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Declaration of
Cape Horn
The Cape Horn
Archipelago in the extreme south of America constitutes an unique area of
world biological and cultural importance. Within this archipelago is found
Wulaia Bay, constituting a historic landmark for Native Americans, European
colonization and also for the natural and social sciences. In order to value
it appropriately, it requires a program of regional sustainable development.
In this scenario, it appears to us that the best option to reconcile the
objectives of development and preservation of this southern biocultural
patrimony is the declaration of this place as a World Heritage Site and to
protect all of the southern region.
Today, the 16th of March, 2002, we have congregated in Wulaia Bay in order
that we may, with this simple act, initiate the process of building a public
space --local, regional, national and international-- and to announce to the
United Nations the existence of this biocultural treasure and the intention
of exploring the possiblity of declaring Wulaia Bay a World Heritage Site and
the archipelago of the islands Wollaston, Navarino and Hoste as the Cape Horn
World Biosphere Reserve.
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