9 Conservation policies for sustainable living,  as said by WESSA

1) Respect and Care for community of life.

2) Improving the quality of life.

3) Conserving the earths vitality and diversity.

4) Minimize the depletion of non-renewable natural resources.

5) Keep within the earth’s carrying capacity.

6) Change personal attitudes and practices – A BIG ONE

7) Enable communites to care for their own environments.

8 ) Provide a national framework to integrate development and conservation.

9) Forge a global alliance.

The problems of conservation are widely thought of as being biological issues, but there is more to it than than just that. We must consider all of the political, social and ethical aspects too if we are  to make an impact, and a change for the better.

Having personally met Dr Antoine Goetschel at the ALAW (The Association of Lawyers for Animal Welfare) offices in Bloomsbury, London, in April 2011, and listened to his lecture, I fully understand the importance of political legislation in making a difference to peoples attitudes and behaviour in the long run. Signing petitions, lobbying politicians and changing legislation means a changing of attitudes!