Sentences with phrase «conservation status the»

The «conservation status» of the leatherback is considered «critical».

Large margins of error in polar bear population estimates means the conservation status threshold of a 30 % decline (real or predicted) used by the US Endangered Species Act and the IUCN Red List is probably not valid for this species.

Last month the International Union for Conservation of Nature — better known as IUCN — released an update on the conservation status of the world's lemurs.

The president affirmed that «Iceland's actions threaten the conservation status of an endangered species and undermine multilateral efforts to ensure greater worldwide protection for whales.»

Just keep reminding yourself that all the hype has very little to do with the conservation status of polar bears and virtually everything to do with the survival of the IUCN PBSG as an organization and the economic future of polar bear biologists and their ever - growing crop of students.»

Despite the challenges imposed not only by the old and slightly ropey fabric, but also the conservation status of the buildings, the client wanted to carry as many of the benefits of passive house design as possible through to the retrofit.

Iceland's actions threaten the conservation status of an endangered species and undermine multilateral efforts to ensure greater worldwide protection for whales.

Apple will be unveiling a new operating system next year called «Lion» and I wanted to bring to your attention that lions will soon join tigers in terms of conservation status.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature says 17 % of the over 1,000 shark species in the world are threatened with extinction and for nearly half we simply don't have enough data to assess their conservation status.

Even though the area in a protected status is far from the only criterion for conservation status, the fact that between 5 - 10 % of the land is in parks and preserves and less than 1 % of oceans is protected gives some sense of the disparity.

Long recognised for their rich biodiversity, the Subantarctic islands lying to the south of New Zealand are World Heritage sites, afforded the highest conservation status and protection by both the Australian and New Zealand governments.

The town of Xcalak, the southernmost on the Mexican Caribbean coastline, has become a model for sustainable eco-tourism in the Meso - American Reef System area in the last ten years for its conservation status, a result of a well thought out and implemented plan, as well as for its privileged location and heritage.

This expansion will enhance the protection of the property as a world heritage site and improve the conservation status of the mountain.

It's a complex mesophyll vine forest, conservation status — «endangered».

It's miles from traffic jams with low - levels of crime and conservation status that means no street lights and an adjacent nature reserve.

The species is threatened by predation by feral cats, and the IUCN has assessed its conservation status as «critically endangered».

Conservation Status Since the island scrub - jay occurs only on one island that makes it susceptible to any major disaster, a disease outbreak, or widespread land - use changes, any of which could potentially extirpate the species or cause a severe population decline.

Conservation Status A new colony of common murres is situated within Channel Islands National Park, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, and the recently designated Harris Point California Marine Protected Area.

Conservation Status According to the IUCN, (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), this species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, tolerance of a broad range of habitats, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and because it does not appear to be under threat and is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Conservation Status According to the Society of Marine Mammalogy, the population is presently estimated at about 20,000 animals.

As stated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species, the northern elephant seal has recovered from near extinction and population growth and is expected to continue over the coming decades.

Conservation Status The island night lizard is listed as Threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, due to habitat alteration and predation resulting from introduction of alien species (e.g., feral cats, goats, pigs, and rabbits).

Conservation Status According to the IUCN Red List (2008), the Western Spotted Skunk is listed as Least Concern as they are widely distributed in a variety of habitats including human altered habitats.

Common Name Garibaldi Scientific Name Hypsypops rubicundus Conservation Status The Garibaldi is the California State fish and is protected from fishing.

Conservation Status Historically, this species has declined due to direct killing by people and because of destruction or disturbance of roost sites.

Conservation Status The bald eagle's recovery is a spectacular conservation success story.

Conservation Status There is no formal conservation status, but fishing is prohibited in California.

Conservation Status Populations of western gulls have restricted range and therefore, are vulnerable to oil pollution, ocean acidification, and climate change.

Conservation Status The most recent edition of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species listed the Channel Islands slender salamander as of Least Concern since, although its Extent of Occurrence is much less than 5,000 per square kilometer, it is common and occurs in an area of extensive, suitable habitat which appears not to be under threat, it has a presumed large population, and it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

If they actually started breaking cat predation up by the bird species and its conservation status, the whole attack on cats — especially in the cities, towns and suburbs where the majority of people and cats actually live — would collapse.

The emotive argument that we need to eradicate all cats and make owning one illegal because they kill native birds like sulphur crested cockatoos, rainbow lorikeets, galahs, eastern rosellas and noisy miner birds falls to the ground when you know the conservation status of all these birds is least concern.

There are summary tables indicating the number of genera and species within the order; the distinctions in size, habitat, and global range; social behavior; common characteristics; and the conservation status of particular members of the order.

Special attention is paid to conservation status of species within each group.

The conservation status of sockeye populations in Canada is under review by Fisheries and Oceans Canada as part of its Wild Salmon Policy strategy to standardize monitoring of wild salmon status.

Some state and territory governments also have their own systems for conservation status.

Conservation Status: Endangered (IUCN Red List) Life span: 40 to 45 years (wild), more than 60 (captive) Total population: 172,700 to 299,700 (wild), 1,450 (captive) Habitat range in the wild: Equatorial Africa, from southern Senegal across the forested belt north of the Congo River to western Uganda and western Tanzania Gestation: 8 months (240 days) Body Height: 816 mm (M & F) Body Weight: 40 to 60 kg (M), 32 to 47 kg (F)

Although not readily visible to the casual observer on Andros Island amid an abundance of natural resources including a wide range of beautiful flora and fauna species, fresh water springs, dense woodlands with chestnut and poplar trees along with a preserved cultural identity including the presence of ancient water mills surrounded by an azure blue sea, there are nevertheless some natural threats and threats from anthropogenic activities associated with the island's continuing growth that adversely impact the conservation status of the project's targeted species.

It will focus on a representative degraded ecosystem surrounded by protected areas and carry out measures to improve habitats as well as to enhance the conservation status of 47 targeted flora and fauna species.

I prioritised variants and genes using case - control comparisons and functional annotations such as types of mutation, evolutionary conservation status and regulatory marks.

The Indo - Pacific humpback dolphin is listed in the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species as having an unfavourable conservation status.

«With now four distinct species, the conservation status of each of these can be better defined and in turn added to the IUCN Red List,» Fennessy said in a statement, referring to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, which recently submitted a proposed assessment of the giraffe on the IUCN Red List, taking into consideration the animal's rapid decline over the last 30 years.

It is therefore extremely important that we understand as much as possible about this species so that we can evaluate its conservation status and implement appropriate conservation measures.»

Shark populations are declining globally, and scientists lack data to estimate the conservation status of populations for many shark species.

BirdLife has used the checklist to compile the 2014 International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, a comprehensive global inventory of the conservation status of species.

Scientists scored each watershed based on three characteristics: the number of species it contained, the conservation status of those species and how widespread each species was.

Population data on the animals is incomplete, so their true conservation status is unknown, but their numbers are far smaller than many common marine species of dolphins, whose populations are composed of hundreds of thousands of individuals.

Since humpback whales no longer fulfil the criteria of the EPBC Act, the study suggests, they should have their conservation status revised.

Despite that most species are found within a protected area, there is concern for the conservation status of some of them as the Colombian Andes and Chocó have alarming rates of deforestation and transformation, sometimes even within areas set aside for conservation, like the one where this rare species were collected.

Meanwhile, the conservation status of native Australian bees is largely unknown because solid baseline data are unavailable and about one third of the species are as yet unknown to science.

[Hans ter Steege et al, Estimating the global conservation status of over 15,000 Amazonian tree species]