6/3/2023 0 Comments Cornell todolist![]() and efforts to weaken environmental laws in both countries. It seems inconceivable that an international treaty on birds could pass political muster today, with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act under attack in the U.S. ![]() ![]() and Canada made birds a priority by making a Migratory Bird Treaty to reflect the will of the people-that birds be protected as a shared international natural heritage. More than 100 years ago (in the middle of World War I), the U.S. Peter Marra, Science article coauthor and director of the Georgetown Environment Initiative But up to this point, we just haven’t been able to get our nation’s leaders to buy into it. introduce something new and lead a larger international agreement dedicated to the protection of international birds. Government Leadership on Bird Conservation Desperately Needed and Canada must come together-as nations, economic powers, and people. ![]() federal government’s announced intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the United States may still come close to meeting its 2025 goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, thanks to the cooperation and climate commitments of 22 states, 550 cities, and 900 companies.Ĭollective action at a national scale could reverse the bird losses, the scientists say, but the U.S. The climate fight, maybe surprisingly, may provide a model. The scientists who produced this research believe it’s possible to bring birds back, even in the face of the strong headwinds blowing against environmental policy these days. The story is not over,” says Michael Parr, director of American Bird Conservancy and coauthor of the study published in the journal Science that shows massive bird declines in the U.S.
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