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Resolution Concerning Guanabara Bay: Humankind's Heritage |
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Acknowledging the historic debt and obligation on the part of the international community, caused by actions which led to the extermination of the Tupi-Guarany native people who lived in harmony with nature upon the shore of Guanabara Bay, and the destruction of whales which used to swim in its waters;
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Aware of the uncontrolled exploitation of Pau-Brasil from its shores and islands, the deforestation of its shores and the increasing sedimentation of its peripheral ecosystems;
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Considering the present condition of poverty of the people living along its margins and the environmental degradation -- both caused by the same mindless development model imposed upon developing countries -- which the peoples of the earth, represented by those here in the Global Forum, desire to change; and
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Having as the central purpose of the Rio Conference of 1992 -- the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and the Global Forum -- to make commitments among all here to change collectively the world community's environmental thinking to create life which is globally sustainable:
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We, the undersigned, resolve that Guanabara Bay and its surrounding environments be declared as Humankind's Heritage.
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