CAB/LEG/24.1 Page 2 Article II Fundamental Principle The contracting States shall undertake to adopt the measures necessary to ensure conservation, utilization and development of soil, water, flora and faunal resources in accordance with scientific principles and with due regard to the best interests of the people. Article III Definitions For the purposes of the present Convention, the meaning of the following expressions shall be as defined below: (a) “Natural Resources” means renewable resources, that is soil, water, flora and fauna; (b) “Specimen” means an individual example of a species of wild animal or wild plant or part of a wild plant; (c) “Trophy” means any dead animal specimen or part thereof whether included in a manufactured or processed object or otherwise dealt with, unless it has lost its original identity; also nests, eggs and eggshells; (d) “Conservation area” means any protected natural resource area, whether it be a strict natural reserve, a national park or a special reserve. (1) “Strict nature reserve” means an area: (i) under State control and the boundaries of which may not be altered nor any portion alienated except by the competent legislative authority; (ii) throughout which any form of hunting or fishing, any undertaking connected with forestry, agriculture or mining, any grazing, any excavation or prospecting, drilling, leveling of the ground or construction, any work tending to alter the configuration of the soil or the character of the vegetation, any water pollution and, generally, any act likely to harm or disturb the fauna of fora, including introduction of zoological or botanical species, whether indigenous or imported, wild or domesticated, are strictly forbidden;