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Leader Profiles
Profile: Kathleen Sayce
Kathleen Sayce is the Bank Scientist for ShoreBank Pacific, the first commercial bank in the United States with a commitment to environmentally sustainable community development and land management. Click here to read our exlusive interview.
Profile: Pietro Parravano
Pietro Parravano is a commercial fisherman, leader in coastal marine issues and an environmental hero, Pietro shares our vision of a global ecological economy. To read our interview with Pietro, click here.
Profile:
Dr. Rona Fried
Dr. Rona Fried is the CEO and founder
of SustainableBusiness.com. She holds a Ph.D. in Social and Organizational
Psychology and is known for her extensive, deep knowledge of many
aspects of business and the environment. Click here
to read our exclusive interview with Dr. Fried.
Profile:
Dr. Peter Raven
Dr. Peter Raven is Director of The
Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, MI, and a nationally and
internationally renowned conservationist deemed by TIME Magazine
as "Hero for the Planet". As one of the world's leading
botanists and advocates of conservation and biodiversity, Dr. Raven
shares our vision of an ecologically sustainable future. Click here
to read his insightful profile.
Profile:
Dr. Geoffrey M. Heal
Dr. Geoffrey M. Heal is Paul Garrett
Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility, professor
of finance and economics at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia
University, Director for the Center for Economy, Environment &
Society, as well as the Director for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
As an economist and an environmentalist, Dr. Heal shares our vision
of a global ecological economy, and provided the following answers
during our interview.
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more information on leading
personalities representing the fields of
environmental science, ecosystem management and ecological economics.
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"The Parts"*
Every eco-region
is the sum of its parts. As important as it is to understand the
big picture regarding regional ecological quality, positive change
only occurs at the city, state or province level. This means it's
important to have a local view of one's relationship to the building
blocks of ecological quality - airshed, watershed, landscape, biological
community- while maintaining as much of a eco-regional perspective
as possible.
It would be impossible to report
here on the multitude of programs underway to redress loss of global
ecosystem health and ecological
quality - building blocks of natural capital. But EAG will report
each month on truly notable, value-based programs or projects designed
to 'preserve the parts.'
World
The World
Bank's $5.2 billion program related to biodiversity, forests,
land & water
Thirty-eight IUCN
projects related to wetlands and fresh water resource
United States
U.S.
Chesapeake Bay Program
Africa
Sustainable conservation of the
world's approximately 668 remaining mountain gorillas in Africa
Efforts of GRAIN (Genetic Resources
Action International) to sustain Africa's
biodiversity resources - by
commercializing them
Protecting gorilla subspecies in the
Democratic
Republic of Congo
Asia
Coral reef and
mangrove rehabilitation in Southeast
Asia and the Pacific Islands
Australia and New
Zealand
Land management initiatives in Australia
Economic research
on fisheries management in New
Zealand
New
Zealand’s green planning effort
Europe
Protecting Biodiversity
and Building Democracy in Siberia
and the Russian Far East
European Community
Incentives for watershed
protection in Costa
Rica
South America
Regulating bioprospecting in Brazil
Middle East
Restoration of the Iraqi
marshes
through the Eden Again Project,
and Michelle
Stevens
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World Ecosystems
The earth as a whole is a vital and
dynamic system. Important natural and human-caused changes occur
daily. Over time, these changes represent trends related to the
health and integrity of ecosystems and ecosystem services. EAG reports
on these trends by providing information or links to scientists,
policy-makers and private sector contributors.
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA)
focuses on how humans have altered ecosystems, and how changes in
ecosystem services have affected human well-being, how ecosystem
changes may affect people in future decades, and what types of responses
can be adopted at local, national, or global scales to improve ecosystem
management and thereby contribute to human well-being and poverty
alleviation. The program was launched by United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan in June 2001. The MA recently released its first publication,
"Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment",
available from Island Press. For additional information, go
here.
The World
Wildlife Fund in cooperation with the National Geographic
Society has developed a thorough assessment of global eco-regions.
Click on the WWF map below for additional detail about 8 biomes
and 65 major divisions of the global ecosystem.
In addition, click on the following
links for in-depth information about selected global eco-regional
health & integrity, as well as reporting on regional ecosystem
health.
Earthwatch
Institute has reported
comprehensively on global endangered ecosystems.
E.O.
Wilson on endangered ecosystems as reported by National Geographic
The PEW
Oceans Commission has called for immediate reform of U.S. ocean
laws and policies to restore ocean wildlife, protect ocean ecosystems,
and preserve the ecological, economic, and social benefits the oceans
provide.
USGS
National Biological Service (Reed Noss et al ) on endangered
ecosystems of the U.S.
Defenders
of Wildlife on U.S. endangered ecosystems
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