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Monday, 31 October 2011 |
- For the first time in its history, Coca-Cola is changing its red cans to white to draw attention to threats faced by Arctic polar bears, raise funds to support World Wildlife Fund's conservation efforts to protect them, and to engage people to support them in this initiative.
- Coca-Cola is donating $2 million to WWF's Arctic conservation program, and will match all consumer donations up to a total of $1 million.
- The initiative,"Arctic Home," builds upon the organizations' global partnership to conserve priority river basins around the world and integrate sustainability into the company's operations worldwide.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011 |
- Just as today's sovereign debt crisis is threatening to derail the global economy, a global natural debt crisis caused by systematic over-borrowing from the planet's "natural capital" and asset base is looming that could be drastically more damaging.
- Current mismanagement of natural assets is costing the global economy today around $6.6 trillion a year—the equivalent of 11% of global gross domestic product.
- Forward-thinking corporations such as Coca-Cola, The Dow Chemical Company, and others are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to forge solutions to the accelerating "natural debt" crisis.
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Friday, 09 September 2011 |
- Abercrombie & Kent, a luxury travel company operating in more than 100 countries, received the 2011 Conde Nast Traveler World Savers Award for its dedication to benefitting the local habitats and communities that it works in.
- Abercrombie & Kent works with its travelers and grassroots projects to preserve natural habitats, protect wildlife and support indigenous peoples.
- Its 2011 community projects have a heavy focus on poverty alleviation and community development, as well as conservation efforts to protect elephant populations in Botswana, support for the beekeeping industry and bee ecosystems in Tanzania, and responsible management of forest resources in India.
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Thursday, 01 September 2011 |
- The Presidents of the Republics of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe signed a Treaty which formally and legally establishes the 404,000 square kilometer Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA).
- They aim to ensure that the natural resources they share across their international boundaries are conserved and managed prudently for present and future generations within the context of sustainable development.
- The treaty creates an international organization with specific legal authorities to govern the TFCA and ensure the goals of the treaty are realized.
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011 |
- Thai think tank has proposed that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issue "forest bonds" to raise funds for managing the country's natural assets.
- Projects for natural resource management, such as renewable energy facilities and forest restoration, will increase the natural wealth of the nation and can provide commercial profits to investors.
- A mechanism to protect forest reserves will reduce capital loss due to flash floods, landslides, and displaced eco-tourism businesses.
- This program would help reduce government expenditures made to compensate victims of natural disasters.
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Thursday, 11 August 2011 |
- Safari Club International Foundation asserted that the U.S. support for international conservation projects is necessary for the continued growth of wildlife populations and stability of rural economies throughout many nations of Africa and Asia.
- Natural resource programs formed by public and private partnerships utilize wildlife so that it remains a sustainable resource for their community.
- International hunting by 18,500 hunters generates $200 million USD annually in remote rural areas of Africa in 23 countries. Private hunting operations conserve wildlife on 540,000 square miles, which is 22% more land mass than is found in all the national parks of Africa.
- Creating an incentive to coexist with wildlife has been a central reason why so many populations of species are now a thriving investment in our biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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Tuesday, 09 August 2011 |
- Underpinning the U.S. economy is one of the greatest supplies of natural capital in the world.
- Given the impact that factors such as the health of our fisheries and agricultural output have on the overall U.S. economy, these assets and their value should be tracked along with other economic indices.
- The White House's report describes the tremendous job opportunities for the U.S. in managing and optimizing its natural assets.
- If we use data to guide our conservation investments, we could get a much higher return on investment in our biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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Tuesday, 02 August 2011 |
- The Vodacom Foundation is supporting the Serengeti Wild Dogs Conservation Project, an excellent example of corporate-backed public-private partnerships at work.
- They are collaborating with the government and Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute to bring wild dogs, which have been nearly extinct since 1993, back to the Serengeti.
- Wild dogs are an important part of the vibrant Serengeti ecotourism landscape. Monitoring their behavior and education programs will create new jobs in Tanzania.
- The Serengeti Wild Dogs Conservation Project is part of Vodacom's larger ethos of empowering and improving the communities in which it does business.
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