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| 2019 |
Environmental policy of the Stephen Harper government
Canada's greenhouse gas emissions were 730 Mt, representing only a 5% reduction from 739 Mt in 2005, falling short of previously set environmental targets.
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| 2019 |
Mountain caribou conservation
New timber permits designated, continuing logging in native mountain caribou habitat and further threatening their survival.
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| January 2019 |
Mountain caribou conservation
The South Selkirk and South Purcell mountain caribou subpopulations were declared extinct. The last three survivors were captured and relocated to a breeding pen near Revelstoke, British Columbia.
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| 2018 | Became Distinguished Research Chair Professor at National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. |
| 2018 | Concluded role as chair professor at the City University of Hong Kong. |
| 2017 |
Cedrus libani
Cedrus libani confirmed to have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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| 2013 | Became chair professor of environmental chemistry at the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong. |
| 2011 |
Mountain caribou conservation
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada designated mountain caribou as a threatened species, highlighting their critical conservation status.
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| 2011 |
Mountain caribou conservation
US Fish and Wildlife Service initially recommended 375,000 acres for critical mountain caribou habitat protection, which was later scaled back to 30,000 acres due to opposition from recreational groups.
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| 2011 | Completed term as associate dean at the University of East Anglia. |
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