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.
SCB Policy News
December 22, 2019
SCB Opposes Construction of Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea
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December 18, 2019
The Kuala Lumpur 2019 Declaration
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August 23, 2019
SCBNA Supports Wildlife Corridor Connectivity Act
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December 6, 2018
Wildfire Management: Sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity conservation in Africa
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December 8, 2017
Smith Fellows Oppose Park Fee Increase
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October 15, 2017
SNAP Comments on Florida Panther and Mexican Wolf
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October 14, 2017
Preserving the Fragile Future of Endangered Long-tailed Gorals
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July 28, 2017
Smith Fellows Support National Monuments
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July 17, 2017
Strategic Analysis: SCB and Global Conservation Policy
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April 15, 2017
SCB Global Endorses the March for Science
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Policy News & Information
December 8, 2017
Smith Fellows Oppose Park Fee Increase . The National Park Service has proposed a targeted fee increase at 17 parks. A group of SCB Smith Fellows submitted a comment in opposition of this increase, noting that “the entrance fee increase would disproportionately affect people already underrepresented in outdoor recreation and conservation science and would contradict current NPS policy of promoting a more diverse visitorship to National Parks."
October 15, 2017
SCB North America Policy Committee Offers Recommendations to USFWS . SCB North America’s Policy Committee (SNAP) recently co-authored comments to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) offices on two separate management decisions regarding the taxonomic status of the Florida Panther (Puma concolor coryi ) and the Mexican Wolf Draft Recovery Plan .
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