Galápagos National Park
Since 1959 the Galápagos National Park has provided protection to the diverse and unique ecosystems of the Galápagos Islands.
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Debt-for-Nature Swap between the US and Guatemala
The United States and Guatemala agree to a debt-for-nature swap worth $24.4 million. The developing Central American country agreed to invest the savings to conservation work over the next 15 years.
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Establishment of the US National Park Service
On 25 August 1916 the US Congress established the National Park Service (NPS) which functions to manage National Parks throughout the nation.
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CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act)
CERCLA gives the EPA the authority to intervene in order to clean up sites that are or could be potentially hazardous to the environment or public.
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"Wildlife Conservation, Food Production and 'Development': Can They be Integrated? Ecological Agriculture and Elephant Conservation in Africa"
Marthe Kiley-Worthington discusses integration of wildlife conservation, food production and development in relation to ecological agriculture and elephant conservation in Africa.
"Conservation and Individual Worth"
Gill Aitken discusses conservation in relation to individual worth.
"Beauty and the Bees: Editorial"
John O’Neill discusses the problems in conservation policy based upon the identification of ecological value with a particular conception of beauty and wilderness.
Flight Maps: Adventures With Nature In Modern America
In five sharply drawn chapters, Flight Maps charts the ways in which Americans have historically made connections—and missed connections—with nature.
Wild Earth 2, no. 3
Wild Earth 2, no. 3 about the Endangered Species Act, saving the Lynx, bioregionalism, and America’s last woodland caribou.
Wild Earth 1, no. 2
Wild Earth 1, no. 2, with the issue theme “The New Conservation Movement,” on reforming the Sierra Club, grizzly hunting in Montana, and an Ancient Forest Reserve proposal for the Mendocino National Forest.