Center for Biological Diversity2016年年度报告.pdf

1、12016Annual reportCenter for Biological Diversity2Kiern Suckling,Executive DirectorBut then came novemberThe Center for Biological Diversity had some extraordinary moments in 2016 our counter-protest at the armed occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge,our securing of 27 million acres of prot

2、ected habitat for endangered species,our achievement,along with local Arizona partners,of superstar status for El Jefe the American jaguar.There were plenty of wins for wild creatures great and small,as well as for wild places and the climate and I hope youll read about those wins in this report.But

3、 then came November.And theres no denying that the elections drastically changed our plans for 2017.Trumps ascendancy was a shock,and it made us sick at heart.But we havent let it slow us down.Instead we tackled his administration even before it took office,launching our powerful Earth2Trump resista

4、nce tour across the country,which arrived in Washington,D.C.,on Jan.18 with resistance messages from more than 150,000 people nationwide after a three-weeks-long,two-route,16-stop tour across the United States.And our momentum hasnt diminished one bit since the inauguration in fact weve already file

5、d more than 20 lawsuits against the malfeasance of the Trump government.Every step of the way were fighting the president as he tries to deny the reality of climate change,discredit science,gut our environmental laws,despoil our public lands and waters,open the doors to killing off our native wildli

6、fe,conduct mass deportations,eliminate regulations protecting poor communities from pollution and violence and take away womens reproductive rights.Weve filed suit against Trump for opening up federal lands to coal mining.Weve filed suit over his approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.Along with Arizo