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The Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (TREES) is an international training and continuing education unit of the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR). It was established on June 25, 1998. [2] and organizes training courses and study tours related to tropical ...
The RESTORE Act (the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act) is a United States federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 6, 2012. [1]
The main fields of research include marine sciences, biodiversity, sustainable management of tropical ecosystems, tropical health care and tourism. James Cook University receives over $23 million [ 9 ] in research funding annually, highlighting the importance of its ongoing research projects.
EcoLogic was established to fulfill a mandate voiced by indigenous and environmental leaders at the 1992 Earth Summit to reduce the destruction of significant tropical ecosystems by advancing economic development and self-determination among communities living in and around threatened habitats.
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI, Spanish: Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales) is located in Panama and is the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States. It is dedicated to understanding the past, present, and future of tropical ecosystems and their relevance to human welfare.
Brazil on Friday unveiled a proposal at the COP28 climate summit to set up a global fund to finance forest conservation that it hopes can raise $250 billion from sovereign wealth funds and other ...
Earthjustice's work is divided into three key goal areas: [8] The Wild – focus on cases in The Arctic to preserve the ecosystem from climate change and fossil fuel drilling; in the ocean ecosystem to protect from overfishing, pollution, and habitat loss; in the wild to preserve wild places and support biodiversity; and cases related to saving wildlife from extinction due to clear cutting ...
The fact that RSPO members are allowed to clear cut pristine forest areas, when there are large areas of grasslands available in Indonesia, [8] raises doubts about commitment to sustainability. [9] In 2013, the 11th annual RSPO meeting was crashed by palm oil workers and others, [ 10 ] and Indonesian and international labour-rights groups have ...