Memorandum of Understanding Among all Parties
of the "Alliance for Zero Extinction"
PREAMBLE
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is by and among all
parties of the "Alliance for Zero Extinction," herein referred
to as the "Alliance."
WHEREAS, parties to the Alliance mutually recognize the global
importance of conserving biological resources, protecting
biological diversity, and preventing species extinctions,
including protecting endangered and local species;
WHEREAS, parties to the Alliance believe that many endangered
and local species are limited to sites that are currently
not being managed or protected adequately;
WHEREAS, parties to the Alliance mutually recognize the need
to work collaboratively to prevent species extinctions;
NOW, THEREFORE, parties to the Alliance hereby agree as follows:
GENERAL GOALS OF COLLABORATION
The Alliance is an initiative to prevent any further species
extinctions by identifying sites necessary to protect critical
populations of site-restricted endangered species, identifying
conservation needs at such sites, and developing and funding
programs to protect such species and sites. The Alliance is
open to any conservation group that subscribes to the principles
of collaboration (below) to conserve highly threatened habitats
and to protect and restore healthy populations of their endangered
species. The initial focus will be on vertebrate species as
comprehensive data to cover other life form groups is not
yet available.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership in the Alliance is open to any non-governmental
environmental organization that has as a primary purpose the
conservation of biological diversity. Membership is also open
to relevant quasi-governmental IUCN commissions because of
their roles as the international authorities on species and
site conservation. Such organizations can become parties at
any time by signing this MOU and sending it to the Alliance
Secretary (see below). Upon receipt of the signed MOU, the
Secretary shall notify the other parties to the MOU that a
new organization has become a party. The Alliance will also
develop an advisory group of experts who will act as consultants
on particular sites and species. These individuals will be
solicited by the parties to the Alliance and will be credited
on the Alliance web site for their input.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
The Alliance shall choose a Secretary and may choose such
other officers and establish an executive committee and such
other committees which the Alliance believes are necessary
to facilitate the business of the Alliance. Such officers
shall be chosen and such committees shall be established based
upon terms and conditions agreed to by a majority vote of
an Alliance meeting attended by at least 50% of the parties
to the Alliance.
REPRESENTATION
All parties to the Alliance may represent themselves as parties
to the Alliance and as such endorse the list of sites developed
by the parties to the Alliance (the "Site List"). Nonetheless,
membership does not imply that the Alliance as a whole or
that any of the parties to the Alliance must endorse a particular
conservation approach or project at any of the listed sites
unless such endorsement is provided by the Alliance or a given
member.
PRINCIPLES OF COLLABORATION
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Development of Site Map and Site List. The Alliance will
seek input and data from a broad range of sources in order
to develop the Site List, and all parties to the Alliance
will collaborate to constantly improve the Site List.
Sites will be mapped and the Site Map and Site List will
be circulated widely to establish scientific consensus.
The goal of the Site List is to produce a list of sites
that are currently not being adequately protected or managed,
and the protection of which would be sufficient to conserve
critical populations of site-restricted endangered and
critically endangered species.
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Identification of Conservation Needs and Implementing
Agencies. Parties to the Alliance will aim individually
or collectively to work with local conservation groups
to create a conservation plan for a given area. In some
cases, local capacity will need to be developed to accomplish
this.
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Develop and Raise Funds for Conservation Programs. Parties
to the Alliance should seek to collaborate in finding
financial support for conservation projects at the listed
sites, although there is no obligation for parties to
the Alliance to make a financial commitment to any individual
project or set of projects. Information concerning the
Alliance's conservation plans and budgets for individual
projects will be made available to all parties to the
Alliance including via a web site.
NON-EXCLUSIVITY
This is a non-exclusive agreement among the parties to the
Alliance that preserves the right of each to work independently
or with other organizations and to raise funds from any source
of its choice.
CREDIT
A full list of the parties to the Alliance should appear
on any publications resulting from data developed specifically
for and as a result of the Alliance, except that any party
to the Alliance may choose to keep its name off the list.
The Alliance will share credit equally among all participants
for any such publication, except that the publication can
credit a party which has done extra work relating to the publication.
With the approval of each party to the Alliance, and of any
local conservation partners, the Alliance's web site shall
include the logo of each party to the Alliance and, with regard
to specific sites, the logo of any local conservation partner,
along with a link to the web sites of members and local conservation
partners. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Alliance
nor any party to the Alliance shall use the logo or registered
trademark of any party to the Alliance without that party's
written approval. If a party to the Alliance individually
undertakes to protect or manage a site, and if its decision
to do the work is based in part on the work of the Alliance,
it is urged to state that the site is on the Site List. Where
more than one party to the Alliance works on a site on the
Site List, they are urged to cooperate in sharing and allocating
credit and in stating that the site is on the Site List.
MODIFICATIONS TO THIS MOU
This MOU may be modified at any time through the vote of
a two-thirds majority of the parties of the Alliance. This
MOU contains the entire agreement of the Parties. Nothing
in this MOU shall create a joint venture or any legal relationship
among the parties to the Alliance.
TERMINATION OF THIS MOU
Any member of the Alliance may withdraw at any time upon
written notice to the Secretary.
SIGNATURE
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