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DIED. LAURANCE ROCKEFELLER, 94, one of five grandsons of oil baron John D. Rockefeller, who made his mark as a philanthropist, venture capitalist and conservationist; in New York City. Among his prominent siblings, he was a reserved visionary; a pioneer in the new field of venture capitalism, who helped Captain Eddie Rickenbacker start Eastern Airlines; and a lover of the outdoors, who helped establish or enlarge national parks from New York to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. "We feel," he once said of his philanthropic clan, "you must give with the heart as well as the head...
...York City-based advertising agency that created the campaign for free. The charge: false claims by WildAid have caused their sales of shark dishes to drop by 50%. Last week in court, David Lau, secretary-general of the association, personally cross-examined Galster, alleging that the American conservationist had staged videos and faked photos of dying sharks. To TIME, he also claimed that Galster must have doctored the samples he sent to the lab to test for mercury (all of which Galster denies). Later, outside the courtroom, Lau seethed: "Foreigners shouldn't be allowed to come to Thailand...
...recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Medal, Sir David Attenborough will give the Roger Tory Peterson Memorial Lecture, “Bird Artists and Artist Birds: Plumes and Bowers in New Guinea” Sunday, which focuses on his work in natural history. He is a conservationist, natural history filmmaker, and host of the popular BBC series, “The Life of Birds.” The series documented some of the world’s rarest birds and involved 256,000 miles of travel – 10 times around the earth. Tickets free but required in advance...
...Horrified liberals would have to claw each benefit back from the tightfisted Governor. But at election time, Dean marginalized Republicans by appealing to socially liberal groups like environmentalists. "Every year, as the first thing in his budget, [Dean] put $10 million aside for conservation," says Don Hooper, a Vermont conservationist...
...world is starting to look a bit safer for whales. While the largest inhabitants of the cetacean nation mind their own business in the oceans' depths, their human supporters are hailing the International Whaling Commission's shift toward a solidly conservationist agenda. At a Berlin conference last week, the IWC - once a bastion of an industry now worth only about $50 million (compared to whale-related tourism's estimated $1.5 billion) - agreed for the first time to establish a conservation committee. Its task: to advise the IWC on potential threats to marine mammals from pollution, sonar gear, ships, global warming...