The agreement calls for Home Depot to fund the planting of thousands of trees on nearly 130 acres across metro Atlanta to offset the carbon emissions as part of The
Conservation Fund's Go Zero program.
McQueen, Mike and Edward McMahon Land Conservation Financing The
Conservation Fund Washington D.C: Island Press, 2003.
Rhinoceros and Tiger
Conservation Fund Rhinos and tigers are among the most charismatic and endangered species on earth.
INTERNATIONAL PAPER, Stamford, Connecticut, USA and The
Conservation Fund, Arlington, Virginia have recognized Alan Hutchinson, executive director of the Forest Society of Maine, and Mike Town, a Washington state high school science teacher, for their unique appreciation of the environment and their outstanding efforts to protect natural resources through leadership in conservation and education.
THE WORLD Bank has launched an energy
conservation fund for Bulgaria, that is expected to spend US$200 on taming the country's notoriously profligate electricity consumers over 15 years.
It said it will donate all of its 16,000 acres in the area to the Virginia-based
Conservation Fund, after which the land will be protected from both mining and development.
"We have to help local people solve their own problems first," says Vance Martin, president of the U.S.-based WILD Foundation, which works with the Cheetah
Conservation Fund and other African groups to protect wildlands and endangered animals.
"Kyoto gets to the heart of consumption issues, because it encourages the development of clean societies and recognizes that the developed world is in the best position to do something to reverse the effects of climate change," says Don Henry, executive director of the Australian
Conservation Fund. "We need global action on climate change now." A resolution calling for Kyoto ratification was finally issued, but it's unlikely to have much effect on a recalcitrant U.S.--the most significant holdout.
will re-schedule a portion of the Philippines' debt, with the saved money to be put into a Tropical Forest
Conservation Fund and administered jointly by representatives of both countries.
Disney Cruise Line has joined the Walt Disney World Resort in its efforts to study and protect marine life through the Disney Wildlife
Conservation Fund, a global awards program.
The award, administered by The
Conservation Fund, focuses on innovative, nonregulatory approaches to improving and maintaining water quality within a watershed.
"She has written lucidly and persuasively about wilderness, national monuments, energy policy, the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, offroad vehicle traffic in national parks, and the future of our national forests," said Wilderness Society president William H.