Conservation
EU could retain fishing rights in UK waters after Brexit
LONDON — Chancellor Philip Hammond wants the UK to share its territorial waters with the European Union in order to gain leverage in negotiations on trade.<p>Hammond's plans are a direct contradiction of the environment secretary Michael Gove's plans for the UK to have sole control over its fishing …
BrexitPublic Lands for the People
Public lands are a symbol of a functioning, authentic democracy. The preservation of vast landscapes for shared public enjoyment is unique to very …
U.S. Dept. of the InteriorPastoralists, environmentalists clash over lease expansions
An argument between pastoralists and an environmental group has been sparked as the Western Australian Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage …
Australian NewsCameroon: Logging Companies 'Destroy' Habitat of Baka People
[Deutsche Welle] Foreign logging companies have allegedly destroyed a vast area of rainforest in Cameroon. One result is that Baka children are …
NigeriaNew Mexico Wants the Trump Administration to Keep Its National Monuments Intact
Democratic members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation on Monday issued a last-ditch plea to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to keep intact two …
New MexicoMeet the nation’s most endangered monuments
Sweeping wilderness vistas. Archaeological relics dating thousands of years. Undersea worlds of corals, anemones and rare marine species.Their fate …
DenverPatagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard releases TV ad on public lands | GrindTV.com
Patagonia has been around for nearly 45 years, but Sunday, August 20, marked the company’s very first television advertisement in its history of …
Bears Ears National MonumentTrump's Order Puts All National Monuments at Risk
The views expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the editorial opinion of The Christian Post or its editors.<p>Over 225,000 pro-life …
Ryan ZinkeInterior Secretary Zinke has turned his back on the American West
OPINION | The Trump administration is rolling back protections for native wildlife and keeping Westerners out of the loop.
Ryan ZinkeTemer’s rollback of Brazil’s environmental and indigenous protections threatens livelihoods and world’s climate goals
<i>Guest authors: Juliana Splendore, EDF climate change and indigenous issues consultant in Brazil, and Joelson Felix, Communications Officer of COIAB –</i> …
ClimateColombia faces challenge to build peace without sacrificing its famed biodiversity
Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world, as measured by species richness. But over the past half century it has also been home to …
Latin AmericaWe might lose Giant Sequoia National Monument this week
While Congress is on recess, Secretary of the Interior Ryan ZinkeRyan Keith ZinkeLawmakers push Interior to expand offshore drilling What veterans …
NatureTrump plan could open Giant Sequoia monument to logging
Posted by Jeff on Aug 21, 2017 @ 11:55 am in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: August 21, 2017<p>For the largest living things standing on the …
BackpackingZinke slated this week to advise Trump on fate of 21 national monuments | Miami Herald
The Trump administration this week is expected to release plans for potentially shrinking or revoking the status of 21 national monuments, setting …
Bears Ears National MonumentNo US president has ever revoked a national monument's status. Trump might be the first
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will recommend on Aug. 24 whether to eliminate or shrink nearly two dozen national monuments, creating the first …
Bears Ears National MonumentDay of doom for national monuments is approaching
Created by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, the Cascade-Siskiyou monument protects Oregon’s extraordinary biodiversity, from butterflies to trout. But a Trump review threatens to open the landscape to the timber industry<p>Dave Willis, a grizzled woodsmen and backcountry outfitter, has spent decades …
EnvironmentIn First-Ever TV Ad, Patagonia Targets Trump Administration
With just days to go before the federal government decides the fate of 21 national monuments, Patagonia is running its first-ever TV ad, spending …
Ryan ZinkeTrump review puts 5 California monuments at risk
Image 1of/5<p>Caption<p>Close<p>WASHINGTON — From the revered giant sequoias of the southern Sierra to the unbroken vistas of the Mojave Desert’s historic …
Ryan Zinke15.43% of land in Abu Dhabi a protected area
ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi has allocated 15.43 per cent of its land and 13.45 per cent of its marine areas as protected areas in the emirate, according to …
Abu DhabiZinke under fire from public lands advocates
As the Trump administration's review of national monument designations reaches a close, Interior Secretary Ryan ZinkeRyan Keith ZinkeLawmakers push …
Ryan ZinkeWho could imagine that a potato might be one of the most compelling reasons to validate and protect Utah’s two threatened national monuments?<p>A native …
University of UtahBirders and Naturalists Ponder the Fate of the Greater Sage Grouse
Evan Obercian says it is the highlight of his Colorado birding tours every spring, even though he has to wake his clients up before 5 a.m. to be in the sagebrush flats before the sun comes up. And there they wait in Mr. Obercian’s van, listening to strange whoops and popping sounds that float …
ScienceWhat Kind of Monuments Does President Trump Value?
He’s spoken in support of Confederate statues while threatening to undo as many as 40 conservation parks.<p>On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump announced his unequivocal support for preserving statues of Confederate generals and leaders, moving a step past his previous statements that the fate …
Bears Ears National MonumentConservation Pulse July 2017
The European Commission is taking Poland to the European Court of Justice because of increased logging in the Białowieża Forest in breach of EU …
EnvironmentalismPolitical animals
A federal appeals court has given gray wolves in the Great Lakes a reprieve. But the animals could still end up being delisted, either by the …
WildlifeA Week Away From His Deadline to 'Review' a Bunch of National Monuments He Hasn't Visited, Secretary Zinke Is On a Sexy Greek Vacation
Over the past several months, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has bumbled around the country in a cowboy hat conducting a review of 27 national …
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Arctic OceanThe feds should stop meddling with Colorado’s sage grouse
Regardless of partisanship and political persuasion, nearly everyone can agree that the Trump administration’s brief tenure has been an exercise in …
DenverBelize moratorium on offshore oil activity landmark step forward for marine conservation
<b>Belmopan, Belize, 18 August 2017–</b> The Belize government’s decision today to introduce critical legislation to establish a permanent moratorium on …
WildlifeShow Zinke you mean business
Hundreds of outdoor industry businesses have banded together to show that our public lands, and particularly the monuments in danger, are vital to …
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