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A Baird’s tapir forages in a rainforest in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. Greg Basco/Minden Pictures
Wildlife trade imperils species, even in protected areas
Feb. 15, 2021 , 11:00 AM
Wildlife trafficking is having a profound negative impact on biodiversity, a new analysis finds. Hunting and trapping to feed international and national trade networks threaten numerous species, the researchers report, even those living in protected areas.
“This study adds to the growing body of evidence that commercial wildlife trade is a significant threat,” says Scott Roberton, a conservationist in charge of antitrafficking programs at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Wildlife trafficking is big business, with analysts estimating it generates between $5 billion and $20 billion per year. It involves the capture or killing of tens of millions of individuals from thousands of species, and some 150 million families depend on eating wild animals or selling them for th
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Tom Chisholm Accepted into Forbes Business Council
Fulcrum Partners, LLCFebruary 10, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) For the second consecutive year, Tom Chisholm, Senior Vice President – Retirement, Fulcrum Partners has been accepted as a member of Forbes Business Council. Tom heads the Chicago office of Fulcrum Partners, a OneDigital Company, and will be involved both nationally and across the Greater Chicago region as part of Forbes Chicago Business Council. Forbes Business Council is an invitation-only, high-visibility community that includes successful business leaders in the U.S. and globally.
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Far And Wide’s Steve Wide as he delves into the memories of Young Marble Giants’ Stuart Moxham. Celebrating 40 years of acclaim and a re-release of their one and only album,
Colossal Youth, Stuart reflects on the band’s steady growth.
Attracting the praise of Kurt Cobain and renowned labels like Rough Trade, Young Marble Giants helped to pave the way for the new wave and post-punk genres. “We were the misfits amongst the misfits,” Stuart says.
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Fulcrum Partners Announces Strategic Acquisition by OneDigital
Fulcrum Partners, LLCJanuary 28, 2021 GMT
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Fulcrum Partners, one of the nation’s leading and largest executive benefits advisories, announces it has been purchased by OneDigital Investment Advisors in a strategic acquisition. OneDigital Investment Advisors, a registered investment advisor and a wholly owned subsidiary of OneDigital, is one of the nation’s leading strategic advisory firms. Focused on streamlining benefits solutions for employers of all sizes, OneDigital pursued the acquisition of Fulcrum Partners as part of its expansion into the nonqualified deferred compensation plan market.