The UN Assaults PRIVATE PROPERTY US MAB; National Monuments

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The UN Assaults PRIVATE PROPERTY US MAB; National Monuments

 

 

The UN Assaults PRIVATE PROPERTY: US MAB;

National Monuments.

 

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Whose Heritage and Whose Land?

The Phyllis Schlafly Report --

I recently revisited Independence Hall, the cradle of our republic where the

Declaration of Independence was signed and the United States Constitution

was written. Something new has been added since the last time I saw it: a

large bronze plaque with a peculiar inscription under an unidentified

insignia.

 

" Through the collective recognition of the community of nations expressed

with the principles of the convention concerning protection of the world's

cultural and natural heritage, Independence Hall has been designated a World

 

Heritage Site and joins a select list of protected areas around the world

whose outstanding natural and cultural resources form the common inheritance

of all mankind. "

 

Whew! Where did all that mumbo-jumbo come from? Obviously not from American

history or our founding documents. " Common inheritance of all mankind " ? No

way. Our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are both uniquely

American, written by identifiable Founding Fathers on American soil at known

points in time.

Independence Hall " joins a select list of protected areas around the world " ?

Who decided that Independence Hall should " join " anything? It is a unique

American treasure. And who is protecting these " protected areas " ?

" Collective recognition of the community of nations " ? It's obvious that all

those foreign nations don't agree with our American

 

Declaration or Constitution or the principles therein.

 

Since it is impossible to relive history and give the " collective " or the

" community of nations " any ownership in the historic events that made

Independence Hall an American shrine, we can only deduce that some

international entity is asserting a vested interest in the building. Who

authorized that?

 

After all, it would have been a nice accolade and not worthy of particular

comment if the Independence Hall plaque merely said, " The United Nations

honors the cradle of American freedom, the inspired words of the Declaration

of

Independence, and the genius of the United States Constitution that has

nourished liberty in America for more than two centuries. " But it didn't.

 

We now find that at least 20 pieces of American property have been

designated as " World Heritage Sites " and so identified with markers. These

include Yellowstone and Yosemite national parks, the Grand Canyon, Thomas

Jefferson's home Monticello, and, believe it or not, the Statue of Liberty.

All of these markings took place without any publicity, without the American

people knowing what was going on.

The designation of these World Heritage Sites was authorized by the World

Heritage Convention, a treaty signed by President Richard Nixon and ratified

in 1973. The World Heritage Program is carried out by UNESCO, to which the

United States doesn't even belong. President Ronald Reagan pulled us out of

UNESCO because it was totally corrupt.

 

The UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program was created in 1970. The United

States joined in 1974 when our State Department signed a memorandum of

understanding (not a treaty) to put us in the Biosphere Program and pledge

that the United States will adhere to the Biosphere conditions and

limitations laid down by UNESCO.

 

Paragraph 44 of the World Heritage Operational Guidelines states that

" natural " Heritage Sites (as contrasted to " cultural " ) can be interchanged

with " core reserves " of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program. These core

protected areas are planned to be surrounded by highly regulated buffer

zones, all for the sake of " biodiversity. "

 

At a conference in Spain in 1995 that culminated in the Seville Strategy,

the Biosphere Program underwent a radical change in purpose. The first goal

of the Seville Strategy for Biosphere Reserves is to " promote biosphere

reserves as a means of implementing the goals of the Convention on

Biological Diversity. "

 

U. S. State Department representatives agreed to this new framework of

UNESCO-designated guidelines and objectives for the Man and Biosphere

Program. So, even though the United States doesn't belong to

UNESCO, and even though the U. S. Senate refused to ratify the Biodiversity

Treaty, the United States is marching right ahead with UNESCO's Man and the

Biosphere Program.

 

Starting with Yellowstone National Park in 1979, UNESCO has designated 47

Biosphere Reserves in the United States covering 50 million acres. In order

to designate sites and spheres under either of these UNESCO programs, the

United States must agree to manage these lands according to international

dictates and objectives.

 

That's another way of saying that the United States has agreed to limit our

sovereign power to manage our own lands any way we want in pursuit of our

own national interests. The Clinton Administration's designation of

Yellowstone Park as a World Heritage Site " in danger " has already been used

to shut down a gold mine near (not even in) Yellowstone.

