Like all conservation organizations these days, BTT real mission is to figure out how to save nature and ourselves from ourselves.
If a company turns a CSR goal like water conservation into a game, that can strengthen online and offline social ties.
Bacon was awarded The Audubon Medal, a prize that has been around for more than 50 years and has gone to bright stars of conservation like Rachel Carson, Ted Turner, and Robert Redford.
And like many a fellow environmentalist, she is concerned that urban sprawl is now encroaching on surrounding conservation areas like Lake Mead, Spring Mountain and Red Rock Canyon.
It is why we work with organizations like the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, which is co-hosting this event.
It looks like the laws of gravity, and conservation of energy, have been suspended.
It might help, argues Mr Condy, if zoos like his tried harder to raise money for conservation work by, for example, accepting more sponsorship, opening more restaurants, and breeding parrots and other exotic pets for sale.
Our challenge in the conservation community is to make a top issue like the economy.
"It's very desirable for cultural heritage conservation because with a lot of other techniques like X-ray or ultraviolet, there is some molecular breakdown in the materials, " Dr Jackson told the meeting.
Regulations that help replenish and protect fish stocks, restoration and conservation projects to protect and nurture natural barriers like reefs and wetlands, and reforestation efforts are all things that can have a huge impact on ocean health with no rocket science necessary.
Conservation easements offer a neat way for wealthy environmentalists like Bacon to have their cake and eat it, too.
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"The main thing about a good conservation job is that it should pretty much look like you've not done anything by the time you've finished, " he said.
Spread over nine equally-weighted categories, the scorecard rates colleges on factors like sustainable policies by administration, commitment to energy efficiency and conservation, food and recycling policies, campus-wide green building initiatives, student involvement, alternative transportation.
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To encourage this shift, they issued a raft of incentives for forest conservation, such as tax breaks for non-timber forest products like rubber, palm hearts and nuts.
Maybe they, like the prime minister, should stick to matters which they understand, leaving hunting and conservation to those who understand it.
In another example of the conservation of finitude, the success of regional international institutions has actually encouraged separatist movements in places like Scotland, Northern Italy, Flanders and Quebec to press for more borders.
"Rathlin is a Special Area of Conservation, (SAC) and a Special Protection Area (SPA) and the RSPB would like the UK government not to license oil and gas exploration in these areas, as they are too important for wildlife, " he said.
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