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
January 20, 2015
SCB and other Science Societies Call on President Obama To Save Tongass Rainforest
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December 28, 2014
SCB-Europe warns that Diclofenac approval threatens European vultures and eagles
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December 15, 2014
SCB North America Policy Newsletter - December 2014 Update
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November 18, 2014
Endorsement: Moratorium on Industrial Activities within the World’s Primary Forests
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September 26, 2014
Roadless Areas Initiative Gains Support
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September 23, 2014
SCBNA and ASM request changes in proposal to reform management of Mexican wolf population
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September 16, 2014
SCB-Asia Conference Passes Declaration Urging Malaysia to Strengthen Biodiversity Protections
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September 8, 2014
SCB North America Policy Newsletter - September 2014
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July 31, 2014
SCB and ASM Comment on Listing Determination for the Wolverine
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June 26, 2014
Scientists call for Halt to Oil Sands Expansion Until Policies Address True Costs and Global Impacts
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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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