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Melbourne Communiqué

The Chair and Congress Committee of the Healthy Parks Healthy People International Congress 11 -16 April 2010, Melbourne, Australia thank you for your attendance and active participation in the recent Congress.


The Melbourne Communiqué, arising from the 2010 International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress, is an important outcome of the collective discussions by congress delegates and forms a basis for our commitment to the way forward.

The Chair and Congress Committee now seek your endorsement of the Melbourne Communiqué.


The Melbourne Communiqué along with its endorsements will be formally presented to: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), World Health Organisation, Convention and Biological Diversity, World Park Leaders Forum and International Urban Parks and Green Space Alliance.


Your endorsement will represent an adoption of the HPHP philosophy and help forge greater global understanding and strengthening of the connection between nature and people.

Step 1. Download the Melbourne Communiqué as a PDF>

Step 2. Complete your endorsement online here>

Endorsements

A total of 163 endorsements have been received to date from Congress delegates for the Melbourne Communiqué, 25 of which were made on behalf of organisations the remaining 139 were from individuals.

The following is a list of the organisations who have endorsed the communiqué. 

Organisation Name
Australian Camps Association
Charles Sturt University, School of Environmental Sciences
Conservation Volunteers Australia
Conservation Volunteers New Zealand
EUROPARC
Forest and Landscape Denmark
GreenSpace
International Rangers Federation
Kenya Wildlife Service
Knox Environmental Society
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Logan City Council
Metro Vancouver Regional Parks
Mornington Peninsula Shire Health Plan Committee
National College of Natural Medicine
New Zealand Department of Conservation
Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania
Parks Victoria
Play and Recreation Association of Victoria
SEEDS, Bushland Restoration and Environmental Education
The Child and Nature Alliance (Canada)
The Japanese Society of Forest Medicine
Two Bulls
World Wildlife Fund
Yarra Ranges Shire Council

 

 
 

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