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Protecting & Restoring
Nature
Speakers cover the stewardship of natural areas
and the protection and restoration of habitats, species, and
whole ecosystems. Focuses include wildlands, oceans, rivers
and lakes, arctic and high mountain areas, the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge, and endangered species. Programs also include
photographic and video presentations showing the natural world
as well as presentations on outdoor adventure and ecotourism.
Ecosystem Stewardship.
The protection and restoration of particular aspects of the
natural world are increasingly recognized as dependent on the
protection and restoration of whole areas, or ecosystems, consisting
of interdependent and interacting species and natural resources.
Stewardship is the growing awareness that humans have an ethical
obligation, both to future generations and to other species,
to nurture - to protect and restore - these whole systems. More
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Endangered Species & Wildlife Habitat. We are currently
experiencing the greatest mass extinction of species in 70 million
years. Efforts to halt this decline, save individual species,
and preserve and restore habitat areas are vitally important
for a wide range of reasons. See Chris
Palmer, Katie Alvord,
Pete McCloskey,
George Divoky, Tim
Herd, Peter Bronski,
Rusty Johnson,
Rob Caughlan,
and Rick Johnson.
Natural Land Conservation. There are many important benefits
of conserving natural undeveloped land, and there are likewise
many organizations using a wide range of strategies, techniques
and tools for achieving those benefits. See Bill
Birchard, Huey
Johnson, Katie
Alvord, Gloria Flora,
Roger Ballentine,
Rick Johnson, and
Debbie S. Miller.
ANWR: Oil Vs. Preservation. The debate about extracting
oil from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is likely to keep
coming back every time the oil supply seems short, and that
may be often in the years ahead. The protection of this refuge
will take constant vigilance. See Debbie
S. Miller, Darcy
Hitchcock, Dune
Lankard, George
Divoky, and Wil Burns.
Arctic & High Mountain Ecosystems. These are among
the most fragile and endangered ecosystems on the planet. Mountain
glaciers are retreating all over the world, and the polar bear
was recently acknowledged to be a threatened species - put in
jeopardy by the rapidly shrinking arctic sea ice upon which
it depends for hunting and survival. See George
Divoky, Raymond
Bradley, and Debbie
S. Miller.
Ocean Protection & Restoration. Oceans are threatened
by toxic pollution, nutrient pollution, plastics, overfishing,
global warming, loss of coastal wetlands, invasive species,
and more. If the damage to ocean ecosystems isn't allowed to
go too far, protective programs can sometimes lead to restoration
of ocean ecosystems and fisheries. See Rob
Caughlan, Pete
McCloskey, Ross Klein,
Richard Roshon,
Roger Ballentine,
Dune Lankard,
Kate Troll, and
Wil Burns.
River & Lake Protection & Restoration. Rivers
and freshwater lakes can be threatened by urban and industrial
wastewater discharges, excessive diversion for human use, dams
and reservoirs, urban development, riparian and lakeshore development,
wetland loss, forestry operations, agricultural runoff and related
soil erosion, and more. See Tim
Palmer, Mark Dubois,
Max Finkelstein,
Peter Lavigne,
Jacques Leslie,
Rob Caughlan,
and Jerry Meral.
Nature - Visual Programs. Some programs on nature subjects
come with stunning visuals - slides and/or video. See Tim
Palmer, Debbie S.
Miller, Chris Palmer,
John Ivanko, Tim
Herd, and Richard
Roshon.
Outdoor Adventure. Covers nature travel of all kinds
- mountain climbing, river canoeing, ocean kayaking, rainforest
excursions. See Arlene Blum,
Peter Bronski,
Max Finkelstein,
Rusty Johnson,
Tim Palmer, Debbie
S. Miller, George
Divoky, and Richard
Roshon.
Ecotourism.
Tourism and recreation done in more sustainable ways, and tourism
channeled to provide economic support for the protection and
conservation of natural resources. More
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Send Us Your Suggestions…
We are constantly on the lookout for the best
new speakers on all aspects of Protecting & Restoring Nature…
speakers with the most important ideas and the most dynamic
presentations. We are also always open to ideas for new Protecting
& Restoring Nature related topics. Send us your speaker
or topic suggestions here.
Related Topics Coming Soon…
We are working now on new topic pages in the areas
listed below. They will be added here as they become available.
 Ecosystem
Protection
Ecosystem
Restoration
Sustainable
Management of Public Lands
Animal
& Plant Programs
Environmental
Law
Living
Oceans
Whales
& Marine Mammals
Coral
Reefs
Wetlands
Estuaries,
Deltas, Levies & Dead Zones
Water
Pollution & Pollution Prevention
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