Releases

Remarks
--07/17/08  Endangered Mountain Gorillas; Claudia A. McMurray, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Kigali, Rwanda
--07/15/08  Ranger Recognition Ceremony; Claudia McMurray, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Ihusi Hotel, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
--07/08/08  Critical Use Nominations; Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development; Remarks to the 28th Meeting of the Open Ended Working Group of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; Bankok, Thailand
--07/08/08  Replenishment of the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund for the 2009-2011 Triennium; Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development; Remarks to the 28th Meeting of the Open Ended Working Group of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; Bankok, Thailand
--07/07/08  Destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances; Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development; Remarks to the 28th Meeting of the Open Ended Working Group of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; Bangkok, Thailand
--07/01/08  Beijing Launch of Harrison Ford PSAs; Claudia McMurray, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Beijing, China
--06/27/08  Opening Remarks at 2008 Water Sciences Forum; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; Washington, DC
--06/13/08  Strategies to Save the Tiger
--06/09/08  Wildlife Trafficking Issues; Bo Derek, Special Envoy of the Secretary of State for Wildlife Trafficking Issues; Washington, DC
--06/05/08  Illegal Trade in Wildlife and World Environmentl Day; Claudia McMurray, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Remarks at Launch of Harrison Ford Public Service Announcements; United Nations, New York City
--05/19/08  Conservation as Diplomacy; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; Remarks at a Wildlife Conservation Society Panel Discussion; Washington, DC
--04/08/08  Environmental Good Governance and Enforcement; Claudia A. McMurray, Assistant Secretary of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Cape Town, South Africa
--03/05/08  Poaching American Security: Impacts of Illegal Wildlife Trade; Claudia A. McMurray, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Statement before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources; Washington, DC
--12/07/07  Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security; Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development; Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
--11/07/07  An Important Day for Costa Rican Forests; David Henifen, Charge d’Affairs for U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica;  ; San Jose, Costa Rica
--10/12/07  Building Bridges to the Future; Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment; Remarks to Environment for Europe 6th Ministerial Conference; Belgrade, Serbia
--10/10/07  Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking Presentation; Claudia A. McMurray, Assistant Secretary; Remarks to the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; Key Biscayne, Florida
--02/06/07  Agenda Item 6: Implementation of the Programme of Work of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Relevant Decisions of the Governing Council; Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment ; Remarks to the Committee of the Whole Governing Council United Nations Environment Programme; Nairobi, Kenya
--11/02/06  Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer ; Daniel A. Reifsnyder , Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment ; Remarks at the High Level Segment of the 18 th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; New Delhi, India
--10/19/06  Meet the Planet With Doug Ivey; Claudia McMurray, Assistant Secretary for of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Remarks on KQKE AM 960 San Francisco and Sirius Satellite Radio - Lime Channel 114; San Francisco, CA
--10/13/06  Review of Nominations for Critical Uses – Methyl Bromide; Daniel A. Reifsnyder , Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment; Remarks to the 18th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer ; New Delhi, India
--09/25/06  Hope for Leo the Snow Leopard ; Claudia McMurray , Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment, and Science; Bronx Zoo, New York City
--04/26/06  Issues and Opportunities for Investment in Natural Tropical Forests; Daniel A Reifsnyder, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary For Environment; Remarks to International Tropical Forest Investment Forum; Cancun, Mexico
--05/05/05  U.S. Statement at Meeting on the Stockholm Convention; Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; Punta del Este, Uruguay
--10/08/04  U.S. Intervention on CoP 13 Prop. 50: Inclusion of Gonystylus spp. in Appendix II with Annotation #1; Judge Craig Manson, Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior; Remarks at CoP-13; Washington, DC
--04/22/04  Remarks at 2004 Earth Day "Environmental Business Exhibition"; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--04/22/04  President Announces Wetlands Initiative on Earth Day; President George W. Bush; Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve; Wells, Maine
