Recognizing the importance of bird conservation in
Florida, our organization agrees to support bird conservation
efforts through participation in the Florida Bird Conservation
Initiative, and acknowledges the following principles that are
important to this effort:
Bird conservation depends upon the close voluntary
partnership and coordination of the diverse skills and resources of
private and public landowners, government agencies, businesses,
private and public institutions, and all citizens who care for
birds.
- Bird conservation demands that attention be placed on the full
array of wild bird species throughout the future.
- Bird conservation will be based on the best available
scientific information.
- An ecological landscape approach allows bird conservation to be
integrated successfully into sustainable land-use patterns.
- Knowledge will be shared widely to encourage voluntary
stewardship and further bird-based recreation.
The Florida Bird Conservation Initiative requires
no formal commitment to any specific actions by any of its
partners. It does imply that partners have a desire to build strong
connections among bird conservation organizations and individuals
in keeping common birds common and reversing species declines in
Florida.
On behalf of the members of the above-named
organization, I hereby commit ourselves to working as members
of the Florida Bird Conservation Initiative to protect, restore,
and enhance the populations and habitats of Florida's wild
birds.
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