 

The UN/UNESCO types have made no secret of their goals. Their next step is

their Wildlands Project, a plan to designate one half of the United States

as " protected areas or areas where special measures need to be taken to

conserve biological diversity. "

 

Americans don't need or want any UN/UNESCO bureaucrats telling us how to

" protect " our own land. We can jolly well handle our own protection.

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UN declares US National Monuments " the common inheritance of all mankind "

Man And Biosphere (MAB) Director writes a revealing letter

UN land grab in the USA

 

 

THE UN ASSAULTS PRIVATE PROPERTY Letter From US MAB Director

Heads Up -- June 13, 1997 #39; by Doug Fiedor (fiedor19)

A Weekly edition of News from around our country

 

Last week, all of " Heads Up " concerned property rights, and the assault

thereon. More specifically, most of the issue concerned the proposed

expansion of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve program in the United States.

Reader replies on the biosphere program filled our mailbox (and kept the

telephone busy) for nearly the complete week. Lance R. Crowe at ACCC

(ACCC) also received a couple hundred replies.

 

Most interesting, too: Not one reader wrote to disagree with what they read.

Two readers, however, directed us to a letter published by Roger E. Soles,

Ph. D., Executive Director of the U. S. Man and Biosphere Program (MAB). The

letter is dated as " Revised " 5/27/1997. The publication is titled, " An Open

Letter to Concerned Citizens. "

 

Normally we at " Heads Up " do not worry about things like " balance " and

" equal time. " We don't feel it's necessary, because ninety percent of the

major media seem to take the opposing viewpoint on just about everything we

write. But our readers were correct. This is a very enlightening letter, and

it should be of interest to most " Heads Up " readers.

 

From our point of view, the " Concerned Citizens " letter reads like a well

crafted propaganda piece. It uses semi-truths and half-truths in such a way

that the reader is encouraged to extrapolate them out as the project's

future plans. Actually, the letter gives us the impression that it was

filtered through a committee of Clintonesque lawyers.

 

That is, the letter reeks of obfuscation and weasel words.

 

Therefore, following each point addressed in the letter, we will add a

comment from our point of view. To distinguish our comments from the

original text of the letter, we will place our comments in " " brackets.

 

The complete text of the letter, with attachments, can be found at:

http://www.mabnet.org/misc/update.html We did not change any words in the

letter, nor did we even correct their spelling.

 

AN OPEN LETTER TO CONCERNED CITIZENS

By: Roger E. Soles, Ph. D., Executive Director, U. S. MAB Program

 

Some individuals and organizations have been seriously misinformed about the

nature of the Biosphere Reserve element of the U. S. MAB Program.

 

Thank you for taking the time to read this section and to learn the truth

about U. S. MAB and about biosphere reserves. Obviously we cannot answer

each

and every question or allegation.

 

However, here are some of the more recent charges that we have heard

concerning biosphere reserves. We have condensed some of the charges into

common categories because of their similarities.

 

The following is my personal statement. The opinions, conclusions and

recommendations expressed in this statement are mine and do not necessarily

reflect the views of the participating and supporting agencies of U. S.

 

MAB.

Charge Number 1:

When an area receives biosphere reserve recognition, the United Nations will

control the area, or the USA " loses sovereignty " over the area, etc.

 

** Answer: The idea that the United Nations is taking over U. S. lands,

private and public, is completely false. Neither the United Nations nor any

other international body has any authority over public or private U. S.

lands

which have received recognition as biosphere reserves.

 

[The UN sets the qualifications -- read, land-use regulations -- for the

program. These regulations are then imposed on the American people by the

full force of the federal government.]

Only voluntary guidelines exist for biosphere reserves. No international

biosphere reserve treaty or biosphere reserve convention exists.

 

[ " Voluntary " is a very interesting word for a federal bureaucrat to use. For

instance, our compliance with IRS regulations is said to be " voluntary. " So

too is the States' compliance with education, seatbelt, alcohol sales,

welfare, etc. etc. laws all said to be " voluntary. " ]

 

In 1995, managers from Biosphere Reserves around the world, representatives

of conservation groups and scholars met in Seville, Spain, to set a

voluntary framework for international science and conservation cooperation.

