While the SSC doesn't manage the conservation of endangered species per se, its job is to provide governments with assessments and recommendations based on the best available science on which they can make sound policy decisions.
If we are serious about managing the biosphere for conservation and sustainable use, required tools must be in place and accessible; right now they are not.
Presently, the PI is the one responsible for managing the schedule of conservation, as well as the destruction and withdrawal of the coded samples.
Where plant communities with contrasting grazing sensitivity to or requirement for grazing to maintain them exist side by side, there is an inherent conflict in managing for the conservation of both.
This is a goal the whaling countries say they have been working towards for years but, thanks to the opposition of such countries as Britain, Australia and New Zealand, their efforts have been frustrated.Sailing into the sunsetAccording to its charter, the IWC was set up to manage "the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry".
Utah residents pride themselves on the state's natural beauty, its wildlife and the acumen of its hunters, and so the bounty program also represents an experiment in managing the competing agendas of conservation and culture, scientific and economic development.
Still, with its comprehensive approach to managing the site -- including conservation labs, scientific and environmental research arms, fine arts and archaeology institutes, publications and exhibitions units -- "it's a model for the whole of China," said Li Yang, deputy governor of Gansu province.
"If you had more rangers managing the country, it would have conservation benefits, and having a ranger program would allow them to deal with emerging weed problems," Kaethner says.
Citing a colleague's wise words, she says: "Conservation is about managing the process of change, not keeping things exactly as they are".
"There couldn't be a better case study for our initiative," says Kyle Normandin, an architect with extensive conservation experience who is managing the program for the GCI.
