Exam 1 Flashcards
(42 cards)
Environmental Defense Fund
Global nonprofit that fights climate change
Instrumental in banning DDT and whale hunting
Fairtrade International
Works to ensure fairtrade and living wages for agricultural workers
Coffee, cocoa, bananas, tea, sugar, flowers
Fairtrade is when fair prices are paid to the people who grow the plant
Greenpeace
Nonprofit that takes NO funding from governments or corporations
Use protests, lobbying and investigations to bring change
National Audubon Society
Protect birds and their habitats
Formed by group of women in Boston who were protesting illegal bird hunting
NautreServe
Collecting, analyzing, and providing biodiversity data and knowledge
Develop software for conservation planning
Started out as The Natural Heritage Network
National Wildlife Federation
Founded by Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling(political cartoonist) in 1936
Strong educational component- magazines, schools, colleges, etc
Largest conservation organization in US
Ocean Conservancy
Focus on the ocean ecosystem ocean trash, climate change, overfishing sustainability for fishing
Nature Conservancy
Permanently preserves millions of acres of land and rivers
Offshoot of the ecological Society of America (Professional society for ecologists)
Rainforest Alliance
Founded by Daniel Katz
Protect rainforests from being cut down
Certifies farmers that are doing sustainable practices like shade- grown coffee and chocolate
Sierra Club
Founded by John Muir in 1892 (sometimes called “Father of the national parks”)
Political activism
Currently opposed to oil drilling in Alaska
Society for Conservation Biology
Wrote our textbook
Professional organization for conservation biologists
Holds conference and funds research projects
“Conservation biology for all!”
Trout Unlimited
Protect freshwater streams and rivers for trout, salmon and other aquatic species
Started in michigan in 1959 and then spread to all 50 states
The trust for public land
Develop new parks and protect land (3 million acres)
Protect and expand national and state parks
Wildlife Conservation Society
Headquarters at the Bronx Zoo (NYC)
Also includes Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium and Prospect Park Zoo
Protect wildlife and their habitats around the world
World wildlife Fund (WWF)
Founded in Switzerland
Raises money for endangered species
Logo is Famous for having a panda bear on it
Jean-Bapiste Lamarck
Premier Authority on Classification and French flora w/ dichotomous keys
Alfred Russel Wallace
Contemporary of Darwin, Malay Archipelago, Evolution by natural selection, Warned of Extinction of species due
George Perkins Marsh
Wrote man and nature in 1864, recognized irreversible impact of mans actions on earth, “all nature is linked by invisible bonds”
T.R Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot
Big proponent of Public lands
TR- first chief of US Forest Service
Gov must regulate public lands and manage public resources
Stellar’s sea Lion
Pacific coastline of western US, Canada, Alaska
Marine Mammal affected by climate change, predation
Hunted by Native Americans
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
Affected by chrytrid fungus
Found in mountains of california
Gray Wolf
Reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park
Top predator - hunted for fur and to protect livestock
Black Rhino
Eastern and Southern Africa
Poaching for the horn is a major problem
majestic cape vulture
South Africa
Poisoned by the veterinary non- steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Diclofenac