Among the documents they produced were The Seville Strategy for Biosphere

Reserves and the Statutory Framework for the World Network of Biosphere

Reserves (Click for full texts). No statutory law or treaty exists, nor is

any being proposed, for this network. The Introduction for this " Framework " ;

states:

 

" Biosphere Reserves, each of which remains under the sole sovereignty of the

State where it is situated and thereby submitted to State legislation only,

form a world network in which participation by States is voluntary. "

 

[No statutory law exists. Nor do any formal international agreements or

treaties. In other words, there is no legal authority to form biosphere

reserves or Heritage Sites within the United States. States, as we know

them, may not legislate control of a biosphere. State, as used above,

denotes a country -- in our case, the federal government. The legislatures

of the 50 United States have absolutely no input in this program.]

 

Furthermore, Article 2, paragraph 1 of that " Framework " states,

" Individual Biosphere Reserves remain under the sovereign jurisdiction of

the States where they are situated. Under the present Statutory Framework,

States take the measures which they deem necessary according to their

national legislation "

 

[sure. As long as they follow all rules and regulations set by UNESCO.]

This fact was also recognized by the Congressional Research Service's CRS

Report for Congress (Click for full text) on June 6, 1996. In that report to

Congress entitled " Biosphere reserves: Fact Sheet " it noted:

 

" Biosphere reserve recognition does not convey any control or jurisdiction

over such sites to the United Nations or to any other entity. The United

States and/or state and local communities where biosphere reserves are

located continue to exercise the same jurisdiction as that in place before

designation. Areas are listed only at the request of the country in which

they are located, and can be removed from the biosphere reserve list at any

time by a request from that country. "

 

[Again, they use " state " to denote country. Then, they mix it in with our

use of " State " to confuse the issue. If local communities are to have input

in the program, let's have families residing in the affected communities

vote on the issue and settle it once and for all.]

 

In sum, neither the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization, (UNESCO) nor any other U. N. body has jurisdiction over any

U. S. Biosphere Reserve. There is no threat that the U. N. has authority to

manage any U. S. property -- private, county, state, or Federal through

biosphere reserves.

 

[Nope. No more than the federal government can control speed limits,

farming, drinking age, television programming, or anything else within the

boundaries of a State. It's the initial regulations! UNESCO set strict land

use regulations for biosphere reserves. The federal government will instruct

the States to enforce them. The people will have no choice but to obey.]

 

Charge Number 2:

Biosphere reserves will restrict property and land use rights and lower land

values.

** Answer: There are no economic or scientific studies which show any

detrimental effect of biosphere reserve status on the use and value of

non-Federal lands located in the vicinity of a biosphere reserve. Neither is

there any evidence that any restrictions were placed on any private lands in

the vicinity of a biosphere reserve because it was a biosphere reserve.

 

[Yes there is. First, a biosphere reserve is, by UNESCO decree, a " non use "

zone for humans. Second, who in their right mind would want to purchase

property within the highly regulated UNESCO " managed use " buffer zones

surrounding a biosphere reserve? Also, if the project expands, as indicated

by the U. S. & UNESCO MAB biosphere maps, hundreds of thousands of American

families will be forced to relocate and hundreds of thousands more American

families will be severely affected by strict land- use regulations.]

 

For an area to be nominated as a biosphere reserve, a protected area and an

area of managed use must already have legal protection. In a number of U. S.

cases, the " protected areas " are " wilderness areas " or " research natural

areas " that have been earlier designated as such within a National Park,

National Forest, et cetera. The " area of managed use " (generally termed

" buffer zone " in other countries) is generally the park, forest or nature

preserve itself. In the past, as all of the area being recognized as a

biosphere reserve was within the national park or forest, early nominations

often did not distinguish between the protected or managed use area -- it

was all within the same park.

 

[Not so in the Kentucky Land Between the lakes and Mammoth cave areas.

Cities and towns are within the highly regulated " managed use " buffer zones.

So too with the Smoky Mountains Biosphere Reserve area. One only need speak

with the residents to realize the true impact.]

 

In more recent times, a number of U. S. biosphere reserve nominations have

dealt with non-federal lands of states or private conservation groups.

However, the principle, and the requirement, of pre-existing legal

conservation protection for the protected area and legal authority for the

managed use area remains a constant in U. S. MAB. Consequently, there are no

new restrictions placed on land use anywhere in these areas. The legal

conservation protection that exists in the protected or managed use areas

had to pre-exist before any biosphere reserve nomination could be sought.

 

[Again, not so in every area of the country. Many of the highly regulated

" managed use " buffer zones and " cooperation zones " had residents long before

the concept of a biosphere reserve was thought up. Now they are stuck with

severe land-use regulations. They had no choice. The onerous land-use

regulations were imposed on the residents by an agency of the federal

government specifically because government agents wanted a biosphere reserve

nearby.]

