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After reviewing the policy page and resources, one of the most effective ways you can bring science to policymakers is to establish relationships with your government officials wherever you are.
In the U.S., for example, citizens can get to know their Senators, Members of Congress and agency officials working on issues they care about most. Under "Policy Tools and Guidelines for SCB Members" on the navigation bar to the left, we have web sites for offices and research reports to help guide you through the international and U.S. federal policy ecosystems. U.S. SCB members may also want to call the Capitol Operator at 202-225-3121, and ask to be connected to the offices of your House Members and Senators and Committees of interest. |
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Issues and Articles
- SCB-North America to Congress: Include Ban on Imports of Stolen Timber in the Final Farm Bill
- Aquatic Nuisance Legislative Update -- February 12, 2008 (word doc)
- Natural Resources to Vote on H.R. 1497 to Provide Equal Protection From Timber Poachers For Foreign For Forests
- The Energy Bill is scheduled to be completed this fall -- SCB Members can contact their Senators and Members of Congress by calling 202-224-3121 to ask what they are doing about the negotiations on the energy bill
- Environmental, Social, Governance Factors Grow in Depth and Importance for Maintstream Investors — from Greenhouse Gases to Suspect Sourcing -- Wall Street Journal
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NYT EDITORIAL; Where's That Energy Bill?
- Gore turns to Silicon Valley in Green Fight
- White House Withholds CDC Testimony on Human Health Impact of Climate Change
- Think tank outlines policy that can benefit low-income families, federal budget from E&ETV
- Omnibus Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation: A Side-by-Side Comparison(200kb pdf)
- Climate Change News from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute
- CRS Report for Congress: Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol and International Actions
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released the following reports, correspondence and testimony: Agencies Should Develop Guidance for Addressing the Effects on Federal Land and Water Resources. GAO-07-863, August 7 (Highlights)
For the full report, click here (5mb pdf)
- A speech by leading Federal Climate Scientist Jim Hansen proposing a that all Presidential Candidates endorse a "Declaration of Stewardship"
- Fifteen Chairmen Urge the President to Stop Efforts to Weaken the G-8 Declaration Regarding Global Climate Change
- Committee Examines Political Interference with Climate Science
- Controlling the Importation of Illegally Harvested Plants and Wood Products
Listed below is the Senate bill introduced by Senator Wyden and supporting documents from civil society and industry. SCB Members may want to review the materials and consider what they and their sections would like to do about the issue. It may be considered in the U.S. Congress this Fall.
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On March 12, 2007, Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Wexler (D-FL), and Jerry Weller (R-IL) intorduced "The Legal Timber Protection Act, H.R. 1497." "It has gained several additional co-sponsors, been endorsed by major environmental organizations, and is being studied closely by timber industry federations in dialogue with the bill’s supporters." -- from an article by the Forest Stewardship Council.
- APPROPRIATIONS: House OKs Interior bill after dropping Democratic policy amendments
- SCB'S FIELD WORK IN THE POLICY ECOSYSTEM (March 2007)
- Policy Priority and Strategic Plan (January 2007)
- Elements of Conservation Law (January 2007)
Other Items of Interest
IUCN invites proposals for consideration at its World Conservation Congress
SCB is an institutional member of IUCN and is therefore entitled to submit proposals for consideration at their world conservation congress. SCB Members may want to review the following website and develop and suggest such proposals to the Policy Director and to their section presidents and other leaders. -- www.iucn.org/congress .
House Natural Resources Committee, Full Committee Oversight Hearing
SCB Members may want to follow the upcoming hearings of the House Natural Resources Committee on its web site.
Further hearings will follow later this spring that will be focused more heavily on conservation biology and related issues. For a list of those hearings see the web site below.
John Fitzgerald, Policy Director, SCB
Hearings - http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/hearings/
News Update on US Federal Policy and SCB - Feburary 2007
United Nations Finance Initiatives to Enhance Conservation Biology
New Chairmen for U.S. House International Relations and
Senate Foreign Relations Committees
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