SCB Policy Program
The mission of the policy program is to leverage the research and scientific expertise of the Society’s members to ensure that critical knowledge relating to the conservation of biological diversity is used by decision makers when shaping policies that affect the planet’s biodiversity.
December 4, 2012
SCB Recommends Conservation Measures to Protect Right Whales as U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Develops
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November 27, 2012
Final Critical Habitat for Northern Spotted Owl Announced
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October 26, 2012
SCB Recommends Improvements in the Procedures Used to Conduct Economic Analyses of Critical Habitat
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October 19, 2012
SCB Calls for Additional Critical Habitat to Recover Jaguars Within the United States
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October 16, 2012
SCB Recommends Changes to EPA’s Endangered Species Risk Assessment Process for Pesticide Exposure
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August 20, 2012
SCB Recommends Steps to Restore Thick-billed Parrot to its Historic Range in the United States
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August 16, 2012
SCB Comments on the First IPBES Plenary Meeting
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July 19, 2012
Religion and Conservation Biology Working Group Policy Position on the Release of Captive Wildlife
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July 12, 2012
SCB Offers Recommendations to Improve Voluntary Conservation Efforts for Endangered Species
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July 5, 2012
SCB Urges FWS to Designate Maximum Amount of Critical Habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl
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November 21, 2012 New Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Gap. The United Nations Environment Programme’s 2012 Emissions Gap Report finds that GHG emissions have increased 20% since the year 2000, and that total GHG emissions will be 58 gigatons of CO2 equivalent by 2020. Greenhouse gases will need to be reduced by at least 8 gigatons of CO2 equivalent by 2020 in order to meet international agreement to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius this century. Learn more about the UNEP Emissions Gap program HERE
October 20, 2012 Agreement Reached to Double Financial Support for Conservation at Convention for Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties. Today, in Hyderbad, India, member nations today agreed to raise conservation funding to $10 billion by 2015 to support biodiversity protection efforts in the developing world. Read the press release HERE HERE
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