 

Land use and zoning laws which may affect lands in the " zone of cooperation "

around a biosphere reserve are generally under the authority of state,

county or local governments. U. S. MAB now seeks to ensure that local county

governments are consulted and participate in the Biosphere Reserve

nomination process. U. S. MAB also seeks to have the nomination endorsed by

a

wide range of stakeholders, local conservationists, farmers and ranchers,

sports-persons, etc.

 

[The words " generally under the authority of " does not cut it! Nor does

" nomination by conservationists and sports persons. " The landowner of record

is the only person who counts in this issue. The Federal Government has no

right to restrict private property.]

 

Within the biosphere reserve program there is no authorization for the

" taking " of anyone's land, nor for the placing of any legal restrictions on

private land use and individual land rights.

 

[Correct. As indicated above (and below), you have zero authority to do any

of this today. However, if the Bio-Diversity Treaty is ratified by the

Senate, you instantly have authority to " take " hundreds of thousands of

square miles of private and public land. Then, land owners -- American

families -- will have no legal recourse.]

 

In testimony given to Congress last year on " A Bill to Preserve the

Sovereignty of the United States Over Public Lands " (H. R. 3752), not one of

the witnesses was able to cite any actual or observed increased land use

restrictions or any decrease in the value of any private property in the

vicinity of a biosphere reserve. (See

 

" Sovereignty Over Public Lands " , Hearings before the Committee on Resources,

House of Representatives, 104th Congress, Second Session on HR 3752,

September 12, 1996 - Serial No. 104-98, Washington DC).

 

[When members of the Kentucky Board of Realtors saw the " Existing and

Proposed Biosphere Reserve " map, they most certainly showed an avid

interest! We were told that, if the UNESCO biosphere project is fully

implemented as proposed, the property in nearly one-quarter of the state of

Kentucky would be rendered useless, and hence worthless. Most of that is

currently private land. Whole cities and towns, full of American families,

are included in the areas covered by the UNESCO MAB plan. Thousands of

American families would be physically forced off of their homelands in favor

of a biosphere.]

 

Claim Number 3:

Biosphere reserves will circumvent the Constitution and infringe upon the

laws enacted by Congress.

 

** Answer: The Federal or state agencies responsible for various biosphere

reserve protected areas are agencies with Congressional, state or local

authority for managing the lands within those areas. Most often, the

agencies are the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior and

the Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Areas which are

recognized as Biosphere Reserves receive no special land use authority or

regulations which might conflict with the authority of the Congress, the

state government agencies, or county and local authorities. Biosphere

Reserves have no international or other authority. They receive Biosphere

Reserve recognition and status, in part, because the land management

authority for the protected and managed use areas must already exist within

domestic legislation. National Parks, for example, have Congressional

authority for the management of the park. Such parks have a " management

plan " for the park. Frequently these park management plans identify specific

" wilderness areas " for research and study thus serving as the " Protected

Area " of the

 

Biosphere Reserve. The entire surrounding park area is the " Managed Used

Area " because the Park Service or other authority is mandated to manage that

area.

 

[but now MAB is ready to expand the program. As indicated by the US & UNESCO

Man & the Biosphere Program map (1997), hundreds of thousands of square

miles of American land is to be incorporated into the program. Many

thousands of American families now make their homes in those " little or no

use " biosphere zones. Therefore, to make these zones " little or no use "

areas, hundreds of thousands of Americans would first need to be evicted.]

 

These local or national authorities must pre-exist before an area can be

nominated as a Biosphere Reserve. No new regulations are created with

Biosphere Reserve recognition that in any way could diminish the authority

of the U. S. government, Congress, or any state, county or local legislative

body to make rules and regulations respecting these lands.

 

[Fine. Then we recommend that this matter be put to a vote of the families

living in the affected areas of the seven states on the map we have at the

next scheduled election. Then, if a majority of the people reject the

biosphere reserve proposal for their area, the U. S. MAB Committee will

immediately remove these areas from all future consideration for the

program. Right?]

Claim Number 4:

 

UN Troops are moving into a region to depopulate it in order to establish a

Biosphere Reserve; or UN roadblocks have been set up; or that some type of

" animal worship " is going to be imposed though the " secret AGENDA 21 " or

through a Seville Strategy, or a secret UN concentration camp is under

construction, or a UN truck depot base, etc.

