[Coral-List] TNC Reef Resilience Project Manager Position Open
Bill Raymond
billraymond10 at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 27 12:41:07 EDT 2010
Twelve years ago Mel Fisher, the treasure hunter, told me that one of his boats had followed a trail that led to the beach in front of the old Chuck's Steak House north of Sebastian Inlet. The state required him to get permission from the upland land owner in order to work close to the beach. That turned out to be the Nature Conservancy. Nobody in that org could give him permission, and kept pushing him higher up their ladder. It led to David Rockefeller, who also owns NBC, Chase Bank, Exxon-Mobile,GE, RCA, etc. and is also one of the owners of the Federal Reserve Bank.Talk about conspiracy!
--- On Fri, 9/24/10, Eugene Shinn <eshinn at marine.usf.edu> wrote:
From: Eugene Shinn <eshinn at marine.usf.edu>
Subject: [Coral-List] TNC Reef Resilience Project Manager Position Open
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 6:30 PM
This Job advertisement on the coral-list has me a little confused.
TNC (The Nature Conservancy) is an NGO (non governmental
organization). It has always been my understanding that NGO's operate
pretty much like churches. Donations are tax deductible. This
advertisement for a Reef Resilience Project Manager clearly states
that it is to "provide technical and managerial support to the
NOAA-TNC partnership." Partnership? I guess that means NOAA and this
NGO will work hand in hand to address mutual goals which of course
will ultimately be implemented and enforced by NOAA. I guess I just
do not understand. I always thought that it was illegal to have such
collusion between independent organizations and government
organizations.
Back when I was concerned about The Center for Biodiversity
suing NOAA to put Acroporid corals on the threatened list I suspected
there was collusion. I was told that was not so and received angry
calls from a CBD lawyer because I maintained that "if you don't know
what is killing it then you don't know what to protect it from." At
the same time NOAA (NMFS) employees said they had no choice (as
explained on the coral-list) but to follow the laws and that NOAA had
no choice because they lost the suit made by CBD. NOAA had no plans
to put these species on the endangered list but were forced to do it
because they lost the law suit. Now this advertisement seems to make
it clear that NGO's, (which CBD is) in fact do work hand in hand to
make decisions that ultimately turn into laws. One can conclude that
it is clear that this collusion will enable the listing of 82 coral
species which the CBD is petitioning NOAA to list as threatened.
There will of course be unintended consequences and likely intended
consequences. I would like for someone in the coral community to
explain all of this in clear understandable language. The
advertisement for the job does say it requires "Ability to simplify
and explain complex scientific data to general audiences."
Incidentally the CBD recently lobbied a judge to place a
moratorium on BOEMRE (formerly the Minerals Management Service)
offshore leasing because their Environmental Impact Statements do not
adequately explain how they determine environmental "Sensitivity" and
"Resiliency" This clearly shows the power of NGO's. Meanwhile we
import three fourths of our oil from some unfriendly sources and
actions such as described will likely lead to increased imports. Is
this good for our country and our coral reefs? Gene
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No Rocks, No Water, No Ecosystem (EAS)
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E. A. Shinn, Courtesy Professor
University of South Florida
Marine Science Center (room 204)
140 Seventh Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
<eshinn at marine.usf.edu>
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