Throughout the world, we continue to lose irreplaceable species, ecosystems, and natural resources. Without a comprehensive, proven approach, the world will continue to suffer significant loss of wildlife and habitat. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has achieved great success with its Wildlife Without Borders Program for Latin America and the Caribbean. This program provides a highly effective and proven means to protect wildlife through education, training, and partnership.
At the briefing, ICCF premiered a short video, Wildlife Without Borders: Connecting People and Nature in the Americas.
The full video can be viewed online
here: http://www.fws.gov/video/flash/wwb_full_508.html. A two-minute version
can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLvz-DPP5DE.
Secretary Bruce Babbitt - former Governor of Arizona, former Secretary of the Interior, and Chairman of the Board of the World Wildlife Fund
Jim Maddy - President & CEO, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums