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Cost to Restore San Francisco Bay Wetlands - $1.43 Billion
OAKLAND, California, August 28, 2007 (ENS) - Conservationists would like to reestablish 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands around San Francisco Bay, from Vallejo to San Jose, the wetland area they say is needed for a healthy Bay. Today for the first time a price tag has been placed on the massive project. The conservation group Save The Bay projects that it will cost up to $1.43 billion over 50 ...
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American Carbon Registry Initiates Approval of World`s First Carbon Offset Methodology for Deltaic Wetland Restoration
American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, announces an open public comment period for a first-of-its-kind carbon offset methodology that will both quantify how wetland restoration work can combat climate change and provide a way to help pay for rebuilding the Gulf of Mexico's disappearing coastal wetland. The methodology, Restoration of Degraded Deltaic ...
By Entergy
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2010 Annual Review shows healthy organisation
The Annual Review 2010 is out now! Despite the global economic crisis, our Annual Review 2010 shows a healthy and growing organisation. Due to our efforts together with many partners, we achieved a lot in terms of wetland restoration and conservation worldwide. The global income of Wetlands International rose from 10.3 million to almost 11.9 million euro. Most of it was spend on work in ...
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Global carbon markets now open to Wetland Restoration and Conservation
Wetlands International welcomes the approval of the new carbon trading category “Wetlands Restoration and Conservation” (WRC) by the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). The new category provides a strong incentive for private investment in conservation and restoration of carbon rich wetlands. The Verified Carbon Standard’s new carbon trading category enables the measuring and ...
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American Carbon Registry Approves First Carbon Offset Methodology for Emission Reductions from Deltaic Wetland Restoration
A revolutionary new tool is now available to help restore the Gulf of Mexico's disappearing coastal wetlands -- Louisiana's first line of defense against damaging hurricanes like Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Isaac. Funded by Entergy Corporation, developed by New Orleans-based Tierra Resources and approved for use by the American Carbon Registry (ACR) following stakeholder consultation and ...
By Entergy
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IUCN World Conservation Congress
Date: 02/09/2021 - 12/09/2021 Venue: Online and Marseille, France We are looking forward to taking part in this year’s IUCN World Conservation Congress, driving action on nature-based recovery, climate change and biodiversity. The IUCN World Conservation Congress is where the world comes together to set priorities and drive conservation and sustainable development action. To make ...
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Jan Ernst de Groot new Chair of Wetlands International
Wetlands International proudly presents the new chair of the Supervisory council of Wetlands International: Jan Ernst de Groot, who was formerly the Managing Director of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. We welcome him to the Wetlands International family and global network. Jane Madgwick, CEO of Wetlands International: “As Wetlands International embarks on implementing its new ten year Strategy ...
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100+ organizations in Argentina ask Parliament to approve Wetlands Law
Over 100 civil society organizations from Argentina, led by the Argentina office of Wetlands International, addressed the Parliament last week to get the full approval of the Minimum Standards Law for Wetlands Conservation. The call comes after the latest flooding incidence in the Buenos Aires province, which caused five deaths and affected 30,000 people of which 6,000 were forced to leave their ...
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Global Clinton Initiative: our commitment to preserve wetlands
New York - At the Global Clinton Initiative in New York, Jane Madgwick, CEO of Wetlands International has presented our commitment to work with communities on saving worldwide two million acres of carbon dense peatswamps. During the week of 20-22 September 2011, the Global Clinton Initiative has brought business Jane Madwick with Bill Clinton at the Global Clinton Initiativeleaders, politicians, ...
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EPA Provides Funding to Protect Wetlands in New Jersey; Nearly $430,000 Awarded for Wetlands Assessments and to Address New Jersey’s Changing Climate
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $430,000 to the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and Ocean County College to better protect wetlands throughout New Jersey and identify strategies to address the changing climate. “Wetlands provide enormous economic environmental and public health benefits, but they are threatened by development and the impacts of New ...
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Senator Booker (NJ) Introduces Climate Change Bill Focused on Investing in Farm Conservation Programs, Reforestation, and Wetlands Restoration
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today released a climate change bill focused on using nature-based approaches to remove atmospheric carbon through voluntary farm and ranch conservation practices, massive reforestation, and coastal wetlands restoration. The Climate Stewardship Act of 2019, inspired by measures implemented in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, would support voluntary ...
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Spectra Energy Corp Receives Coastal America Partnership Award for Support of New York Peconic River Fishway Project
Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE), in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and 11 national, state and local organizations, has been distinguished with the Coastal America Partnership Award, a prestigious national award from Coastal America, a public/ private-sector partnership dedicated to the protection of America's ...
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New initiative launched to create climate resilient wetlands for waterbirds and communities
A new initiative to identify and restore critical wetlands for waterbirds flying between Europe and Africa that are vulnerable to climate change was launched by Wetlands International at the occasion of the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) conference. The four-year initiative will demonstrate community-based restoration in Mali and Ethiopia. These examples will be used to further ...
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A decade on, lower Danube exceeds green corridor targets
Vienna - A decade after four governments agreed to work together to establish a “green corridor” along the entire length of the Lower Danube River, Europe’s most ambitious wetland protection and restoration programme is well ahead of targets for creating protected areas. The Lower Danube Green Corridor Declaration, signed by environment ministers of Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Moldova in ...
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Wetland solutions to reduce disaster risk – Brussels event, 10 December
Wetlands International is pleased to invite you for an evening reception in the European Parliament on 10 December 2014, hosted by Mr Ricardo Serrão Santos, Member of the European Parliament. The event will bring together Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission and practitioners in Disaster Risk Reduction and development. Join us to discuss how the EU can promote ...
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Grassroots conservation efforts in Senegal receive international award
The Association Inter-Villageoise (AIV Ndiaël) of northern Senegal was awarded the prestigious 2015 Conservation Award by the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) today. Vogelbescherming Nederland (BirdLife in The Netherlands) and Wetlands International have supported the work of AIV Ndiaël and were present at the award ceremony. AIV Ndiaël represents 32 communities and ...
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Asian wetland symposium adopts Wuxi Declaration
The Asian Wetland Symposium on Human Well-being and Wetlands, co-organised by Wetlands International China, brought together 800 participants from 19 countries, including many officials from local governments in China. The event concluded with the adoption of the Wuxi Declaration, in which participants call for a series of actions to be taken for wetland conservation and wise use. In the ...
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Measure Great Lakes cleanup progress
An Obama administration program that has spent more than $1.3 billion on healing the troubled Great Lakes needs a better scorecard for measuring its performance, a government watchdog report released Friday says. The analysis by the Government Accountability Office does not pass judgment on how well the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is working, while acknowledging that federal officials and ...
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New guide launched at climate talks in Lima for financing wetland carbon initiatives
IUCN, Conservation International and Wetlands International presented a new guidebook to financing wetland carbon programs and projects during the climate conference in Lima last weekend. It will help project and program developers through the maze of financing mechanisms and options out there. This new publication "Fresh and Salty – An introductory guide to financing wetland carbon ...
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Surprising partnerships and novel ideas launch campaign to solve water crises
Growing recognition that solving the looming water crisis will require innovative thinking and new partnerships brought experts from several sectors to Rotterdam last week. On the eve of World Wetlands Day and with the UN International Year of Water Cooperation as a backdrop, Wetlands International, WBCSD and the City of Rotterdam co-hosted international leaders from business, government and the ...
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