The new database «is the most
valuable effort to date to summarize the state of conservation and threats to the world's mammal populations,» says mammalogist Don Wilson of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. «By detailing threats at the species level, it will now be possible for management agencies in every country in the world to prioritize their efforts to try to mitigate these threats.»
And in 2009, we highlighted the role SXSW was playing in helping
to steer the music industry in a more sustainable direction, but despite those
valuable efforts, the 2011 expansion into a standalone conference devoted
to sustainability marked the biggest nod
to sustainability
to -
date for the SXSW brand.