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2 results foundAuthor: Mauger, Sue Title: Effectiveness of Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project 02667 Final Report Summary: Study History: Project 02667 examines data previously collected through the Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program in the Kachemak Bay and Anchor River watersheds. This one-year project was originally funded from October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002. Due to contract issues with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the project was granted a deadline extension to December 31, 2002. Abstract: Cook Inlet Keeper analyzed five years of past data from the Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program, the first consistent and coordinated community-based water quality monitoring program in Alaska. The objective of the analysis was to determine if sampling frequency, methods, parameters, and site selection are effective at meeting the monitoring objectives of detecting significant changes in water quality over time. Based on the analysis, the following recommendations are made: 1) prioritize collecting five year baseline data sets (n=80), 2) state explicitly what significant change can be detected: 2oC, 0.25 pH units, and 5% saturation of dissolved oxygen, 3) deploy continuous temperature loggers during summer months, 4) consider new turbidity method with a higher maximum range, 5) consider new orthophosphate and nitrate-nitrogen methods with lower detection limits, 6) continue colorimetric pH method as a quality control check on Hanna Meter, 7) coordinate with USGS to establish stage or discharge stations on smaller streams, 8) add a method to measure flow, 9) provide citizens with summary statistics of their site annually, 10) secure long-term funding for volunteer coordinators. These recommendations will increase the effectiveness of community-based monitoring programs. Details: Homer, AK: Cook Inlet Keeper, 2003. 82p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 4, 2013 at: http://inletkeeper.org/resources/contents/effectiveness-of-cemp-final-report Year: 2003 Country: United States URL: http://inletkeeper.org/resources/contents/effectiveness-of-cemp-final-report Shelf Number: 128260 Keywords: Corporate CrimesEnvironmental ConservationExxon ValdezOffenses Against the Environment (Alaska, U.S.)Oil Spills |
Author: Environmental Investigation Agency Title: Testing the Law: Carbon, Crime and Impunity in Indonesia’s Plantation Sector Summary: Systemic law enforcement failings threaten to make a mockery of Indonesia’s pledge to reduce deforestation and carbon emissions by enabling plantation companies to destroy carbon-rich peatlands with impunity, a report released today reveals. Testing the Law, jointly produced by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Indonesian NGO Telapak, highlights how a well-connected oil palm firm has been allowed to continue operating in Central Kalimantan in clear breach of the law for almost five years. Evidence gathered by EIA/Telapak shows that Government officials have been aware of the activities of PT Suryamas Cipta Perkasa (PT SCP) for years and, despite statements to the contrary, have failed to take action. The crimes committed by PT SCP, part of the BEST Group, have led directly to the destruction of the habitat of hundreds of endangered orangutans and local livelihoods, generating millions of tonnes of carbon emissions in the process. In March this year, EIA/Telapak submitted a dossier of evidence to a range of authorities in Indonesia, detailing how PT SCP had broken numerous laws governing land allocation, access to resources and environmental management. The dossier provided the authorities with sufficient evidence to prompt a criminal investigation into the illegal conversion of more than 23,000 hectares of peatland and peat swamp forest, while giving notice to the Government that its response would be made public. Although the Government has openly admitted the concession is illegal, today the illicit proceeds of the crime continue to flow. Meetings between EIA/Telapak and the authorities have raised serious concerns over the likelihood of any prosecution. Details: London: EIA, 2012. 12p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 9, 2013 at: http://www.eia-international.org/wp-content/uploads/Testing-the-Law-final-version.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Indonesia URL: http://www.eia-international.org/wp-content/uploads/Testing-the-Law-final-version.pdf Shelf Number: 128335 Keywords: Corporate CrimesDeforestationEnvironmental CrimesIllegal Logging (Indonesia)Offenses Against the Environment |