Urban Environmental Accords
Ever since the Nature in the City Symposium, held during World Environment Day 2005, we have championed the Urban Nature section of the Urban Environmental Accords, advocating strongly that the City implement better and more robust urban nature conservation policies and programs.
We have given testimony at four or five meetings of the Policy Committee of the Commission on the Environment toward our recommendations for Accords implementation.
For information about this work or our work to write the new Biodiversity Objective of the new Recreation and Open Space Element of San Francisco's General Plan, just email steward@natureinthecity.org.
Nature in the City Committee (current steering committee or the symcol.php list?)
Recreation and Open Space Element
Nature in the City Symposium
June 1-5, 2005
Presented by the Nature in the City Committee, a collaborative of local grassroots organizations in San Francisco, California.
Introduction: Cities have become essential to the global cause of biodiversity conservation since more people now live in urban areas than the countryside for the first time in history. Cities like San Francisco abound with wild nature. Given their dense populations and cultural diversity, cities are critically important for healing the human connection with nature. Public education, community partnership and stewardship, inter-organizational collaboration, government funding, scientific data collection, and advocacy are all critical elements of successful efforts to sustain urban natural resources management programs.
Mission: The mission of the Nature in the City Symposium is to advance urban nature conservation and restoration in the world's cities, and to give delegates the tools to implement the Urban Nature elements of the Urban Environmental Accords.