His latest venture announced on Saturday is a partnership between his Yao Foundation and Rare, a U.S.-based non-profit group that promotes conservation.
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Dr. William W. Fox, Jr. is currently Vice President of Fisheries at World Wildlife Fund, a non-profit charity dedicated to global conservation through science-based solutions.
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The government has proposed a mix of conservation, natural gas and non-hydro renewables to replace Barseback's power. (Large-scale hydro development was ruled out in the 1970s for environmental reasons.) None meets Sydkraft's criteria.
The newly extended enhanced incentive allows a non-farmer donor to use a conservation donation deduction to wipe out 50% of his gross income in any year, up from the normal 30% that is a permanent part of the law.
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Debi Goenka, executive trustee of Conservation Action Trust, an environmental non-profit dubbed it as "an expensive non-solution" that will lead to increased congestion in South Mumbai and choke the city's roads further.
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.
"For the 35 years since I founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, I have strived to act non-violently and within the boundaries of the law, " Watson said.
Applicants must be nominated by Member States, in consultation with their National Commissions, or by international non-governmental organisations maintaining official relations with UNESCO, and whose work involves the preservation and conservation of documentary heritage.
The conservation group says the problem is responsible for pollution, shrinkage of coastal wetlands and the tapping of non-renewable groundwater in some regions.
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Matthew Evans is an 18-year old who had the vision to create a non-profit called Discover Green, which is based in Pflugerville, Texas, raises awareness around energy and water conservation, and constructs sustainable landscape models throughout the community.
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