Press Clips

News Articles

• 10/25/02 National Geographic News: Human “Footprint” Seen on 83 Percent of Earth’s Land
• 10/24/02 Environmental News Network: U.S. bird species declining, says Audubon Society
• 8/8/02 BBC: Nature ‘pays biggest dividends’
• 8/1/02 BBC: Atlas maps the web of life
• 12/27/01 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter: State’s pygmy rabbit population is shrinking
• 12/19/01 Environmental News Network: Endangered greater prairie chickens find a benefactor
• 7/09/01 Las Vegas Review-Journal: SHRINKING HABITAT: Scientists try to save rare Nevada butterflies
• 5/9/00 Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Scientists fear many species of primates may soon be extinct

Press Releases

• 5/18/04 World Wildlife Fund (WWF): Undercover Investigation: Illegal Sales of Endangered Species Up in New York, Down in San Francisco
• 5/13/04 World Wildlife Fund (WWF): No More Cod in 15 Years, WWF Report Warns
• 3/16/04 World Wildlife Fund (WWF): Sumatran Tiger on Brink of Extinction
• 1/8/04 World Wildlife Fund (WWF): Finding that Global Warming Threatens Over One Million Species Underscores Urgent Need for Action
• 11/6/03 World Wildlife Fund (WWF): Land Deal Opens the Door to Protecting 147,500 Acres of Chilean Rainforest
• 7/26/02 World Wildlife Fund (WWF): Snakehead is One of Many Invasive Species Damaging U.S. Crops and Native Wildlife
• 4/10/02 International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY): Communities Celebrate Spring with the First National Biodiversity Month
• 2/15/02 International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY): International Technology Provides Biologists with New Tools for Biodiversity Conservation
• 3/16/01 International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY): Social Scientists and Biologists Collaborate to Address Human Dimensions of Biodiversity

Publications

• “Saving Biodiversity: A Status Report on State Laws, Policies and Programs.” Defenders of Wildlife, 1995.
• Wilson, Edward O. “Biological Diversity: The Oldest Human Heritage.” New York State Biodiversity Research Institute, 1999.
• Daily, Gretchen C., et al. “Ecosystem Services: Benefits Supplied to Human Societies by Natural Ecosystems.” Issues in Ecology Number 2 (Spring 1997).
• Bryant, Peter J. “Biodiversity and Conservation: The origin, nature and value of biological diversity, the threats to its continued existence, and approaches to preserving what is left.” University of California, Irvine, School of Biological Sciences.
• Alonso, Alfonso and Francisco Dallmeier. “Working for Biodiversity.” Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program, 2000.
• Wilkinson, Jessica. “Status of the States: Innovative Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation.” Environmental Law Institute, 2001.
• Cox, James, Randy Kautz, Maureen MacLaughlin, and Terry Gilbert. “Closing the Gaps in Florida’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation System.” Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Office of Environmental Services, 1994.
• “Living Planet Report 2002.” World Wildlife Fund.

State Models

• Washington State Biodiversity Conservation Initiative
• Wilkinson, Jessica Bennett. “The State Role in Biodiversity Conservation.” Issues in Science and Technology 15.3 (Spring 1999).