 

** Answer: It is impossible to keep up with all of these erroneous claims.

No such proof or evidence has ever been offered to substantiate these

claims. They have no basis in fact.

Agenda 21 is a lengthy compilation (40 chapters, each of which has multiple

subsections) of resolutions adopted at the United Nations Conference on

Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992 to

promote sustainable development. It is not secret and can be obtained from

many public sources and bookstores.

 

[Don't] click here to read the official U. S. Department of Agriculture,

Natural Resource Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation

Service) statement about recent misinformation circulated, and the truth,

about " Agenda 21 " .

 

The primary objective of the Seville Strategy ... is to promote and

encourage greater involvement by local citizens and officials in the

management of biosphere reserves -- not to depopulate areas or impose new

laws or regulations upon them.

 

[There are vast areas of American land labeled as " little or no use. " This

is not intended to " encourage greater involvement. " Rather, it will be an

area where humans (except for the chosen few) are totally excluded.]

It does seem that the burden of proof ought to reside on those that make

these fearful charges. Certainly it would seem that with 47 biosphere

reserves in the U. S., that if any of these charges were true, someone,

somewhere, somehow, would have some photographic or video proof of the

existence of these UN concentration camps, or hidden bases, etc. Or evidence

of increased land use restrictions, etc. Yet, no one has and no one ever

will, because all of these charges are false.

 

[Maybe. But the proposed strict land-use regulations are not false. Nor is

the fact that UNESCO and MAB plan to force many thousands of American

families out of their homes so coons, rats, snakes, snails and bugs can

exist unencumbered by the presence of humans.]

Claim Number 5:

 

The U. S. MAB Program operates without legal approval.

** Answer: U. S. MAB is a voluntary, interagency, effort which operates

within the existing authorities of the participating agencies. No specific

law exists for the U. S. MAB Program.

[Right! No legal authority exists for MAB or UNESCO to restrict American

land in any way. That is our point exactly.]

 

Federal agencies were directed by the " Memorandum for Heads of Certain

Departments and Agencies, U. S. Participation in UNESCO's Man and

the Biosphere Program, " Executive Office of the President, Office of Science

and Technology Policy, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC,

March 9, 1979, to participate in the U. S. MAB Program.

 

[bingo! Finally, some truth. The words: " U. S. Participation in

UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere

 

Program, " is why there is no authority. The agreement involving the United

States in UNESCO is null and void -- has been for many years. The United

States is no longer a party to it. We quit UNESCO because they were ripping

us off for huge sums of taxpayer dollars for absolutely no benefit to

Americans. President Carter's directives are not perpetual. They were

canceled when we backed out of the Agreement. Therefore, nothing the Carter

administration wrote about this subject applies any longer. Hence, we say

again: Anything done under this program is done without legal authority.

Today, these actions are little more than the bureaucratic fiat of federal

agencies -- and a

 

MAB Committee with zero authority to even exist. All authority ended back

about 1984. Any action taken by the Committee after that time is without

legal authority.]

The reply of the agencies is in " Memorandum to Director, Office of

Management and Budget, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy,

U. S. Participation in the Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB) " ;

From the Assistant Secretaries of the Departments of State, the Interior and

Agriculture and Chairman of the U. S. MAB National Committee, November 13,

1980.

 

[Yes, the program was legal in 1980. Later, the United States quit UNESCO.

Now it is not legal. The program should have ended 13 years ago.]

 

Other applicable authorities which are cited in Interagency agreements to

participate in the U. S. MAB program include: the Economy Act of 1932, as

amended, 31 U. S. C. 1535; An Act Authorizing the Secretary of State to

Manage

Foreign Affairs, 22 U. S. C. 2656; House Joint Resolution 305, July 30, 1946

(PL 565, 79th Congress); the United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization Act, as amended, 22 U. S. C. 287m-287t;

 

House Joint Resolution 305, July 30, 1946 (PL 565, 79th Congress); and the

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and PL91-190, 91st Congress.

Again, while none of these laws specifically cite the MAB Program, they do

authorize the federal agencies to cooperate and support programs within

which they have an interest.

 

[Correct. None of these acts could authorize the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Program because it did not even exist then. Therefore, bringing them up

herein is little more than subterfuge. However, the Fifth Amendment to the

United States Constitution still exists. And that Amendment effectively

blocks any plans MAB and UNESCO may have to take private lands.]

