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2012
The natural world around me.
Nothing in particular...
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I've seen the continuous successes in their newsletters.
Grow!
Seeing the results of victorious lawsuits to gain federal and state protection of wildlife and lands.
I can't imagine a better organization for the purposes it is meant to fulfill.
Definitely
A lot
2011
I live in California - we are experiencing damages to the salmon population.
none
seeing the many important wild lands and animals protected by the efforts in courts. Development by rapacious corporate profit models would have destroyed these things without CBD intervention
Very Well
Life-changing
Definitely
2011
The targeted focus on legal protection to the highest levels of the law and no "fluff' campaigns to lure donations to the cause
recommending it to people disillusioned with the myopic efforts of many mainstream groups.
it is fabulous now!
The sense that they will not sell out to any corporate or political entity. They take the unpopular but correct stand and stick to it.
Hire more legal clout than they already have and really meet the corporate powers on a level field. They could also afford to buy into companies stock to the degree that would give them real advantage in voting policy decisions.
About every week
2010
Definitely
Life-changing
2011
Funds being diverted AWAY from conservation and INTO the legal department of the CBD
Close it for fraud
I would be furious if my money was only used for these frivolous lawsuits against the government....used only to make more money!
Spend money on research, not frivolous lawsuits that divert scarce government resources away from research and into defending itself from lawsuits. 400 petitions in one month?? How can they say they are pro-environment when agencies are forced to spend all their time defending litigation, with no time left to actually work for the environment??
I have seen them threaten the public land agencies with lawsuits rather than volunteer their time to help public land agencies manage their many resources.
Stop the lawsuits and start meeting with scientist working in the field.
As a member of the National Speleological Society, by far the the organization in this country most qualified to speak to caves and bats, I have seen the CBD use flawed science and unsupported rhetoric to make the case for closing all caves in the US, even caves with no bats. What this will do is immensely hamper general cave conservation efforts, including conservation of cave-dwelling species other than bats.
I would see the CBD work with the NSS to formulate a rational plan that closes known bat hibernaculums only, pushes a scientific study to understand the fungus' transport mechanisms, allows for continued access for scientists and cavers in all other caves, and implements an effective gear decontamination plan for caves on all public lands. Blanket closures are a knee-jerk response!
Working with the scientists researching WNS and the federal agencies forced to react to the CBD threats.
Rely on sound science and build consensus.
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