<HTML><BODY><DIV style='font-family: "Verdana"; font-size: 10pt;'><DIV>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<BR><BR>The Environmental Law Institute is proud to announce the publication <BR>of The Biodiversity Conservation Handbook: State, Local & Private <BR>Protection of Biological Diversity, edited by Robert B. McKinstry, <BR>Jr., Coreen Ripp & Emily Lisy<BR><BR>The Biodiversity Conservation Handbook is designed to assist state <BR>and local policymakers who wish to "think globally and act locally" <BR>by developing a state or local biodiversity program.<BR><BR>"Wildlife survival depends on the proper maintenance of <BR>biologically-diverse ecosystems. The Biodiversity Conservation <BR>Handbook demonstrates how state and local governments, educators, and <BR>citizens can minimize ecological harm from pollution, climate change, <BR>and land development. The handbook also provides readers with <BR>several useful tools for protecting nature and increasing the <BR>resiliency of natural landscapes."<BR><BR>Larry J. Schweiger<BR>President and CEO<BR>National Wildlife Federation<BR><BR>Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. is the Maurice K. Goddard Professor of <BR>Forestry and Environmental=20<BR>Resource Conservation at Penn State's School of Forest Resources.<BR><BR>For more information, go to <A href="http://www.elistore.org/books_detail.asp?ID=3D11138" target=_blank>http://www.elistore.org/books_detail.asp?ID=3D11138</A><BR><BR></DIV></DIV>
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