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"In response to this order, conservation groups and three Alaska Native tribes filed lawsuits against the Trump administration on November 12 to block a deal for a gravel road through a wildlife refuge on the Alaska Peninsula and protect the wildlife and natural world it would disrupt. The back and forth over Ambler Road continues to highlight opposing viewpoints on such projects, based on perceptions of who benefits from them and how."

"Increasingly, environmental experts are becoming aware of these behavioral clashes and their impact on climate and conservation efforts. It's partly why, one month before Trump's order, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Southern California launched the Center for Species Survival: Behavior Change in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This project aims to address how human behavior (or a failure to account for it) shapes conservation efforts."

The Trump administration approved the 211-mile Ambler Road Project to enable mining of copper, cobalt, gold, and other minerals through Alaskan wilderness. The project previously faced approval and then blockage due to threats to caribou, other wildlife, and Alaska Native tribes that rely on hunting and fishing. Conservation groups and three Alaska Native tribes filed lawsuits on November 12 to block a related gravel road through a wildlife refuge on the Alaska Peninsula. Growing attention to behavioral clashes has led to initiatives like the Center for Species Survival: Behavior Change with the IUCN to address how human behavior shapes conservation outcomes.

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