1999

Program on biodiversity scheduled March 25 at ECCC The Environmental Club at East Central Comm~nity

lion to make tangible and lasting contributions at sites around the world. For the first time ever, the Campaign for Conservation will develop a detailed vision of long– term conservation success - a Blueprint for Saving the Last Great Places - that will identify the sites and actions necessary to protect biodiversity. "The Conservancy will translate this vision into on-theground results by taking immediate action with local communities and other partners at 120 of these Last Great Places," Parish stated. For more information contact Laura Hammons, ECCC Environmental Club sponsor, Ph 635-2111, ext. 324, or call toll free, 1 877-462-3222, ext. 324.

leading private, international conservation group, with more than 900,000 members and 1300 preserves - the largest system of private nature sanctuaries in the world. According to Parish, the Conservancy has helped protect more than 10 million acres of ecologically significant habitat in the United States, and more than 55 million acres in Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. It currently manages more than 6.1 million acres. In 1998, the Conservancy launched the largest private con– servation campaign ever under– taken, seeking to raise $750 mil-

College in Decatur is hosting a program on biodiversity at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 25, 1999, in Newton Hall, Room 60 A reception precedes the program and will be held at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The guest speaker will be Amy Parish, Development Coordinator for The Nature Conservancy. Parish said the mission of the Conservancy is "to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that repre– sent the diversity oflife on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive." Based in Arlington, Vrrginia, the Conservancy is the world's

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