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ENVIRONMENT
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- Elephant
Conservation: Co-authored bill and Senate report language
earmarking funds for African elephant conservation, $2 million
in the FY 1990, $5 million in the FY 1991, and $7 million in the
FY 1993 Foreign Operations Appropriation Acts.
- Middle
East Environmental Defense Network (Project EDEN):
Conceived of and authored legislation to establish a comprehensive
regional framework for environmental management, protection and
research in the Middle East, introduced by Senator Inouye in the
Senate, July 26, 1991. EDEN received a $2 million earmark in the
Senate FY 1993 Foreign Operations Appropriation bill. Senate report
language in FY 1993 urges USAID to support the creation of a permanent
conference on environmental security and cooperation, promote
regional conferences on common environmental problems, encourage
information exchange programs, and back efforts to establish a
regional fund for the protection and restoration of the environment.
USAID also is urged to establish a domestic interagency council
to manage Project EDEN.
- Project
NOAH:
Conceived of and authored language accompanying the FY 1990 Senate
Foreign Operations Appropriation Act to make the ex-situ preservation
of genetic material belonging to endangered species an integral
element of USAID's biodiversity program. Successfully recommended
funding of not less than $200,000 in FY 1990, $750,000 in FY 1991,
and up to $2 million in FY 1993. Conceived of and authored extensive
language in the FY 1991 Senate committee report directing USAID
to undertake specific steps to institutionalize the program.
- Collateral
War Damage:
Conceived of and authored Senate language accompanying the FY
1992 DoD Appropriation Act directing the Department of Defense,
in conjunction with the Department of State, to convene a panel
to consider ways in which collateral damage to natural and cultural
resources resulting from military operations can be minimized
in future conflicts.
- Multilateral
Development Banks (MDBs):
Co-authored extensive Senate report language accompanying the
FY 1990 Senate Foreign Operations Appropriation Act directing
the Administration, through the Department of the Treasury, to
press for specific MDB policy reforms that promote sustainable
development and environmental stewardship. Calls upon each MDB
to implement a comprehensive system for reviewing the environmental
impact of each potential loan. Specific language included on debt-for-nature,
energy tropical forestry and IMF policy.
- Convention
on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES):
Authored and successfully recommended bill and report language
providing $650,000 for CITES in the FY 1989 and FY 1990 Foreign
Operations Appropriation Acts, permitting full payment of U.S.
arrearages to the CITES organization.
- Toxic
Waste Disposal:
Conceived of and authored Senate report language accompanying
the FY 1990 Senate Foreign Operations Appropriation Act urging
the State Department and the EPA to investigate allegations that
American companies are disposing of toxic and hazardous waste
in the developing world. They were asked to report to the Committee
on methods for identifying toxic chemical, radioactive, industrial,
infectious and other wastes to prevent their improper disposal.
- Philippine
Multilateral Assistance Initiative (MAI), Environment:
Initiated and developed the environmental component to the Philippine
MAI, authored language in successive Senate committee and conference
reports accompanying the FY 1989-91 Senate Foreign Operations
Appropriation Acts. This and other activities led to the conception
and development of an environmental agenda for the state visit
of President Corazon Aquino in November, 1989, as well as a proposed
bilateral environmental partnership agreement. In FY 1993 recommended
that not less than $25 million of the $40 million appropriated
for the MAI be channeled through NGOs and encouraged USAID to
assist the Philippines in developing effective coastal zone marine
management.
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