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3. The Contracting Governments shall notify the Pan American 

 Union of the establishment of any national parks, national reserves, 

 nature monuments, or strict wilderness reserves, and of the legislation, 

 including the methods of administrative control, adopted in connection 

 therewith. 



Article III 



The Contracting Governments agree that the boundaries of national 

 parks shall not be altered, or any portion thereof be capable of aliena- 

 tion, except by the competent legislative authority. The resources of 

 these reserves shall not be subject to exploitation for commercial profit. 



The Contracting Governments agree to prohibit hunting, killing 

 and capturing of members of the fauna and destruction or collection 

 of representatives of the flora in national parks except by or under 

 the direction or control of the park authorities, or for duly authorized 

 scientific investigations. 



The Contracting Governments further agree to provide facilities 

 for public recreation and education in national parks consistent with 

 the purposes of this Convention. 



Article IV 



The Contracting Governments agree to maintain the strict wilder- 

 ness reserves inviolate, as far as practicable, except for duly authorized 

 scientific investigations or government inspection, or such uses as are 

 consistent with the purposes for which the area was established. 



Article Y 



1. The Contracting Governments agree to adopt, or to propose such 

 adoption to their respective appropriate law-making bodies, suitable 

 laws and regulations for the protection and preservation of flora and 

 fauna within their national boundaries, but not included in the na- 

 tional parks, national reserves, nature monuments, or strict wilderness 

 reserves referred to in Article II hereof. Such regulations shall con- 

 tain proper provisions for the taking of specimens of flora and fauna 

 for scientific study and investigation by properly accredited individ- 

 uals and agencies. 



2. The Contracting Governments agree to adopt, or to recommend 

 that their respective legislatures adopt, laws which will assure the pro- 

 tection and preservation of the natural scenery, striking geological 

 formations, and regions and natural objects of aesthetic interest or 

 historic or scientific value. 



Article VI 



The Contracting Governments agree to cooperate among themselves 

 in promoting the objectives of the present Convention. To this end 

 they will lend proper assistance, consistent with national laws, to 

 scientists of the American Republics engaged in research and neld 

 study ; they may, when circumstances warrant, enter into agreements 

 with one another or with scientific institutions of the Americas in order 

 to increase the effectiveness of this collaboration ; and they shall make 

 available to all the American Republics equally through publication 

 or otherwise the scientific knowledge resulting from such cooperative 

 effort. 



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