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Sustainable Development through Model Forests on the Island of Enchantment

Vermont Law

For decades natural resources on the Island of Enchantment have been threatened. The proposed Puerto Rican Model Forest Act attempts to mediate the conflict between humans and nature. _. By focusing on sustainable development, model forests attempt to mediate the coexistence of humans and nature.

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How we Conceptualize Security will Shape our Response to Environmental Challenges

HumanNature

Some argue that environmental degradation is best understood as a threat to human security (Barnett and Adger 2007), and others focus on the inextricable ties between human well-being and the health of ecological systems to which we belong (McDonald 2018). Photo Credit: John Englart, Flickr References: Barnett, J.,

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California Adopts CEQA Guidelines Aimed at Improving Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change Impacts in Environmental Reviews

Law Columbia

The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) has explained that this sentence is intended to signal that a “full ‘lifecycle’ analysis that would account for energy used in building materials and consumer products will generally not be required.”. 4th 412 (2007). City of Rancho Cordova, 40 Cal.

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Policy News: September 27, 2021

ESA

The House voted to approve a provision from House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul Grijalva that permanently bans new mining claims near Grand Canyon National Park. The first briefing is titled Creating Policies, Coalitions, and Actions for Global Sustainable Development and will take place Oct. 577) to the bill.

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