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PETCO Kenya partners with WWF to enhance waste collection Shares PETCO Kenya and World Wide Fund Kenya (WWF) have partnered in an agreement worth Ksh. 6 million to enhanced waste collection in the coastal region. The partnership agreement will provide technology transfer from Denmark through a partnership with Plastix, a Danish cleantech recycling company. This will be implemented by partnering with Kenyan organizations in the waste management sector. The partnership also includes a donation of collection infrastructure support and training worth Ksh. 6 million to over 800 waste reclaimers. T...

The Swamp School Launches Cloud-based Antecedent Precipitation Tool (APT) New Wetlands Delineation Tool Released February 09, 2021 09:00 ET | Source: Swamp School Swamp School ANGIER, N.C., Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Swamp School LLC, the gold standard of training and certifications for government agencies and clients in the private sector seeking to advance their wetland careers, has developed a cloud-based Antecedent Precipitation Tool (APT). The new APT tool is designed to meet the requirements of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule,...

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In 2016, the Bureau of Land Management, working with numerous conservation and recreation organizations, finalized the Desert Renewable Conservation Plan, an eight-year plan that set aside millions of acres for conservation and recreation, as well as for renewable energy. Managing editor Tami Roleff says the Trump administration released amendments Wednesday that will increase the land available for energy and reduce the acreage available for conservation and recreation… California Native Plant Society photo In the last week of the Trump administration, the Bureau of Land Management is prop...

As Biden Eyes a Conservation Plan, Activists Fear Low-Income Communities and People of Color Could Be Left Out A plan to conserve 30 percent of land and water in the United States by 2030 could help close “staggering” racial and socioeconomic disparities in access to nature. December 21, 2020 Ellington Tardy, 9, enjoys the playground in his Orchard Valley neighborhood Nov. 5, 2020 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images Related Share this article President-elect Joe Biden has said that one of his first steps upon taking office will be to pass...