 

Charge Number 6:

" Creeping UN-ism " -- That the undefined " transitional or cooperation zone "

of a biosphere reserve gives (the UN) license to expand the protected area

of a biosphere reserve and establish land use controls over that area.

** Answer: Most biosphere reserves are U. S. National Parks or National

Forests. If the protected areas were to be expanded it would take several

specific acts of Congress. Only Congress can expand the protected area or

managed use area of a National Park or of a National Forest.

 

[That is not true at all. UNESCO, and the Man and Biosphere arm of UNESCO,

have mapped out all of the United States. As evidenced by the maps, MAB and

UNESCO know exactly which of our prime lands are to be included in the " no

use " and highly " regulated use " biosphere areas. These hundreds of thousands

of square miles of

 

American land are listed as included in the " Plan Mandated by the

Biodiversity Assessment (Section 13.4.2.2.3) and UN & UNESCO Man and

Biosphere Program. " Which means that, as soon as the Bio-Diversity Treaty is

ratified by the Senate, the program becomes " mandatory " throughout the

United States. We only have one map at this time. So there is no telling how

many hundreds of thousands of American families are slated to be " relocated "

by the U. S. MAB & UNECCO bureaucracy.]

 

To expand these areas Congress would: -- have to hold multiple hearings; --

pass a Congressional authorization bill; and -- pass a specific

appropriation bill to compensate the private owners as stipulated by the

Constitution.

 

[More subterfuge. That is not true at all. MAB and UNESCO have already

begun. All that is necessary to run the project full speed ahead is Senate

Ratification of the Bio-Diversity Treaty -- which both Clinton and Gore

want.]

 

Once the National Park or National Forest was expanded by Congress, only

then could its managers apply for biosphere reserve recognition for the new,

expanded area. The U. S. MAB Program and its National Committee would ensure

that there is appropriate local government support for the concept before

the nomination is forwarded to the UNESCO-MAB program for formal

consideration by the International Coordinating Council.

Charge Number 7:

 

What is unreasonable about Congress being involved in the biosphere reserve

nomination process?

** Answer: Nothing. Indeed Congressional involvement in the process of the

recognition of biosphere reserves would probably be desired by the U. S. MAB

Program. However, to tie up Congress with the naming of areas, most of which

in the future will likely be non-federal lands which are nominated by their

state park authorities or the private organizations or individual owners,

seems unwarrented.

 

In several informal meetings the concept has been discussed that before the

U. S. National Committee for MAB formally considers the nomination of any

new

area for biosphere reserve status all of the appropriate Congressional

Committees be notified of the nomination in process -- and that an adequate

period of time (say 120 (?) days) be allowed for " Congressional oversight. "

During that time, Congress could express reservations or raise any questions

about the specific nomination.

 

[As we see it -- from the UNESCO map -- it appears that the MAB Committee,

in conjunction with UNESCO, has been doing a considerable amount of

" nominating " on its own! Vast areas of the United States are labeled for

" mandatory " participation -- regardless of what the people, the local

governments or the State governments think. Local and State officials are

not even consulted.]

 

Since the U. S. National Committee for MAB must approve the nomination

before

it is sent to UNESCO, and since the National Committee is composed of

representatives of federal agencies dependendent on Congress, one can be

more than reasonably assured that any Congressional objections or

observations on the matter will be considered according to expressed

Congressional desires.

 

[More subterfuge. Federal agencies are not " dependent on Congress. " Congress

may adjust funding for the various agencies and subpoena agency heads to

attend hearings. Other than that, federal agencies do as they please.

Congress is devoid of any other power over federal agencies.]

 

But, it does not seem reasonable for Congress to terminate all of the

currently existing Biosphere Reserve designations. According to currently

proposed legislation (HR 901) Congress would have to specifically authorize

the existence of each and every biosphere reserve in the U. S. before 2001.

That would involve at least 47 specific acts of Congress. If specific

allegations are being raised against any specific U. S. biosphere reserve

concerning any of the above charges, then perhaps a case could be made. But,

no specific charges have been launched against any U. S. biosphere reserve

that it is, for example, violating U. S. sovereignty or preventing or

interfering in the use of private lands in the area.

