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p>Three leading global environmental and conservation organizations are honoring Indonesia’s President H.E. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with the first-ever “Valuing Nature Award” for his leadership in recognizing the importance of natural resources and working to conserve them.
This paper originally appeared on the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group website. The full text of the paper is available here.
Experts and innovators meet to chart the future of ecosystem conservation
Current use valuation programs can encourage landowners to resist development pressures and leave forest as forest.
A new WRI report explores what makes public ballot measures successful and how they can help conserve forests in the U.S. South.
Two new leaders, Nigel Sizer and Robert Winterbottom, added to roster
“Reefs at Risk Revisited” report presents comprehensive analysis of threats to coral reefs
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“Reefs at Risk Revisited” report presents comprehensive analysis of threats to coral reefs
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia
- Bahamas
- belize
- Bermuda
- biodiversity
- caribbean
- Climate Change
- Coral Reefs
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- economic valuation
- ecosystem services
- Europe
- fisheries
- greenhouse gases
- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- malaysia
- Mexico
- Middle East
- natural resources
- New Zealand
- north america
- oceans
- panama
- People &amp; Ecosystems
- Philippines
- protected areas
- puerto rico
- Reefs at Risk
- south africa
- south america
- southeast asia
- sri lanka
- sustainable development
- tanzania
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States
- us policy
- Water
It’s time to raise awareness of the variety of incentives that can help forest owners in the southern U.S. keep their land.
As a result of rapid development over the last 40 years, the vast majority of land in the southern U.S. has been in some way impacted by humans. Today, only a small amount of land remains in a relatively natural, or “wild”, state.
