{"id":30525,"date":"2021-07-29T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=30525"},"modified":"2021-07-29T16:45:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:45:57","slug":"biodiversity-institute-releases-annual-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/07\/29\/biodiversity-institute-releases-annual-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy releases annual report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gardner_quarterly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gardner_quarterly.jpg\" alt=\"Royal Gardner\" class=\"wp-image-29431\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gardner_quarterly.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gardner_quarterly-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Royal Gardner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stetson Law\u2019s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy released its 2020-2021 Annual Report this month, and the contents highlight how, despite the global pandemic, the Institute continued to provide environmental education, research, and service locally, nationally, and internationally this past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Led by Professor of Law and Director, Royal C. Gardner, the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy is Stetson Law\u2019s interdisciplinary focal point for environmental law programs and initiatives. Some of the highlights from the report include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nationwide legal support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided <em>County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund<\/em>, a critical Clean Water Act case. The majority opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2020\/04\/25\/stetson-law-plays-role-in-supreme-court-decision-on-clean-water-act-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited an amici curiae brief<\/a> that Gardner, Erin Okuno (assistant director of the Biodiversity Institute) and a team of attorneys had filed on behalf of aquatic scientists and scientific societies. Gardner discussed the caseand how scientists can contribute to policymaking in a presentation for the Society for Freshwater Science\u2019s Summer of Science, and the amici brief was featured in a PBS NOVA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sws.org\/2020\/10\/21\/county-of-maui-v-hawaii-wildlife-fund-amici-brief-featured-in-pbs-nova-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">podcast<\/a> on Science in the Courtroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute has continued to file amici curiae briefs, including in California, Massachusetts and South Carolina, on behalf of aquatic scientific organizationsto explain the importance of considering science when making decisions under the Clean Water Act. The briefs are available on the Biodiversity Institute\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>International outreach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute faculty and staff maintain ongoing relationships with the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles and Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, two international organizations. This year they also collaborated on projects with the University of Philippines Law Center\u2019s Institute of International Legal Studies, Alberta Land Institute of the University of Alberta, and the University of Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Student success<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful (KTBB) selected Stetson Law student Nicholas Lewis as the recipient of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2020\/12\/18\/local-nonprofit-recognizes-stetson-student-with-education-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 Environmental Education Program Award<\/a> for a project he worked on in Professor Lance Long\u2019s Environmental Advocacy course. Nicholas developed K\u201312 lesson plans for KTBB\u2019s Environmental Education Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent Stetson Law graduates also are putting their environmental law education into practice. Brian Remler started at Morris, Manning &amp; Martin, LLP\u2019s Atlanta office working with their Environmental and Construction Practice Group, which specializes in brownfield redevelopment. Jess Beaulieu accepted a position as the program manager for Denver University Sturm College of Law\u2019s Animal Law Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full 2020-2021 Annual Report on the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/international\/biodiversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:113px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson Law\u2019s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy released its 2020-2021 Annual Report this month, and the contents highlight how, despite the global pandemic, the Institute continued to provide environmental education, research, and service locally, nationally, and internationally this past year. Led by Professor of Law and Director, Royal C. 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