leadership in the sound management of the world's natural resources

leadership in the sound management of the world's natural resources.As one of the largest and most important gatherings of conservationists,hundreds of guests at the Inauguration Conservation Gala included foreignheads of state, members of the U.S. This year, ICCF presented the Good Steward Award to Edward Norton and theConservation Leadership in Business Award to DuPont.Celebrity guests included Bo Derek, Robert Duvall, Cheryl Hines, DennisHopper, Kelly Ann Hu, Gale Anne Hurd, Ashley Judd, Her Majesty Queen Noor ofJordan, Edward Norton, Tracee Ellis Ross, Rick Schroder, and Joe Theismann toname a few.Wildlife also attended including a wallaby and sloth as areminder of the importance that wildlife has on the environment.Both the Boys Choir of Kenya and the Ron Clark Academy performed; PeteSeligmann, CEO of Conservation International, keynoted; company presidents oftop sponsors Toyota, Volkswagen, Anheuser-Busch, Nestle, The NatureConservancy, and World Wildlife Fund all made presentations; and, NationalGeographic Services in addition to Former Presidents William Jefferson Clintonand George Herbert Walker Bush provided video messages."America can and must take the lead in a global conservation movement. We mustshare our extensive natural resource management 'know how' to assistdeveloping nations grow their economies and feed their people," said FormerPresident William Jefferson Clinton."We must understand that by investing inthe environment, we are also investing in people. We must recognize theobvious link between good natural resource management and economic developmentand poverty alleviation."President George H.W.

Bush emphasized that, "The caucus recognizes that we canachieve prosperity in this generation that does not harm future generationsand that we must establish a global conservation ethic that we can allembrace.This is something we can achieve together but it will not happenwithout inspired leadership. ""Not only are we at the International Conservation Caucus Foundationcelebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of theUnited States, but we are also uniting so many different people,organizations, and ideologies in focusing on solving the climate crisis thatcontinues to plague our planet," said David H. Barron, President,International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF)."As part of ICCF'smission, we are convinced that it is in America's national interest to expandits leadership in the world to promote sound, long-term policies ofsustainable land, water, and biodiversity management."About ICCFFounded in 2006, ICCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organizationheadquartered in Washington, D.C.The ICCF unites policymakers in the U.S.House of Representatives, U.S. ICCF motivates internationalpolicymakers to generate strategies that launch, fund, implement, and monitorinternational conservation measures and mitigate conservation crises, throughits educational programs and a demonstration of consensus in the privatesector.SOURCEInternational Conservation Caucus FoundationKelly Dieter, Hayes & Associates, 1-703-288-8684, , forInternational Conservation Caucus Foundation. (adds comment from management consultant) Stocks China By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration confirmed on Monday that salmonella was found ina package of peanut butter sandwich crackers made by Kellogg Co(K.N), the food manufacturer said, as a precautionary recallexpanded across the food industry.

The Kellogg product Austin Quality Foods ToastyCrackers with Peanut Butter was one of several snacks theBattle Creek, Michigan company voluntarily recalled as aprecaution after the FDA warned consumers to avoid eatingproducts that contained peanut butter until it could determinethe scope of an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning that mayhave contributed to six deaths. Since September the salmonella food poisoning outbreak hassickened at least 474 people in 43 states, health officials atthe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The FDA has traced a source of the contamination to PeanutCorporation of America (PCA), which supplies peanut butterproducts to manufacturers and institutions, such as nursinghomes. The FDA said some samples of its products had testedpositive for a salmonella strain that may have originated in aBlakely, Georgia, peanut processing plant After initiating several precautionary steps on Jan.