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Conservation Groups Request Endangered Species Protection for ...  -  19 Aug 2007
Bay Area Indymedia,SAN FRANCISCO– The Bay Institute, Center for Biological Diversity, and Natural Resources Defense Council today petitioned for state and federal endangered

Security fences prevent jaguars coming home  -  19 Aug 2007
New Zealand Herald,...species' recovery prospects in the northern part of its range," explains Michael Robinson, who monitors jaguars for the Centre for Biological Diversity.

Site offers glimpse of underwater world  -  19 Aug 2007
Connecticut Post,...along with marine mammals, sea birds and sea turtles. "Most people have no idea that the biological diversity is so high," the UConn professor said.

OPEN SEASON: BioReserve a winner for planet, sportsmen  -  19 Aug 2007
SouthCoastToday.com,The BioReserve is a 13600-acre area of open space in Dartmouth, Freetown and Fall River that safeguards water quality and biological diversity,

Conservation Group Petitions Seven Coastal States to Address Ocean ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
E-Wire (press release),16 -/E-Wire/-- Today the Center for Biological Diversity officially requested seven coastal states to declare ocean waters under their jurisdiction impaired

Bush seeks to expand hunting  -  Aug 17, 2007
Meadow Free Press,..."I would have expected some executive leadership on things like global warming and conservation of all biological diversity." Republican Mitt Romney said he

Conservation Groups Offer Reward for Killer of Endangered Oregon Wolf  -  Aug 16, 2007
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),...“Wolves are an integral part of the web of life in the American West,� said Noah Greenwald, conservation biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity.

NJ ocean water should be declared "impaired"  -  Aug 16, 2007
Asbury Park Press,Seawater becomes more acidic after absorbing carbon dioxide generated by humans, according to the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity.

A nature park for the people  -  Aug 1, 2007
Trinidad & Tobago Express,The nature park would have the space for conservation of certain aspects of our biological diversity that would not be possible at the present site of the

Retail Development Challenged In Court For Not Addressing GHG ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
Environmental Leader,The Center for Biological Diversity says that it filed suit challenging the city of Perris’s approval of the Perris Marketplace, a 520000-square-foot,

Bush Seeks to Expand Hunt Opportunities  -  Aug 17, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,..."I would have expected some executive leadership on things like global warming and conservation of all biological diversity." In the 2008 presidential race,

Agent Green  -  Aug 14, 2007
AMERICAN.COM,The Center for Biological Diversity promotes an extremist ideology that would sacrifice human needs to the needs of other species, plant as well as animal.

Environmental groups seek protection for another delta fish  -  Aug 8, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,The Bay Institute, Center for Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Defense Council filed the requests with state and federal wildlife agencies.

Feds Initiate Reform of Mismanaged Mexican Wolf Recovery Program ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),..."The Center for Biological Diversity applauds the Fish and Wildlife Service for taking a hard and honest looking at rules limiting the recovery of the

Open Thread - Bambi, Thumper........  -  Aug 18, 2007
ePluribus Media..."I would have expected some executive leadership on things like global warming and conservation of all biological diversity." Bush's order mostly affects

Court further delays Alaska offshore drilling  -  Aug 16, 2007
MSNBCPetitioners, including the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission and the Center for Biological Diversity, have "raised serious questions and demonstrated that

Court Halts Shell Oil Exploration in Beaufort Sea  -  Aug 16, 2007
Environment News ServiceThe plaintiff groups are the Alaska Wilderness League, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Pacific Environment, Center for Biological Diversity,

REGIONAL: ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ASK FOR PROTECTION OF LONGFIN SMELT  -  Aug 8, 2007
CBS 5,The Bay Institute, Center for Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Defense Council simultaneously asked the US Fish and Wildlife Service to list the

Group petitions states to add oceans to list of 'impaired' waterways  -  Aug 16, 2007
Juneau Empire (subscription),The Center for Biological Diversity, based in San Francisco, requested that Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii list the Pacific Ocean as impaired under

Protection, habitat sought for jaguars  -  Aug 3, 2007
Arizona Republic,...it did not initiate recovery planning or designate critical habitat, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, which filed the suit in Tucson.

Two Storms Kick Atlantic Hurricane Season Up a Notch  -  Aug 17, 2007
Environment News ServiceOregon Wild and the Center for Biological Diversity Thursday offered a $4000 reward to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest and

Endangered Species Act the saving grace for many animals  -  Aug 7, 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,Will Hodges is a biodiversity advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, dedicated to protecting endangered species and wild places.

World must save them from extinction threat  -  Aug 8, 2007
Ceylon Daily News,Indigenous peoples often inhabit many of our planet’s areas of highest biological diversity. Not only animal and plant species, but also many indigenous

Ethiopia: International Day Brings Recognition of Indigenous ...  -  Aug 12, 2007
AllAfrica.com,According to a recent report from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), several indigenous communities in Alaska are actively

Group presses for critical habitat in US for jaguars  -  Aug 4, 2007
Sierra Vista Herald,Although potentially suitable habitat has been identified by Arizona Game and Fish and the Center for Biological Diversity, further studies would need to be

Canadian firm wins travel contract with UN  -  Jul 24, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),It is the first global agreement to cover all aspects of biological diversity: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its

Conservation Groups Sue US Forest Service  -  Jul 27, 2007
Associated Content,..."The Forest Service keeps digging itself further into a hole," said Marc Fink, attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the organizations

Linguistic diversity, a hallmark of civilisation  -  Aug 7, 2007
Belfast Telegraph,...ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation and political belief, and forms a parallel to contemporary concerns for biological diversity.

