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.

March 8, 2012

SCB Comments on Problematic Policy Interpretation on “Significant Portion of Its Range”

February 29, 2012

SCB Asks the President of Brazil to Veto Forest Code Amendments

February 13, 2012

Budget Request for Endangered Wildlife Not Keeping Pace With Need

January 13, 2012

SCB-Led Workshop Produces Ten Recommendations for Improving Bio-Security

January 13, 2012

SCB to Interior: “Enhance Wolf Protection Through Natural Dispersal Not Translocation.”

January 12, 2012

SCB Proposes Win-Win Solutions for More Open Access to Publications and Data

December 27, 2011

SCB Europe Supports Efforts to Protect Bialowieza Forest

December 1, 2011

SCB Calls for Stricter Measures to Protect Forests From Invasive Pests and Pathogens

November 10, 2011

SCB to Continue Scrutiny of Tar Sands, Pipelines as Keystone XL Decision is Delayed

July 25, 2011

Scientific Societies Oppose Efforts to Cut Endangered Species Act Funding

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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 and the Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary of the entire conference HERE.

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The policy program is generously supported by grants from the Wilburforce Foundation and the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation. We extend our deepest thanks for their continuing support.

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