--07/28/03  President Bush Discusses New Initiative to Stop Illegal Logging; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--07/28/03  Remarks on the Launch of President Bush's Initiative Against Illegal Logging ; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
--06/17/03  U.S.-Chile Sign Agreement on Environmental Cooperation; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Remarks at the Signing of an Agreement Between the United States and the Republic of Chile on Environmental Cooperation; Santiago, Chile
--06/13/03  Memorandum of Intent Between the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Singapore on Cooperation in Environmental Matters; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Remarks at the Signing of a Memorandum of Intent; U.S. Department of State, Treaty Room
--05/22/03  Environmental Partnerships in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Region; John Turner, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and Head of U.S. Delegation; Remarks to the Environment for Europe Ministerial Roundtable; Kiev, Ukraine
--12/10/02  Statement On Agenda Item A.l.25: Oceans and the Law of the Sea; Ambassador Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Statement During the Fifty-seventh Session of the United Nations in Plenary Session; New York, New York
--10/15/02  Global Environment Facility Council; Jeffry M. Burnam, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment; Remarks to the Global Environmental Facility Council; Beijing, China
--05/14/02  Hearing on Persistent Organic Pollutants; Jeffry M. Burnam, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment; Statement before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate; Washington, DC
--05/07/02  Environmental Treaties; John F. Turner, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--04/17/02  Convention on Biological Diversity; Jeffry Burnam, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment; Statement to the Ministerial Roundtable, Sixth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity; The Hague, The Netherlands
--06/20/01  The U.S. Commitment to Combating Desertification; Kenneth C. Brill, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Remarks prepared for presentation to the conference "Breaking the Links Between Land Degradation, Food Insecurity, and Water Scarcity," sponsored by Earth Action and the International Fund for Agricultural Development; Washington, DC

Press Releases
--07/09/08  Major Economies Leaders Meeting  
--07/08/08  G8 Declaration on Environment and Climate Change ; Office of the Press Secretary, White House; Toyako, Japan
--06/09/08  Wildlife Trafficking Issues; Bo Derek, Special Envoy of the Secretary of State for Wildlife Trafficking Issues; Washington, DC
--06/03/08  Global Launch of Harrison Ford TV Public Service Announcements on Wildlife Trafficking Scheduled for World Environment Day, June 5
--06/03/08  Harrison Ford TV Public Service Announcements on Wildlife Trafficking
--02/25/08  Washington International Renewable Energy Conference: March 4-6, 2008
--01/30/08  CAFTA-DR Environment Projects
--01/30/08  CAFTA-DR Labor Projects
--01/30/08  U.S. Commits Funding For Labor and Environmental Protection for Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement Countries
--01/23/08  U.S. Joins Mexico to Co-Host Global Coral Reef Partnership
--12/12/07  United States and China Announce Cooperation on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade
--12/11/07  US Protects Biodiversity in Coral Triangle with $4.35 Million in Funding; U.S. Embassy Jakarta; Jakarta, Indonesia; Washington, DC
--12/11/07  US-Indonesia Debt-for-Nature Statement; U.S. Embassy Jakarta; Jakarta, Indonesia
--12/07/07  U.S. Announces Funding of Coral Triangle Initiative
--10/17/07  Debt for Nature Agreement to Conserve Costa Rica’s Forests
--10/09/07  Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking Event With Bo Derek
--09/18/07  U.S. Support to Virunga National Park and Mountain Gorillas of the DROC
--06/18/07  State Department Releases Annual Report on Two Debt Reduction Programs
--06/05/07  Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment, and Science Hosts Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking Side Event at 14th CITES Conference of the Parties
--03/29/07  U.S. Welcomes Australian Forest and Climate Initiative
--02/14/07  United States and Rwanda Sign Joint Declaration Regarding Science and Technology Cooperation; Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC
--01/18/07  Assistant Secretary McMurray Leading Delegation Visiting the U.S. Antarctic Program
--01/10/07  Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports
--11/16/06  USTR Schwab and Indonesian Trade and Forest Ministers Sign Agreement on Illegal Logging as Part of Effort to Deepen Trade and Investment Relations; United States Trade Representative; Washington, DC
--11/14/06  Joint Press Statement: Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA); Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC
--10/05/06  Debt for Nature Agreements to Conserve Botswana’s Forests
