ATBC Resolutions

Our Resolutions relate to general conservation issues of urgent concern and of global relevance to tropical ecosystems and dependent livelihoods. Below you can find pdf's of each one of our Resolutions.

Resolution to halt the Hidrovia, a planned waterway that puts the world's largest wetland, Pantanal, in danger
 

Implementation of China’s New Wildlife Protection laws in Yunnan

Reducing Illegal Wildlife Trade and Trafficking in Asia

In Support of Effective Biosecurity Measures for the State of Hawai'i

In Support of Urgent Measures to Conserve Protected Animal Species in the Greater Congo Basin

Halt the Interoceanic Canal in Nicaragua (text in Spanish)

In Support of Biodiversity Education, Research and Conservation in Papua New Guinea

In Support of Stronger Laws for Climate Change Mitigation and Environmental Protection in Australia

World Cup conservation goals in Brazil

Promoting Sustainable Fire Management in Cerrado

Secondary Forests

Opposing the Premature Alteration of the Brazilian Forest Code (4771/1965)

Opposing Road Construction through Kerinci Seblat National Park, Indonesia

The Urgent Need To Curtail 'Special Agricultural And Business Leases' In Papua New Guinea

The 'Heart of Borneo' transboundary conservation initiative

Urging the United Nations to alter its potentially misleading forest definitions

Opposing conversion of Malaysian native forests to non-native rubberwood plantations

Opposing Construction of the Pulau Balang Bridge in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo

Opposing Construction of the Indian Neutrino Observatory at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve 

In Opposition of Industrial Mining Development at Nassau, Suriname

Urging Legal Protection of Forests at Cerro Chucantí, Panama 

Supporting Conservation of Critical Ecosystems and Research Sites in Central Amazonia

Seeking to Halt Rampant Invasions of Illegal Miners in the Rio Caura Basin, Venezuela

In Support of Law Enforcement Against Illegal Gold mining in Nouragues Nature Reserve, French Guiana

In Support of Efforts to Use Carbon Trading to Promote Tropical Forest Conservation

Regarding Road Construction Within Yasuní National Park and Biosphere Reserver, Ecuador

In Support of Halting Illegal Gold-mining Activities in Protected Areas of the Guianas and Northern Amazonia

In Support of Reducing Visa Restrictions for Visiting Scientists to the U.S.A.