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.
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→
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→
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→
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→
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