International Conservation & Development

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“Consumers shouldn’t have to choose between tigers and toilet paper,” said Linda Kramme, Forest Program Manager of WWF. “Paseo is currently the fastest growing brand of toilet paper in the US, but as long as it costs the lives of tigers and other endangered species, consumers should look for other options, such as paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).” Read the WWF press release

One of the major issues being considered here at COP17 is adaptation.

Stabinsky said: "African governments see money; and the picture that the World Bank is painting is a very worthy one. The more land you have, the more soil carbon you can sell. And there is so much land tenure based on customary tenure in Africa; lots of people don't have private title of their land. "So if you really can create the need for a verifiable commodity [in carbon], there may be a reason for governments to go in and claim that land. And the government can do it if they want," she said.

The most prevalent threats to reef ecosystems in Kenya are over-fishing, pollution and climate change. Kenya is one of four African nations with marine protected areas (MPAs) that exclude fishing within protected area boundaries. However, management plans for marine protected areas in Kenya lack measures to respond to threats emanating from outside of the MPA boundaries. Jennifer was hired to develop a new management system that offers strategies for adapting management objectives to respond to both internal and extern

The EIA takes big risks because illegal logging decimates the world’s forests, releases massive carbon dioxide reserves, and destroys the lives of animals and communities. Switzer Fellow Andrea Johnson takes us inside EIA’s successful work with forests and international legislation and shares the powerful role consumers play in global forest conservation.

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