 

[Again . . . that is not true. And again, there is no authority for any

branch of the federal government to appoint biosphere reserves or Heritage

sites in the United States. And, most certainly, there is no authority for

any branch or agency of the United States government to join together with a

foreign entity for the management of American land -- whether public of

private.]

 

Please review our web site carefully. We have posted all of our publications

and information sheets so you -- the concerned citizen -- can knowledgeably

determine the truth about biosphere reserves and MAB.

 

You can download any of the complete texts (including illustrations, charts

and maps) of any of our publications. In the future the MABForum bulletin

boards will be available for the posting of the answers to these, or other,

topics.

 

You can also use the e-mail icons to ask for additional information.

[All maps, interestingly enough, have recently been removed from the U. S.

MAB web site. Furthermore, all maps of actual and proposed United States

biosphere reserves have been removed from the UNESCO web sites worldwide.]

 

BIOSPHERES ARE ILLEGAL

The U. S. and UNESCO Man and Biosphere Program (MAB) seems to be chugging

along like the Little Engine that Could. No matter what, it will not quit.

Of course, a lot of that has to do with the large salaries paid to the

bureaucrats running the program -- you can't expect them to close up shop

and go home until they are forced to do so.

 

We find (see above letter by the program's executive director) that the MAB

program was authorized by an executive memorandum issued during the Carter

Administration, while the U. S. was a party to UNESCO. During the Reagan

Administration, the United States dropped out of the UNESCO agreement, and

hence from all UNESCO programs.

 

But someone forgot to tell the federal regulatory agency bureaucrats making

up the MAB Committee. Thirteen years later, they're still spending taxpayer

dollars on a program that no longer legally exists. They are also bothering

American citizens with land-use regulations emanating from a Committee that

should not exist.

 

Congressional oversight of regulatory agencies has never been very good.

But, to allow this MAB Committee to spend taxpayer money for thirteen years

after all authority for them to even exist has expired seems to add new

meaning to the term " waste, fraud and abuse " in the Federal Government.

 

Just as an aside here, and to help prove our point, we direct our readers to

H. R. 1801: A bill " To Authorize the United States Man and the Biosphere

Program and for other purposes. " The bill was submitted in the House by

California Democratic Reps. Brown and Miller last week.

 

So, unless H. R. 1801 passes, biosphere reserves within the boundaries of

the

United States are not legally authorized. And another thing: Not even this

bill will authorize participation in an international biosphere program,

such as UNESCO's.

 

Americans should therefore demand that all the blue UN and UNESCO signs at

parks around the country be immediately removed. Tell them so.

 

MAB INFORMATION ADDRESSES

To view the MAB & UNESCO " Existing and Proposed Biosphere and Wildlands for

the Central Appalachian Mountains " map, visit the Home Page of the Kentucky

Coalition for Property Rights at:

http://205.198.88.6/global/nckm/coalitio.htm

 

The U. S. Man & the Biosphere Program Home Page is located at:

http://www.mabnet.org/home2.html

The World Heritage Committee information page is located at:

http://www.unesco.org: 80/whc/heritage.htm

A Biosphere Reserve FAQ page is located at:

http://www.unesco.org/mab/activity/brfaq.htm

The Statutory Framework of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves can be

viewed at: http://www.unesco.org/mab/home/frameuk.htm

 

A " Man and the Biosphere " On-line Query System includes a list of U. S.

Biosphere Reserves. And folks, most have web pages and e-mail addresses for

the directors. . . . Here's our chance to ask questions of the local

biosphere czars in our own respective areas:

http://128.120.15.3/bin/$webdbc.exe/MABFauna/Reserves

/select/ & /mab/Country. htx? & d_BioResCoun= United+States+of+America

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UN declares US National Monuments " the common inheritance of all mankind "

Man And Biosphere (MAB) Director writes a revealing letter

UN land grab in the USA

 

United Nations Land Grab in United States

By Grace Wilson

 

THE SIERRA COUNTY SENTINEL, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico 87901

Volume 21 Number 1574 Published on June 4, 1997-Page 19 Permission statement

below.

 

It's time for Americans to wake up! Our President and Vice President a

giving away our national parks to the United Nations under the guise of, " We

must make the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for

civilization, " as quoted by Vice President Al Gore.

 

The Clinton administration is implementing United Nations treaties with

congressional or voter approval, that have already placed 68 percent of

American national parks, preserves, and monuments under U. N. regulation.