--10/02/06  Debt for Nature Agreements to Conserve Guatemala’s Forests
--08/01/06  United States Supports “Heart of Borneo” Conservation Plan
--06/07/06  Debt for Nature Agreement to Conserve Paraguay’s Forests
--03/24/06  Eighth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
--03/23/06  Sea Turtle Conservation: Year of the Turtle
--02/27/06  United States Welcomes the Chemicals Management Declaration and Strategy Issued in Dubai
--02/02/06  World Wetlands Day
--09/23/05  United States Announces Global Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking
--08/05/05  Devils Lake Flooding and Ecological Protection
--02/18/05  United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic Sign Environmental Cooperation Agreement Associated with Free Trade Agreement
--02/16/05  U.S. and Six Member Governments of OAS to Sign Environmental Cooperation Agreement and Trade Understanding
--02/16/05  United States and Chile Agree on Work Program for Environmental Cooperation
--01/31/05  World Wetlands Day
--11/26/04  Montreal Protocol Meeting Concludes
--10/07/04  CITES Conference Votes to Tightly Regulate International Trade in Ramin
--06/29/04  United States and Morocco Sign Joint Statement on Environmental Cooperation
--05/18/04  U.S., Australia Sign Statement on Environmental Cooperation
--05/17/04  Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports
--10/22/03  Western Hemisphere Migratory Bird Conference
--06/17/03  Joint Statement of the United States and the Republic of Chile on the Signing of an Environmental Cooperation Agreement
--02/13/03  International Mercury Pollution Proposal Adopted at United Nations Environment Program
--12/04/02  U.S.-Canada Yukon River Salmon Agreement Signed
--11/18/02  Agencies Take Emergency Action To Defend Against Asian Carp Invasion
--08/07/02  U.S. Pledges $500 Million for Fund to Combat Global Environmental Threats
--06/27/02  U.S. and Conservation Groups Sign Debt-for-Nature Agreements with Peru
--06/20/02  USDA Releases Hold on Selected Bigleaf Mahogany From Brazil
--04/11/02  President Bush Sends the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to Senate for Ratification
--02/01/02  World Wetlands Day, February 2
--09/21/01  Forest Law Enforcement and Governance East Asia Ministerial Conference
--05/23/01  U.S. Signs Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
--02/01/01  World Wetlands Day (Revised)

Fact Sheets
--07/09/08  Major Economies Leaders Meeting  
--06/13/08  Joint Summary: Inaugural Meeting of the U.S. – China Bilateral Forum on Combating Illegal Logging and Associated Trade
--04/01/08   The President’s Initiative Against Illegal Logging: Protecting Forests and the Livelihoods that Depend on Them
--02/25/08  Washington International Renewable Energy Conference: March 4-6, 2008
--01/30/08  CAFTA-DR Environment Projects
--01/30/08  CAFTA-DR Labor Projects
--01/30/08  U.S. Commits Funding For Labor and Environmental Protection for Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement Countries
--11/08/07  Against Wildlife Trafficking: Working Together to End the Illegal Trade in Wildlife
--09/19/06  The Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking: Partners in the Fight Against Illegal Wildlife Trade
--04/22/04  Wetlands Initiative Announced on Earth Day
--07/28/03  The President's Initiative Against Illegal Logging
--06/26/03  Environmental Cooperation Between the United States and Brazil
--11/04/02  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
--03/24/02  Approval of Central American-U.S. Joint Declaration Action Plan
--05/04/01  Negotiations on Revising the International Undertaking for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
--05/04/01  The Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Other Releases
--08/08/08  Increase in Lowland Gorillas a Positive Trend; Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC
--07/15/08  The Rubavu Ministerial Declaration for the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration; Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Republic of Rwanda
--06/13/08  Joint Summary: Inaugural Meeting of the U.S. – China Bilateral Forum on Combating Illegal Logging and Associated Trade
--05/12/08   Cheetah Conservation Fund’s International Research and Education Center
--11/08/07  OES Funds Research to Protect Amur Leopard in Russia
--07/24/06  U.S.-Peru Environmental Cooperation Agreement; Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Lima, Peru
--10/08/04  International Law Enforcement Academy -- Bangkok
--11/05/03  Information for U.S. Government Funded Researchers Collecting In Situ Genetic Resources Outside the United States
--09/19/03  Joint Press Release on the Brazil-U.S. Common Agenda on the Environment
--07/02/03  Memorandum of Intent Between the United States of America and the Republic of Singapore on Cooperation in Environmental Matters
--06/30/03  Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile on Environmental Cooperation
--10/18/06  Gutierrez Calls Icelandic Whale Hunting Announcement Disappointing; Department of Commerce; Washington, DC
--04/21/06  Public Activist Bo Derek Named Special Envoy of the Secretary of State for Wildlife Trafficking Issues

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