In August 2004
President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order that directs
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Departments
of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense to implement
laws relating to the environment and natural resources in
a manner that promotes cooperative conservation. The Executive
Order emphasizes the inclusion of local participation in Federal
decision-making and collaborative activity among Federal,
State, local, and tribal governments, private for-profit and
nonprofit institutions, other nongovernmental entities, and
individuals.
In signing Executive Order 13352, President
Bush charged the Chairman of the Council on Environmental
Quality, James Connaughton, to convene a White House Conference
on Cooperative Conservation. On August 29, 30, and 31, 2005,
representatives from the public and private sectors convened
in St. Louis, Missouri to discuss how to facilitate and advance
cooperative conservation. Co-hosted by EPA and the Departments
of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, the conference
invited participants to consider how to:
• Broaden cooperative conservation;
• Enhance and integrate public and private land stewardship;
• Bring together key stakeholders and decision makers;
• Identify ideas for future conservation and environmental
policies and initiatives;
• Facilitate the exchange of information and advice
for successful partnerships; and
• Institutionalize cooperative conservation to enhance
on-the-ground conservation results and progress.
You can learn more about the conference at
conservation.ceq.gov.
Helpful Links
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Executive
Order 13352
About
the conference
Highlights
for Cooperative Forestry
Themes
from facilitated discussions
Remarks
as prepared by the Hon. Mike Johanns, Secretary U.S. Department
of Agriculture: Innovations in Land and Resource Governance
Press
Release, August 29, 2005: Johanns advances President’s
cooperative conservation vision at historic White House conference
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