protected] JOLINAIKO ECO-TOURS Cindy Noordermeer-Panou [email protected] CHILE GREECE BENIN BENIN ECOTOURISM CONCERN Gautier Amoussou [email protected] NATURE TROPICALE Josea S. Dossou-Bodjrenou [email protected] BHUTAN BUCEO QUINTAY Sofia de Franceschi [email protected] ECOTURISMO PUÑIHUIL Luiz Maria Oyarzo [email protected] TURISMO PATAGONIA EXPEDITION – OPERACIONES HOTELSA Julio Leiva [email protected] AUTHENTIC BHUTAN TOURS Tem Dorji [email protected] COOK ISLANDS BOLIVIA COOK ISLAND DIVERS Greg Wilson [email protected] BIRD BOLIVIA Ruth Alipaz [email protected] BONAIRE CARIB INN Bruce Bowker [email protected] BRAZIL ABROLHOS TURISMO Enrico Marcovaldi [email protected] CYPRUS ECOTOURISM ASSOCIATION OF BUYUKKONUK Lois Cemal [email protected] LESVOS SCUBA Giorgio Filios [email protected] PORTO-HELI SCUBA CLUB John Alexakis [email protected] HONDURAS PARROT´S DIVE SHOP Tatiana Jijon [email protected] INDIA GREENER PASTURES Vaivhav Todi [email protected] HINTERLAND VILLAGE T. Unni [email protected] INDONESIA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LAS GALERAS DIVERS Serge Baudat [email protected] REALITY TOURS Francisco Rausell [email protected] AQUAMARINE DIVING – BALI Annabel Thomas [email protected] BALI JET SET DIVE & MARINE SPORTS Rhonda Leptch [email protected] IRELAND NAMIBIA ECOTOURISM IRELAND Mary Mulvey [email protected] MOWPAN ECO SAFARIS Felix Vallat [email protected] ITALY NICARAGUA BLUE SUBMARINE ASD DIVING Stefano Fei [email protected] LOS CARDONES SURF ECO-LODGE Anne-Laure Sitton [email protected] KENYA PARAGUAY CAMPI YA KANZI Luca Belpietro [email protected] PARAGUAYAN ADVENTURES Dirk-Peter Gärtner [email protected] CHARLES SONKO TAILOR-MADE TOURS Charles Sonko [email protected] PERU TAIWAN GREEN ISLAND ADVENTURES Eddie Viljoen [email protected] TANZANIA TEMBO KIJANI – PANGANI ECOLODGE Sarah Peled [email protected] THAILAND JOHN GRAY SEA CANOE LTD. John C. Gray [email protected] TURKS & CAICOS AMAZON YARAPA RIVER LODGE Charles Mango [email protected] MAURITIUS BLUE WATER DIVERS Chris Young [email protected] PHILIPPINES YEMAYA LTD. Patrick Haberland [email protected] UNITED KINGDOM THRESHER SHARK DIVERS Andrea Agarwal [email protected] MEXICO ACAPULCO SCUBA CENTER Jose Vasquez [email protected] AVENTURAS MÉXICO PROFUNDO Orloff P. Nagorski [email protected] BANDERAS SCUBA Cesar Ortega [email protected] BCS BUCEO Y SERVICIO - SEA ESCAPE LIVEABOARDS - CLUB CANTAMAR Fernando Aguilar direcció[email protected] CARLO SCUBA Thierry Durand [email protected] ECO-HUB MEXICO Jay Gittens [email protected] TURTLE BAY DIVE RESORT Chris White [email protected] UNITED STATES PORTUGAL AARDVARK´S FLORIDA KAYAK CO. Matt Clemons [email protected] ESPÍRITO AZUL DIVE CENTER Carlos Paulos [email protected] TODOS SANTOS ECO ADVENTURES Sergio Jauregui Marino [email protected] DIVENCOUNTERS, INC. Peter A. Hughes [email protected] SPAIN ALBERGUE LA CABAÑUELA Carolina Martín Cortijo [email protected] ATLANTIC DIVERS Geoff Bidwell [email protected] VER AVES – BIRDING SPAIN´S WILD WEST Vega Bermejo [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA THE CORTEZ CLUB – BAJA MOSQUITO FLEET Ricardo Fifield [email protected] AVALON WILDLIFE Joe Cockram [email protected] NABANA LODGE Magda Campher [email protected] SWAZILAND SUNSET VIEW GUEST HOUSE Ian Blair [email protected] HAWAII ECO DIVERS Ricardo Taveira [email protected] SANCTUARY DIVE CHARTERS Michael Jones [email protected] WILD SIDE SPECIALTY TOURS Tori Cullins [email protected] U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NORTHSIDE VALLEY ECO-VILLAS Elizabeth Vanderveer [email protected] VENEZUELA ENOMIS DIVERS Luis E. Fonseca Barnola [email protected] This Declaration is coordinated by Onda Azul Dive Center and Truda Palazzo & Associates Environmental Consultants with the support of Divers for Sharks and the Augusto Carneiro Institute. 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