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January 9, 2023For over a century, American policymakers have worked to implement policies that conserve natural resources and protect the environment, from Theodore Roosevelt’s efforts to establish national parks and the measures enacted in the wake of the Dust Bowl all the way to the efforts of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. But simply passing an environmental policy is not the end goal of these efforts—the end goal is protecting natural resources and the planet in the long run. In order to do that, multiple conditions need to be satisfied. A policy must pass, it must be signed, it must be enacted, and it must last.
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January 18, 2023The United States government has committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Meeting these targets will require transformation in all sectors of society,
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June 6, 2022Morning Consult ran a survey, on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, focusing on the importance of traceability in the seafood consumers purchase
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September 20, 2022Morning Consult ran a survey, on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, focusing on favorability and support for the protections in the Clean Water Act, as well as general views of water issues and who should set standards for water quality in the United States
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April 21, 2023Morning Consult ran a survey, on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, focusing on how voters are consuming news on climate change, how the news on climate change is making them feel, and what their preferences are for stories around climate change. The survey finds that voters agree journalists have a duty to increase global understanding of climate change and that nearly all voters want more coverage on protecting water sources, extreme weather, and climate change’s impact on food supplies.
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April 17, 2023The Walton Family Foundation collaborated with Impact Institute to gain actionable information for decision-making and strategy development required to support and preserve fishery communities. The project has consisted of performing two value chain assessments on selected fish supply chains. This report focuses on the blue swimming crab from Indonesia.
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April 17, 2023The Walton Family Foundation collaborated with Impact Institute to gain actionable information for decision-making and strategy development required to support and preserve fishery communities. The project consisted of performing two value chain assessments on selected fish supply chains within the operational work of WFF. This report focuses on Peru's mahi-mahi fishery.
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April 24, 2023Morning Consult ran a survey, on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, focusing on the importance of safeguarding groundwater supplies and support for investments in conservation and restoration projects to protect water sources for Arizona.
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March 20, 2024A Morning Consult poll for the Walton Family Foundation found nearly universal support for protecting the health and safety of drinking water and the water in our nation’s lakes, streams, and rivers.
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June 7, 2017The Global Center of Marine Biodiversity as a Case Study
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June 2, 2017The David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s perspective on the Pescadero Program
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April 25, 2017The Walton Family Foundation’s systems approach to sustainable seafood
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August 8, 2017Contemporary Issues & Lessons Learned
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August 21, 2012Certification and eco-labeling programs highlight sustainable fisheries with low environmental impacts
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August 12, 2011No-take marine reserves have been proposed as one of the most successful management tools for marine ecosystems
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November 13, 2017This report documents New Zealand’s approach to fisheries management and how that approach has evolved over time.