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CHN Returns from Successful Launch of the Biosphere Ethics Initiative

The Biosphere Ethics Initiative

March 9th, 2010

Kathryn Kintzele presenting at the formal launch of the BEI

Kathryn Kintzele presenting at the formal launch of the BEI

Kathryn Kintzele, Director of CHN’s North American Global Responsibilities Program, and George Rabb, CHN Board Member, recently returned from the successful launch and development meeting of the Biosphere Ethics Initiative (BEI). The workshop and ceremony was hosted 15-18 February 2010 by the Paris Muséum nationale d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), with support from the IUCN Comité français, CHN and the Ethics Specialist Group of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL). The participants began development of the BEI’s Action Plan and finalized the structure and foundational substance of the evolving Biosphere Ethic. On the final day, the evolving Biosphere Ethic was presented by the four BEI Co-Chairs and the CEL Chair Sheila Abed to IUCN Director General Julia Marton Lèfevre, IUCN President Ashok Khosla, MNHN Director General Bertrand Pierre Galey, Director of the IUCN Comité français Sebastien Moncorps, President of the IUCN Comité français François Letourneux, the Director General of l’aménagement, du logement et de la nature for the government of France, Jean-Marc Michel and France’s Ambassador for Environment, Laurent Stefanini. A full story covering the event will be in the upcoming edition of CHN’s Minding Nature. Drafts of the developing BEI Action Plan will be made available on the project homepage.

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