Caught in the crossfire  -  Aug 13, 2007
NDTV.com,The Biological Diversity Act 2002 - It drew flak from all quarters for ignoring the role of local communities in harnessing traditional knowledge.

Senate Cap and Trade Climate Bill Floated for Comment  -  Aug 3, 2007
Environment News ServicePHOENIX, Arizona, August 3, 2007 (ENS) - The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit in federal district court in Phoenix Thursday to compel the US Fish

Conservationists Seek to Block Forest Service’s Resurrection of ...  -  Jul 26, 2007
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),...“The Forest Service keeps digging itself further into a hole,� said Marc Fink, attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, a plaintiff in the suit.

Fort briefs city on biological opinion  -  Jul 31, 2007
Sierra Vista Herald,This positive determination might reduce the odds that the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity will litigate against the fort, Sturgeon said.

Shell Oil Can't Drill This Year in Beaufort Sea, Court Rules  -  Aug 16, 2007
YubaNet,...we need to protect their critical habitat, not turn it into a polluted industrial zone," said Brendan Cummings of the Center for Biological Diversity.

Conservation Groups Call on Arizona to Require Lead-free ...  -  Aug 1, 2007
E-Wire (press release),1 -/E-Wire/-- The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, and Arizona Zoological Society today requested that the

States Petitioned on Ocean Acidification  -  Aug 17, 2007
Central Florida News 13|,The Center for Biological Diversity, based in San Francisco, requested that Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii list the Pacific Ocean as impaired under

Endangered Species Protection Requested For Another Disappearing ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
YubaNet,The Bay Institute, Center for Biological Diversity, and Natural Resources Defense Council today petitioned for state and federal endangered species

Group petitions 7 states to curb ocean acidification  -  Aug 16, 2007
KTUU,Act. The San Francisco-based Center for Biological Diversity says carbon dioxide emissions are affecting the acidity of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Wal-Mart Challenged in Court: New Supercenter Fails to Evaluate ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit Thursday challenging the city of Perris’s approval of the Perris Marketplace, a sprawling, 520000-square-foot

One for the people  -  Aug 7, 2007
Monterey County Herald,And considering who is backing the lead ban, such as the Center for Biological Diversity, it is easy to see that this is not really about saving the condor.

Muskingum River Receives High Marks  -  Aug 6, 2007
WTAP-TV,Officials say the results reveal a high level of biological diversity and show the river is meeting the goals of the Federal Clean Water Act.

Thermus Aquaticus  -  Aug 17, 2007
Wyoming Tribune,According to a case study submitted to the Convention on Biological Diversity, before 1995 permit language stated that materials collected could not be

Study challenges numbers and Fort Huachuca's impact  -  Aug 4, 2007
Sierra Vista Herald,Silver is chairman of the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity. Garrison Commander Col. Melissa Sturgeon said “the fort stands by its economic

Fence cut and four-wheelers drive on property  -  Aug 18, 2007
Cortez Journal,Volunteers and organizers say all those steps were taken to preserve the cultural sites, the historic sites and the biological diversity found at the

Group seeks protection for jaguar  -  Aug 3, 2007
Tucson Citizen,The Center for Biological Diversity sued the US Fish and Wildlife Service to force the agency that oversees endangered species in the US to declare habitat

Group sues for better jaguar protection  -  Aug 3, 2007
KOB.com,The Center for Biological Diversity made the demand in a federal lawsuit it filed yesterday in Tucson, Arizona. Critical habitat designation means naming

Conservation group sues to get better protection for jaguars  -  Aug 2, 2007
KOLD-TV,The Center for Biological Diversity claims that although the government listed the jaguar as an endangered species in 1997, it did not initiate recovery

MESSAGE FROM MR KOïCHIRO MATSUURA, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO ON ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
UNESCO Moscow Office (press release),...inextricable links between culture and nature, clearly resonate with UNESCO’s efforts to protect and promote cultural as well as biological diversity.

Oil drilling off Alaska: Cheney's ill-advised crusade  -  Aug 9, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,On July 2, the day the program went into effect, the Center for Biological Diversity filed suit over the failure to adequately consider greenhouse gas

Agency weighs use of longline fishing that could snag sea turtles  -  Aug 9, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Four environmental groups - the Turtle Island Restoration Network, Center for Biological Diversity, Ocean Conservancy and Oceana - oppose the permit,

Garden Calendar  -  Aug 18, 2007
Contra Costa Times,A relaxed gourmet gardening event acknowledging the importance of sustainable garden practices and the necessity to conserve Earth's biological diversity.

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