Word: conservationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In a speech entitled "Foragers, Farmers and Rainforest Conservation," David Wilkes said 1986 plans to create a 1.25 million hectacre "biosphere reserve" have been stalled by a lack of political willingness and financial support. As a result, the rainforest and the species that inhabit it are in danger of extinction...
Among those African nations whose herds have been hardest hit are Tanzania and Kenya. They lead the call for a worldwide ban, and are joined by conservation groups, including the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation International. They argue that it will take decades for elephant herds to begin to...
The drive, culminating conservation efforts begun two years ago by a K-School staff member, marks the first permanent, school-wide recycling effort at Harvard.
The recycling effort stems from work begun in 1987 by Katie Smith, a K-School research assistant, who in turn galvanized student support for environmental conservation.
"There's nothing simple about trying to replicate nature," says Jim Webb, regional director of the Wilderness Society, "but it has to be done." Florida's research shows that high levels of phosphates and nitrates from farm runoff have transformed more than 20,000 acres of Everglades saw grass into...