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Transcripts For CSPAN2 U.S. Senate 10252017 20171025

Quorum call mr. Merkley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Merkley i ask that the quorum call be lifted. Without objection. Mr. Merkley i ask that my intern sara finley be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Merkley thank you very much. Mr. President , i am coming to the floor to talk about the challenge we have with forest fires that have been raging in the west, from montana and idaho and washington and oregon and california, and periodically we have devastating fires in colorado and new mexico, nevada. So we have to figure out how we do a better job in a multitude of ways. First, its very important that we quit treating terrible fire year, enormous fires as if theyre some ordinary event, because there is currently no femastyle reaction to terrible forest fires. We respond with fema for for neigh tows and for tornadoes and with floods and hurricanes and with earthquakes but not with f ....

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Programme Officer, Thailand Programme


BACKGROUND
This is a local recruitment. Only Thai nationals, individuals with residence status or the appropriate employment visa for Thailand are eligible to apply. The remuneration and benefits package for this position is established with reference to the local labour market and in line with the IUCN conditions of service for Thailand.
The IUCN Thailand Country Programme (THP) is a unit under the IUCN Indo-Burma Group (IBG) based at IUCN Asia Regional Office, Bangkok. The programme was established in 2001.
IUCN THP is working on a growing portfolio focus on marine and coastal resources management, marine plastic pollution, business and biodiversity; nature-based solutions; Ecosystem-based adaptation and climate change mitigation; wildlife trafficking; species and ecosystem; conservation and community participation in the conservation and governance of protected areas and World Heritage sites. ....

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