Description
The Conferences of reflection, participation and debate around the future Llei de biodiversitat i patrimoni natural took place on the 14th and 15th June 2005 in the Sant Domènec church of the Facultat de Lletres de la Universitat de Girona. The primary aims of defining the structure, contents and functioning of the Conferences were three: n1. To encourage reflection, participation and debate of the future Llei de biodiversitat i patrimoni natural in order to get as much as possible consensus, a result only possible once the points of view of the highest cultural, economical and social agents of our country that are involved with this theme have been heard and debated. n2. To become familiar with international experiences of adaptation from legislation in natural areas, biodiversity and natural resources from the principles and agreements of Rio 1992 and Johannesburg 2002.n3. To present a first basis document, as a recommendation, from the knowledge of other experiences and the debate between guests and participants for the future Llei de biodiversitat i patrimoni natural of Catalonia. With this aim in mind, the Conferences were divided in five blocks and six well-known speakers were invited to explore the topics in each block and, at the same time, take an active part in the definition of the contents of the last block, dedicated to the conclusions. Each speech was summarised, once the speaker had finished, in order to synthesize the most important aspects and to help to the debate, the participation and maximum consensus between the interested parties. Once the speeches had finished, it was the turn of a header representing the main cultural, economical and social agents of the country to bring their knowledge, experiences and worries, taking as a starting point the several speeches in each block. Finally, but for in each block, all the assistants could speak freely to guarantee everyone who wished could express themselves. n