SCB Policy Program
The mission of the policy program is to leverage the research and scientific expertise of the Society’s members to ensure that critical knowledge relating to the conservation of biological diversity is used by decision makers when shaping policies that affect the planet’s biodiversity.
April 15, 2017
SCB Global Endorses the March for Science
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June 21, 2016
Prayer Animal Release Can Embody Conservation Principles: A Call to Action
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May 21, 2016
SCB’s 2016 LaRoe awardee Barbara Taylor fights to save the vaquita from extinction
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April 4, 2016
Court agrees with SCB that decision to not list wolverine was poorly grounded in science
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February 26, 2016
SCB European Section Scientists Express Concern Over Proposed Logging Expansion in Białowieża Forest
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December 2, 2015
North America Section Joins AAAS to Protest Congressional Climate Science Inquiry
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December 2, 2015
Oceania Section Opposes Amendment that Seeks to Block Challenges to Environmental Approvals
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October 27, 2015
Scientists call for strengthening the EU legal Framework for nature conservation
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September 22, 2015
Smith Fellows/SCBNA statement on danger of microbeads helps in passage of law banning their use
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July 22, 2015
SCB comments on proposed Endangered Species Act listing rules
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December 18, 2014
Citing Health Risks, Cuomo Bans Fracking in New York State . New York Governor Andrew Cuomo banned hydraulic fracturing in his state, citing the known risks to human health, as well as other risks not yet fully understood. Similar to previous SCB calls for temporary and site-specific fracking moratoria, this ban relies on the precautionary principle. A list of research priorities on the biodiversity impacts of fracking, developed by SCB Smith Fellows, can be found here .
December 12, 2014
Alberta to rewrite oil sands tailings ponds regulations. The Alberta government is working on new regulations for tailings ponds, the storage ponds used to separate residual oil, clay, and sand from water used in the oil extraction process. These toxic ponds threaten migratory birds and pose other environmental cleanup challenges. The effect of tailings ponds on birds can be added to the list of cumulative impacts of oil sands development described by SCB members in Nature last June.
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