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CONSERVATION 



mend that all possible encouragement 

 and assistance be given in the develop- 

 ment and perfecting of means whereby 

 waste in the consumption of fuel can 

 be reduced. 



The loss of human life through pre- 

 ventable mining accidents in North 

 America is excessive. Much needless 

 suffering and bereavement results 

 therefrom. Accompanying this loss 

 there is great destruction of valuable 

 mineral property and enhancement of 

 the cost of production. The best method 

 of eliminating these known and admit- 

 ted evils lies in the enactment and strict 

 enforcement of regulations which will 

 provide the greatest possible security 

 for mine workers and mines. We there- 

 fore favor the scientific investigation 

 of the whole subject of mine accidents 

 by the governments participating in 

 this conference, the interchange of in- 

 formation and experience and the en- 

 actment and enforcement of the best 

 regulations that can be devised. 



Mineral fertilizers should not be 

 monopolized by private interests, but 

 should be so controlled by public au- 

 thority as to prevent waste and to pro- 

 mote their production in such quantity 

 and at such price as to make them 

 readily available for use. 



PROTECTION OF GAME 



We recognize that game preserva- 

 tion and the protection of bird life are 

 intimately associated with the conserva- 

 tion of natural resources. We there- 

 fore favor game protection under regu- 

 lation, the creation of extensive game 

 preserves and special protection for 

 such birds as are useful to agriculture. 



CONSERVATION COMMISSIONS 



The action of the President of the 

 United States in calling this first con- 

 ference to consider the conservation of 

 the natural resources of North America 

 was in the highest degree opportune, 

 and the proceedings which have fol- 

 lowed, and the information mutually 

 communicated by the representatives 

 assembled, have, we believe, been con- 

 ducive to the best interests of the coun- 



tries participating. To derive the 

 greatest possible benefit from the work 

 which has already been done, and to 

 provide proper and effective machinery 

 for future work, there should be estab- 

 lished in each country a permanent 

 Conservation Commission. 



When such Conservation Commis- 

 sions have been established, a system 

 of intercommunication should be in- 

 augurated, whereby, at stated intervals, 

 all discoveries, inventions, processes, 

 inventories of natural resources, infor- 

 mation of a new and specially impor- 

 tant character, and seeds, seedlings, 

 new or improved varieties, and other 

 productions which are of value in con- 

 serving or improving any natural re- 

 source shall be transmitted by each 

 Commission to all of the others, to the 

 end that they may be adopted and 

 utilized as widely as possible. 



WORLD CONSERVATION CONFERENCE 



The conference of delegates, repre- 

 sentatives of the United States, Mexico, 

 Canada and Newfoundland, having ex- 

 changed views and considered the in- 

 formation supplied from the respective 

 countries, is convinced of the impor- 

 tance of the movement for the conser- 

 vation of natural resources on the con- 

 tinent of North America, and believes 

 that it is of such a nature and of such 

 general importance that it should be- 

 come worldwide in its scope, and there- 

 fore suggests to the President of the 

 United States of America that all Na- 

 tions should be invited to join together 

 in conference on the subject of world 

 resources and their inventory, conserva- 

 tion and wise utilization. 



GiFFORD PiNCHOT, RoBElRT BaCON, JaMES 



Rudolph Garfield, Commissioners Rcprr- 

 senting the United States. 



Sydney Fisher, Clifford Sifton, Henri S. 

 Beland, Commissioners Representing the 

 Dominion of Canada. 



RoMULO Escobar, Miguel A. de Quevedo, 

 Carlos Sellerier, Commissioners Repre- 

 senting the Republic of Mexico. 



E. H. Outerbridge, Com}nission:r Repre- 

 senting the Colony of Nezvfoundland. 



Attest : Robert E. Young, 

 Thomas R. Shipp, 



Secretaries of the Conference. 

 Washington, D. C, February 23, iQog. 



