http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/global-conservation-local-action-eddie-game-nature-conservancy/ A blog on conservation, from migratory birds to coral reefs, from rainforests to climate change to personal green technology. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/global-conservation-local-action-eddie-game-nature-conservancy/comment-page-1/#comment-16411 corinne Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:20:19 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=8055#comment-16411 The other irony is that as we try to wrap Climate Change around everything we do, these broad conservation strategic meetings require more use of fossil fuels to meet face-to-face and usually are in distant places that increase our carbon emissions. How do we calculate the costs of travel (money & carbon emissions) vs lost benefits of connecting in person? The other irony is that as we try to wrap Climate Change around everything we do, these broad conservation strategic meetings require more use of fossil fuels to meet face-to-face and usually are in distant places that increase our carbon emissions. How do we calculate the costs of travel (money & carbon emissions) vs lost benefits of connecting in person?

]]> http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/global-conservation-local-action-eddie-game-nature-conservancy/comment-page-1/#comment-16066 Geoff Lipsett-Moore Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:26:35 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=8055#comment-16066 Maybe we should hold these meetings less frequently (1 every three years). Maybe there should be a greater proportion of funds allocated directly to performance based on ground action, rather than meetings and workshops. Maybe the different groups vying for the attention of SIDS (Small Island Developing States) or LDC's (Least Developed Countries) should coordinate better among themselves to minimize these impacts. And its not just the meetings, its the reporting obligations. More often than not, it is a few individuals within SIDs or LDC's that are tasked with all the meetings, the implementation, the coordination and the reporting. Seems like there may be some simple and sensible solutions to the extended out-of-office phenomenon. GLM. Maybe we should hold these meetings less frequently (1 every three years). Maybe there should be a greater proportion of funds allocated directly to performance based on ground action, rather than meetings and workshops. Maybe the different groups vying for the attention of SIDS (Small Island Developing States) or LDC’s (Least Developed Countries) should coordinate better among themselves to minimize these impacts. And its not just the meetings, its the reporting obligations. More often than not, it is a few individuals within SIDs or LDC’s that are tasked with all the meetings, the implementation, the coordination and the reporting. Seems like there may be some simple and sensible solutions to the extended out-of-office phenomenon. GLM.

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