A growing human population places greater demand on the Earth’s limited supply of natural resources, which makes other species more vulnerable to a loss of their natural habitats and biological diversity. Although the oil and natural gas industry has engaged in environmental partnerships over the years to promote conservation and wildlife protection programs, the industry is taking more aggressive steps to integrate biodiversity conservation into its operational practices by partnering with other institutions to measure biodiversity impacts and employ new technologies to minimize its environmental footprint.
For example, Shell and the Smithsonian Institution signed a five-year memorandum of understanding in June 2000 to assess the impact of Shell operations on areas of high biodiversity value. The first joint project in the Gamba complex in Gabon follows extensive national and international consultation including feedback from a stakeholder workshop. Chevron Niugini Ltd., with help from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), formed The Community Development Initiative (CDI) Foundation to protect the fragile rainforests of Papua New Guinea for generations to come. Petro-Canada in partnership with the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development, conducted a Life-Cycle Value Assessment of the MacKay River oil sands project to reduce environmental impacts. A number of companies, such as Shell, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, have implemented a variety of different wildlife conservation programs in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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Working with the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development, an independent public-interest and advocacy organization and non-profit consulting group.
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Petro-Canada is a key player in the implementation of One Ocean, which provides a neutral forum for the fishing and petroleum industries to communicate, exchange information and share opportunities.
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In 1998 the Shell Oil Company Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced at a special ceremony the single largest corporate donation ever made in support of marine conservation. Shell's unprecedented $5 million gift over five years has been used by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to create a conservation fund called the Shell Marine Habitat Program that will support projects to conserve, protect and enhance the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
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The goals of the Flower Valley project are to conserve the biodiversity of the lowland fynbos; to generate livelihoods in an area of high unemployment through sustainable harvesting of the fynbos flowers and associated micro-enterprises, such as paper-making; and to improve the quality of life of farm workers and their families through the provision of education and health services.
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Shell and the Smithsonian Institution (SI) signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding in June 2000, under which the SI is assessing the impact of Shell operations on areas of high biodiversity value. The first joint project in the Gamba complex in Gabon follows extensive national and international consultation including feedback from a stakeholder workshop.
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In 2003, Shell committed $3 million to the educational fund of America’s WETLAND: Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana.
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Program conserves natural habitats, sustains wildlife, benefits local economies and communities.
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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Unocal are collaborating on a five-year research and conservation project in Alaska that will lead to better understanding of Cook Inlet beluga whales and help assure their healthy, viable population.
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Unocal is pleased to support the Balikpapan Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS), a non-profit organization that is carrying out a unique conservation project at the Wanariset Station on the island of Borneo.
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The Nature Conservancy and Unocal are collaborating to involve local communities to build awareness and promote conservation and sustainable livelihoods in a “ridges to reefs” initiative in imperiled marine and terrestrial landscapes near Berau in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. ENV-UN-3
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