Word: partnerships
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is what Cronin, appointed Hudson Riverkeeper in 1983, does for a living. He and his friend and chief prosecuting attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr.--two serious and good-humored men in their late 40s who look like kids, think like politicians and talk like poets--have formed a partnership based on vigilance and the law. With the help of students from the Environmental Litigation Clinic at the Pace University School of Law, Cronin and Kennedy have brought more than 150 legal actions against the river's polluters. Their most important case to date led to the 1997 watershed agreement...
Africa, in fact, is awash with ecotourist ventures. In Zimbabwe a partnership has blossomed between the government and local communities to conserve the natural environment and manage wildlife resources as a way to attract tourist dollars. In South Africa the Conservation Corp., set up in 1991, has grown into Africa's largest ecotourism group, with 2,500 employees and $40 million in capitalization...
...private sector are aiming to put the travel industry in the big leagues. The government, which has underfunded tourism promotion and infrastructure in the past two years, has identified the sector as key to helping boost employment, support rural communities and conserve the environment. A government-business partnership, set up in late 1998, is injecting some $25 million into marketing, with the aim of 20% annual growth in international tourism. The government's streamlined tourist board--SA Tourism, or SATOUR--will focus on countries such as the U.S., Britain, Germany, France and Italy, each of which already provides more than...
...moral issues rather than just rote learning of names and dates. The colorful, visible aspects may look simplistic, but the subtle and more thoughtful work of character education can make all the difference. I'm sorry you missed the story. ESTHER F. SCHAEFFER Executive Director and CEO Character Education Partnership Washington
...last meeting of the semester, Seton and Redmond both said they had reconciled their differences and their partnership had proved effective...