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Everglades Restoration: Modified Water Deliveries Project

Description: This report provides information about the Modified Water Deliveries Project on Everglades Restoration. The MOD wasters is a controversial ecological restoration process in South Florida designed to improve water delivery to Everglades national park.
Date: July 24, 2006
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A.
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Everglades Restoration: Modified Water Deliveries Project

Description: This report provides information about the Modified Water Deliveries Project on Everglades Restoration. The MOD wasters is a controversial ecological restoration process in South Florida designed to improve water delivery to Everglades national park.
Date: March 17, 2005
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A.
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Debt-for-Nature Initiatives and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act: Status and Implementation

Description: This report provides a description of debt-for-nature transactions and a summary of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act. Debt-for- nature transactions are generally viewed as a success by conservation organizations and government.
Date: October 22, 2007
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A.
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The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Biological Resources

Description: This report will summarize the known and estimated impacts of Hurricane Katrina on coastal ecosystems, forests, freshwater and marine bodies, fisheries, and wildlife. Questions for specifying the impacts on biological resources are listed and possible restoration activities are discussed.
Date: November 4, 2005
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A.
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Great Lakes Water Withdrawals: Legal and Policy Issues

Description: This report describes the characteristics of the Great Lakes, the interests they support, and possible threats to lake levels. It analyzes the federal laws and policies that regulate the diversion, withdrawal, and consumptive use of water from the Great Lakes. Also included is a discussion of the final Compact and Agreement and some of the issues raised by various interest groups. This report concludes with a general discussion on the relationship between compacts, federal law, and the Congress. more
Date: September 4, 2009
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Brougher, Cynthia
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Crosscut Budgets in Ecosystem Restoration Initiatives: Examples and Issues for Congress

Description: This report discusses typical and potential elements of a crosscut budget, provides examples of enacted legislation that authorizes the use of crosscut budgets, and examines some crosscut budgeting issues that Congress might consider.
Date: January 22, 2008
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Brass, Clinton T.
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Multinational Species Conservation Fund

Description: The Multinational Species Conservation Fund is a relatively small program within the Fish and Wildlife Service which has generated enormous constituent interest, chiefly concerning its funding levels. This report describes the Fund briefly, and summarizes recent and proposed appropriations levels.
Date: February 22, 2006
Creator: Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Corn, M. L.
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Western Water Resource Issues

Description: This report discusses the debate over western water resources, which revolves around the issue of how best to plan for and manage the use of this renewable, yet sometimes scarce and increasingly sought after, resource.
Date: October 18, 2006
Creator: Cody, Betsy A. & Sheikh, Pervaze A.
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International Illegal Trade in Wildlife: Threats and U.S. Policy

Description: This report focuses on the international trade in terrestrial fauna, largely excluding trade in illegal plants, including timber, and fish, and discusses potential environmental and national security threats, as well as evaluating U.S. policy to combat wildlife trafficking.
Date: August 22, 2008
Creator: Wyler, Liana Sun & Sheikh, Pervaze A.
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