U. N. committees are empowered to visit the World Heritage Sites within

United States to judge whether human activity poses an environmental risk.

That activity can then be curtailed. This is already happening in an area

outside

 

Yellowstone National Park, where a U. N. committee is ruling on the

suitability of the New World Mining Company's planned expansion of its

operation three mountain ridges from the border of Yellowstone National

Park. This is an ongoing mining operation since the 1870s. This ruling was

at the request of Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt asking the World

Heritage Committee to designate Yellowstone National Park a world heritage

site.

 

Under the World Heritage Treaty, the committee can deem any site within

their protection, the U. N. and barred from public use. The treaty language

is so vague that any property in the world can be deemed a heritage site if

the governing committee so chooses for any reason. Any site that qualifies

for protection under the description " national heritage " include " aesthetic

views, geographical formations and areas of threatened habitat of species of

 

animal and plants or natural areas of outstanding universal value from the

point of science, conservation or natural beauty. " It does not have to come

under the " normal " description of historical site. The control of a United

Nations advisory board supersedes the authority of the United States Park

Service.

 

Also, the United Nations has a Biosphere Reserve Program which designat

world-wide sites for preservation and to protect the biodiversity of chosen

sites on a global level. There are three different sections that each

biosphere is divided: Wilderness zones, Buffer zones and Cooperation zones.

Wilderness area is designed to be the habitat of plants and animals; human

inhabitance or human intrusion is forbidden. A Buffer zone surrounds the

wilderness area; limited access is permitted within this zone. The

Cooperation zone will be allocated as the only site where humans will be

allowed to live. The Sierra Club is but one of 126 environmental

organizations that work hand-in-hand with the United Nations to enact the

environmental global agenda.

 

The U. N. Biodiversity Treaty supports the Wildlands Project, which call for

turning 50 percent of the United States into " wildlands " , where animals

would be free to roam but humans would not be allowed to live! Towns near

Akron, Ohio, in the Cuyahoga River Valley have lost much of their population

as the National Park Service, under

 

U. N. treaty provisions, has condemned, burned, and tore down homes and

farms, forcing people to leave their land.

 

The Clinton administration is transferring tens of millions of acres of land

to the federal government to be placed under U. N. regulation under the

Ecosystem Management Plan, promoted by Vice President Al Gore.

 

As has been the norm with the establishment of international biosphere' the

World Heritage Treaty also calls for the taking of private property as well.

In the case of Yellowstone, the argument now being made by environmentalists

is the ecosystem of Yellowstone extends far beyond the border of the 2.3

million acre park. There is a general agreement that the ecosystem

encompasses parts of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana; an area 14 to 18

million acres.

 

There are 42 Biosphere Reserves and 21 World Heritage Sites in the Unit

States controlled by the United Nations at this time with plans to add more

to their control. As the map shows, New Mexico has already lost control to

the U. N. of some of our sites.

 

Which one Is next? Could they possibly take control of Elephant Butte Lake

because of the ecosystem that makes it up, both plant and animal? How about

the National Wildlife Refuges along the Rio Grande where the various birds

migrate each winter? How about the Gila Wilderness? Have they already begun

the take over of this area by shoving out Kit and Sherry Laney from their

land?

 

The Environmental Groups were the ones who took the Laney's to court. I was

based solely on the environmental impact that the cattle had on the

ecosystem of the land. Who will be next? You can help stop the U. N. land

grab.

 

Rep. Don Young has reintroduced the American Land Sovereignty Protection Act

(H. R. 901) in the House of Representatives. This bill would terminate U. N.

control over U. S. national parks and prohibit the Secretary of Interior

from

designating U. S. historical sights as international heritage sights. You

are

asked to petition your senators and representatives to pass this

legislation, which will require congressional approval of Executive Branch

actions to implement U. N. land use programs and treaties. Call Congressman

Young in Washington, D. C. at (202) 225-5765 or Fax to (202) 225-5929 for

more information or to voice your support or contact your senator and

representative now.

 

THE SIERRA COUNTY SENTINEL ; Myrna L. Baird-Kohs, Editor & Publisher 1747 E.

Third Ave ; Truth or Consequences New Mexico 87901 (505) 894-3088 FAX (505)

894-3998

The only request I, and my publisher, make is that you please give credit to

where you received the information from these stories and the newspaper. We

forego the usual remuneration because we want people to hear about this

before it is too late.

Sincerely,

Grace Wilson

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