Sentences with phrase «conservation agreement for»

Candidate Conservation Agreement for the Lesser Prairie - Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)... fws.gov... grassland habitats include the construction of the infrastructure associated with oil and gas extraction and wind farm development....

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Land trusts are typically community - based nonprofit groups that protect land by acquiring the land outright, or by entering into legal agreements called conservation restrictions, where landowners do not give up ownership, but instead agree to reduce the development potential of their land, generally in return for cash payment, tax advantages, or both.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has secured an agreement that holds companies Saint - Gobain and Honeywell responsible for the PFOA contamination in Hoosick Falls and surrounding area.

Erica Ringewald, a spokeswoman for the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, provided a written statement in response to questions about the termination of the agreement.

Among them: Competitive Power wanted the Department of Environmental Conservation's OK to let it purchase emission credits in New York for a plant it was building in New Jersey — a «reciprocity agreement.»

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has entered an agreement to hold company Taconic responsible for removing the chemical PFOA from water supplies in the Rensselaer County community of Petersburgh.

Other groups signing onto the agreement included Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, the Hells Canyon Preservation Council, the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Oregon Wild and Wildlands Network.

However, a lack of agreement between conservation biologists and space agencies on a definitive set of variables to track, as well as how to translate such information into useful data for conservation, has meant that so far this game - changing resource has remained untapped.

There are already international agreements in place that provide cash in exchange for forest conservation projects in developing countries.

As part of BIOACID, Ekardt's Research Unit Sustainability and Climate Policy assessed political instruments against ocean acidification and climate change such as the different treaties of international law, the Paris Agreement or regulations for marine conservation as well as human rights.

As these new ideas about the passenger pigeon are discussed among conservation, management, and ornithology researchers there is growing agreement that the passenger pigeon is an excellent candidate for de-extinction.

The committee also authorized a memorandum of agreement to be signed between PIJAC and the Hawaii Fishermen's Alliance for Conservation and Tradition — the state's food fishery trade association — to improve representation of fishers throughout the state.

Honolulu, Hawai'i — The Hawaii Fishermen's Alliance for Conservation and Tradition (HFACT) and the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) have signed Hawai'i's first intra-industry Memorandum of Agreement dedicated to fishing issues in Hawai'i.

It is fabulous that the first conservation effort that came into force was in 1937 with the Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Game Mammals - a bilateral agreement between Mexico and the United States of America.

The Getty Conservation Institute, which has been involved with the site since 1989 under a collaborative agreement with China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH), is planning a much larger exhibition devoted to the Mogaoku (with support from the Dunhuang Foundation) for 2016.

The agreement further provides for a community service payment of $ 50,000 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to be used to promote the conservation, identification and propagation of protected tree species used in the musical instrument industry and the forests where those species are found.

* Monitor polar bear populations and trends * Study polar bear feeding ecology * Work cooperatively with the Alaska Nanuuq Commission and the North Slope Borough for co-management of polar bears in Alaska * Provide technical assistance to the participants of the 1988 North Slope Borough Inuvialuit (In new vee al u it) Game Council Agreement for the conservation of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea region and monitor the effects of oil and gas operations in the Beaufort Sea region.

McGuinty ceded that his proposals to implement renewables were poorly planned and managed; renewable projects were taken over by deep pocketed oil companies that would foist them on people in notably contentious locations giving wind a bad name, high FITs that did not adjust to market forces over the long term, no comprehensive agreement with neighbours for better power sharing agreements, no power storage strategy, no coordinated conservation or efficiency plan that included distributed generation, CHP, microCHP, automated demand response management, and worst of all there was no options analysis of subsidies to various producers.

$ 25 million for Public Sector Energy Conservation Agreement projects goes to public sector organizations for energy retrofits.

(Sec. 263) Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to expand the list of communities eligible for DOE's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Grant program to include small groups of adjacent, contiguous, or geographically proximate units of local government that reach agreement to act jointly.

Rebuilding Trust in REDD + November 11, 15:45 - 16:45 — Fiji Pavilion Forest conservation, and specifically REDD +, is one of the key approaches recognized as having transformative potential for both adaptation and mitigation under the Paris Agreement.

The aviation industry may reach agreement later this year on plans to offset its emissions by investing in United Nations schemes for forest conservation.

Many believe that the momentum gained by including forests in a UN climate agreement will finally push countries to deliver the money needed for forest conservation, but deforestation is a complex socio - political and economic problem that can not be solved by cash alone.

The Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the League of Conservation Voters and 41 other environmental groups sent a letter to Congress this week, asking them to oppose «fast track» trade promotion authority for upcoming trade agreements like the Trans - Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The Cancun agreements call on developing countries planning to undertake such efforts to develop: a national strategy or action plan; a national forest or forest emission reference level; and a transparent national system for monitoring and reporting of conservation and emission - reduction efforts.

In October 2017, Environment for the Americas, the Convention on Migratory Species and the Agreement on the Conservation of African - Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds announced a partnership to increase awareness of the plight of migratory birds around the world.

Joint Submission by the Center for Carbon Removal, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Forest Trends, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Woods Hole Research Center, regarding views on APA Item 6: Matters relating to the global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement: (a) identification of the sources of input for the global stocktake; and (b) development of the modalities of the global stocktake, in particular the role of the land sector and its potential for enhanced action, including Intact Forest Landscapes

Hobart, Australia; Friday 27th October 2017: Discussions and agreements were stalled and blocked for many Antarctic marine issues considered at the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).

A majority of IWC member countries, along with animal protection and environmental organizations, believe that the treaty has evolved into a conservation agreement that allows for greater protection for whales from environmental, commercial, and other types of threats.

«Along with REDD + in the agreement, we heard a recommitment for government and the private sector to support forest conservation.»

Seven - Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corporation have concluded a basic agreement for studies on energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction in convenience store distribution and operation.

The Trump Administration «s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, weaken environmental and conservation regulations at home, and signal an intent to cut protections for wildlife abroad raised fears that important conservation programs and grants that benefit rainforests will be reduced or eliminated when they come up for renewal in 2018.

This technical document aims to inform African carbon sink experts and the African forestry sector about climate change, the agreements reached, particularly the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and of the Kyoto Protocol, the current state of the Clean Development Mechanism, other opportunities for forest conservation, adaptation and mitigation, and about prerequisites for implementation.

Friday 28 October, Hobart, Australia: The Antarctic Ocean Alliance applauds the momentous agreement by Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to safeguard 1.55 million km2 of the Ross Sea in the Southern Ocean.

The Pelly Amendment authorizes the president to impose trade sanctions against another country for «diminishing the effectiveness» of conservation agreements: In Iceland's case, the International Whaling Commission, which bans commercial whaling, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which prohibits international commercial trade in whale products.

The fight over wolf management in Western states took another twist Saturday when a federal judge in Montana denied an agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 10 conservation groups that would have removed endangered species protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho.

The wetlands of Iraq — and the migratory birds that depend on them — are yet another urgent call for international conservation agreements.

The Center For Biological Diversity and Sea Turtle Restoration Project have petitioned the United States government to impose trade sanctions on Mexico for failing to abide by international sea turtle conservation agreemenFor Biological Diversity and Sea Turtle Restoration Project have petitioned the United States government to impose trade sanctions on Mexico for failing to abide by international sea turtle conservation agreemenfor failing to abide by international sea turtle conservation agreements.

Mongabay is reporting that Indonesia is availing itself of the program, having $ 30 million in debt forgiven in exchange for increased forest protection in Sumatra: This is the largest debt relief for conservation agreement ever reached, and the first time Indonesia has participated in the US program (in fact, they weren't even listed on the eligible countries last I checked...).

I have worked on various projects for environmental impact assessments; Coastal Conservation Planning and Watershed Assessment; inventory of stream habitats; conduct amphibian and fish surveys, and performed CEQA project monitoring and review of Stream Bed Alteration Agreements with post-project site visits.

For example, the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) consultation paper on joint management refers to the agreement as underpinning the policy shift on joint management.

Strategies: Facilitated access to commercial advice for native title holders negotiating land use agreements for economic opportunity; hold discussions with Department of Conservation about potential for Aboriginal participation in cultural tourism projects.

It is proposed for example, that the Unnamed Conservation Park, in the far central - west of South Australia, on the border of Western Australia will be managed by the Traditional Owners under a three tiered agreement.

The 50 - year lease and concession agreement encompassed leasing the university's existing utility system (including electricity, steam and condensate, chilled water, natural gas and geothermal power) to a third - party concessionaire, implementation of energy conservation measures by the concessionaire to meet certain energy savings goals, assistance with the procurement of energy supplies for the university, and development of an academic collaboration relationship with the university.