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DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE 8TH WWC     Launched by The WILD Foundation in 1977, the World 
 Wilderness Congress (WWC) is now the longest-running, public, international 
 environmental forum. With over 25 years of conservation achievements, the 
 WWC has become a high-profile platform for acting on complex wilderness and 
 wildlands issues.  WWCs include senior-level representation from 
 governments, the private sector, native peoples, non-governmental 
 organizations, and academia, and are carefully designed to bring together 
 the full spectrum of wilderness-related views. Broad-based participation, 
 combined with the spirit of open and balanced debate, creates a 
 constructive, objective oriented environment, and generates practical 
 conservation outcomes.   The Congress convenes every three to four years 
 around the world. Past WWCs have been held in South Africa (1977, 2001), 
 Australia (1980), Scotland (1983), USA (1987), Norway (1993) and India 
 (1998). The 8th WWC in 2005 will convene in Alaska with associated events 
 in Kamchatka. WILD anticipates over 1,000 delegates from over 40 nations at 
 the 8th WWC.   The theme of the 8th WWC is Wilderness, Wildlands and People 
 – A Partnership for the Planet. This Congress will generate the most 
 up-to-date information on the benefits of wilderness and wildlands to 
 contemporary and traditional societies, and will review the best models for 
 balancing wilderness and wildlands conservation with human needs.  The 8th 
 WWC will include delegates from around the world, and the models, projects, 
 data and analyses presented will be global in scope. However, the 8th WWC 
 will also have a special focus on the wilderness, wildlands, and marine 
 resources of Alaska, the Russian Far East, Canada, and the North Pacific, 
 and associated events may also convene in Russia.   \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/06/30/70403.php
SUMMARY:8th World Wilderness Congress  www.8wwc.org
LOCATION:William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center  555 West Fifth Avenue  
 Anchorage, Alaska 99501  USA  907-263-2800
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