NRDC joins more than 8,000 decision makers and environmental specialists from around the world in Barcelona, Spain, this month to address the planet's most pressing environmental challenges. The issues on the agenda at the 2008 IUCN World Conservation Congress include climate change, marine protection, wildlife and wilderness preservation, and more. Read reports below from NRDC representatives.
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Today’s wildlife news is a mix of the encouraging and the daunting. One the one hand, polar bear conservation took a modest but important step forward yesterday, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to designate “critical habitat” for...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
As the New Yorker highlighted in their recent article Stolen Forests, illegal logging is a major problem -- causing deforestation, supporting criminal groups, etc. As my colleague Jacob Scherr highlights, it is also a threat to indigenous communities. And, addressing...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
In a few days I will be heading to Barcelona to attend the World Conservation Congress, the most important conservation event in the world. For me it will be a welcome relief from the tired energy debates that have consumed...continued→
Posted by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
This Saturday, I'm off to Barcelona where conservationists from all over the world are gathering for the World Conservation Congress. For me this will be a time to talk about a region that is often overlooked in global biodiversity discussions:...continued→
Special Video Message: NRDC President Frances Beinecke on the significance of the U.S. House passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act -- and what needs to happen next.
