The Obama administration has proposed putting government land designated for solar and wind development off limits to mining claims for at least two years.
Examples of how the Conventions contribute to development include the UNESCO designated sites, such as the nearly 1000 World Heritage properties and over 500 Biosphere Reserves, which provide ideal laboratories where innovative heritage-driven approaches to sustainable development are tested.
With South Africa as the designated mediator, these members of the South African Development Council and the African Union (A.U.) have failed utterly, and not for the first time.