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.

July 31, 2014

SCB and ASM Comment on Listing Determination for the Wolverine

June 26, 2014

Scientists call for Halt to Oil Sands Expansion Until Policies Address True Costs and Global Impacts

June 5, 2014

New EU Reform Fails on Biodiversity, Experts Say

June 4, 2014

California Fish and Game Commission takes SCB’s advice and lists gray wolf as endangered

May 6, 2014

Will IPBES work?: A report from SCB’s IPBES subcommittee chair

March 14, 2014

SCB reviews proposed guidelines for assessing noise effects on marine mammals

March 1, 2014

SCB Advances Policy Tools to Protect Urban Forests

February 7, 2014

NCEAS review finds that FWS wolf delisting rule is based on uncertain science

February 5, 2014

SCB Testifies on Logging Plan

January 23, 2014

Call for nominations of experts to assist IPBES: deadline February 10

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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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The policy program is generously supported by grants from the Wilburforce Foundation and the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation. We extend our deepest thanks for their continuing support.

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