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The Government of Brunei Darussalam, |
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The Government of the Republic of Indonesia, |
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The Government of Malaysia, |
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The Government of the Republic of the Philippines |
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The Government of the Republic of Singapore and |
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The Government of the Kingdom of Thailand, |
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Member States of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) : |
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RECOGNIZING the importance of natural resources for present and future generations; |
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CONSCIOUS of their ever-growing value from a scientific, cultural, social and economic point of view; |
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CONSCIOUS also that the inter-relationship between conservation and socioeconomic development implies both that conservation is necessary to ensure sustainability of development, and that socioeconomic development is necessary for the achievement of conservation on a lasting basis; |
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RECOGNIZING the interdependence of living resources, between them and with other natural resources, within ecosystems of which they are part; |
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WISHING TO UNDERTAKE individual and joint action for the conservation and management of their living resources and the other natural elements on which they depend; |
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RECOGNIZING that international co-operation is essential to attain many of these goals; |
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CONVINCED that an essential means to achieve such concerted action is the conclusion and implementation of a. Agreement; |
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Have agreed as follows : |
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CHAPTER I |
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ARTICLE 1 |
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(1) The Contracting Parties, within the frame- work of their respective national laws, under- take to adopt singly, or where necessary and appropriate through concerted action, the measures necessary to maintain essential ecological process and life-support systems, to preserve genetic diversity, and to ensure the sustainable utilization of harvested natural resources under their jurisdiction in accordance with scientific principles and with a view to attaining the goal of sustainable development. |
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(2) To this end they shall develop national conservation strategies, and shall co-ordinate such strategies within the framework of a conservation strategy for the Region. |