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Prince Albert II of Monaco Receives ICCF Teddy Roosevelt® International Conservation Award On October 20th 2009, Prince Albert II of Monaco received the
ICCF Teddy Roosevelt® International Conservation Award in a formal
ceremony on Capitol Hill in recognition of his innovative leadership
in conservation polices. The Award recognized his great personal
commitment to good natural resource management, particularly in
biodiversity and water conservation, and his leadership in focusing
other world leaders on these important causes. The Award was
presented to the Prince by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Honorable Nancy Pelosi. The ceremony was
attended by a cross-section of leaders from the corporate,
government and non-profit communities and included numerous
diplomats, Members of Congress and celebrities.
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September 29th, 2009-- The
International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF) hosted a Congo
Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) U.S. Leadership Summit and CBFP
Partner Forum in Washington, DC.
The
Summit and Partner Forum recognized the United
States Congress and State Department leadership in launching the
CBFP in 2002, celebrated and honored the CBFP host and partner
nations, and laid future plans for the next phase of the CBFP. The
event included a Congressional Hearing and Congressional Reception, as
well as a CBFP Partner Forum comprising two roundtables: a CBFP
Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation Roundtable and a CBFP “Climate
Talks” Roundtable.
The gathering presented the leadership of the
U.S. House and U.S. Senate International Conservation Caucuses (ICC)
the opportunity to review the status of the U.S. role in the CBFP
and reflect upon the American commitment for the years ahead.
Designed to further facilitate the gathering of CBFP partner leaders
in a Forum to continue dialogue among themselves concerning the
status of the CBFP and to discuss upcoming “climate talks” to take
place in Copenhagen later this year.
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2009 ICCF Partners in Conservation

The ICCF Partners in Conservation portfolio is a compendium of projects put forth by our Conservation Council members as
examples of the best international conservation work conducted in
partnership. Most reflect the strength of unions forged between public and
private sectors – U.S. and foreign governments,
corporations, and non-governmental
organizations.
 The ICCF Partners in Conservation portfolio is being
distributed widely as an educational tool for International
Conservation Caucus (ICC) Members and other Members
of Congress, Administration personnel, foreign government
officials, and a variety of leaders who have the ability
to contribute to our base of support for international
conservation policy initiatives. Click on the cover image at right to view a PDF
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