The National Centre for Conservation Science and Policy is working on legislation that would allow logging in eastern Oregon's forests, which are largely filled with dry Ponderosa pines.
This was done even though Congress delegated that responsibility solely to another agency, the National Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA), through a separate statute, the Energy Policy Conservation Act (EPCA).
Originally from France, Natalie Pettorelli is a trained population ecologist who has developed over the years a broad interest in conservation science and environmental policy.
The National Trust said the area of Northamptonshire they sought to protect had "a great many top-dollar heritage assets" and a defeat would have "turned government policy on conservation on its head".
BBC: Barnwell Manor wind farm: Conservationists win legal bid
Scientific understanding of carbon sequestration and potential emissions from coastal ecosystems is now sufficient to develop effective carbon management, policy, and conservation incentives for coastal Blue Carbon.
Peter went on to lead several ornithological expeditions worldwide, popularised the study of wildfowl and wetlands through his television appearances, and his pioneering work in conservation also contributed greatly to the shift in policy of the International Whaling Commission and signing of the Antarctic Treaty.
The government is publishing a revised national planning policy framework, following a row with conservation groups over last year's draft plans.
The event aims to identify key synergies across different policy agendas which relate to wild land conservation and restoration and identify associated future opportunities for wild landscapes.
An initiative to assess erosion and sediment transport to marine, lake or reservoir environments aimed at the creation of a holistic approach for the remediation and conservation of surface waters, closely linking science with policy and management needs.
The resolution that will be voted on at the daily voting session on 21 September calls on biodiversity conservation to be "mainstreamed" into all areas of EU policy.
Water experts applaud the new policy, saying it puts a proper emphasis on conservation: lower-basin states must now pay attention to the water they have, instead of plotting to get still more from the upper-basin states.
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The Policy lays out a science-based approach to conservation and management, and brings together Federal, State, local, and tribal governments with all those who have a stake in our oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes -- including recreational and commercial fishermen, boaters, offshore and coastal industries, environmental groups, scientists, and the public.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- National Oceans Month, 2012
The Working Group was created as an initial step in advancing the scientific, management and policy goals of the Blue Carbon Initiative, whose founding members include Conservation International (CI), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.
The principal aim of these policy instruments was to promote development, social empowerment (poverty alleviation) and environmental conservation through participatory or community-based management and exploitation or utilisation of forests and forest resources.
The meetings also identified possible directions forward in achieving the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, including the establishment of an independent intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES) and the development of an agreed regime for accessing biodiversity and for equitably sharing its benefits.
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