Sentences with phrase «ecosystem conservation project»

To further observe Snow Leopard Day, UNDP and the Government of Kyrgyzstan have announced a GEF financed Transboundary Cooperation for Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Conservation project, at a joint event organized with the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Programme (GSLEP).

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This study highlights the importance of considering hydrological drought for wildfire prediction, and the researchers recommend that hydrology should be considered in future studies of the impact of projected ENSO strength, including effects on tropical ecosystems, and biodiversity conservation.

«We can't protect our own ecosystem if we're not protecting Cuba's,» said Fernando Bretos Trelles, director of the Ocean Foundation's Cuba Marine Research Conservation Project, which has facilitated collaborative research between U.S. institutions and the University of Havana and the Cuban Ministry of Science Technology and Environment since 1998.

This work was supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Agency for International Development's Central Africa Forest Ecosystems Conservation (CAFEC) project.

The findings will be used in part by the Nature Conservancy to help direct federal funding toward ecosystem restoration and conservation projects that protect the most people and property, Arkema said.

Ensure that industry, mining, infrastructure, and rural development programs and projects are fully sensitive to the conservation needs of snow leopards and their ecosystems, do not adversely affect or fragment key populations or critical habitats, and employ wildlife - friendly design, offsets, and other mitigation tools.

Every lake ecosystem is a little different and may present unique problems to solve, but this project is hopefully going to provide insights into conservation efforts that can be used all over the world.

We anticipate awarding 24 internships that will support work in the fields of ecology, evolution, ecosystem sciences or conservation biology, broadly defined, with a priority for projects that focus on one of the following Montana NSF EPSCoR RII Track - 1 research areas:

On May 11, 2016, SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development), a program funded by JICA — JST (Japan International Cooperation Agency and Japan Science and Technology Agency) announced the acceptance of a 5 - yr Philippine - Indonesia - Japan project entitled, «Comprehensive Assessment and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems and Their Services in the Coral Triangle (BlueCARES)».

Several projects were successfully completed or reached significant milestones, including: First time in 100 years that the global population of wild tigers has increased, with 60 % growth where WWF - Canada works on tiger conservation in Nepal; first ever certified sustainable cod fishery in Canada; first ever national measure of the health of our freshwater ecosystems reaching 75 % completion; and, end of oil exploration interests near Arctic's Lancaster Sound region

On this project, you will help develop and maintain a local resource centre in Kizimkazi with information on dolphins, whales, sharks and other types of fish, the local marine ecosystem and local marine conservation.

Richard Hassell speaks of this eco-friendly project...» We are very pleased that Alila Hotels have embraced the Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) principles, and we are using many ESD measures including local materials, water conservation with soaks and rain gardens and recycling with grey water systems, using local plants from the special Bali Savannah ecosystem on the Bukit, which are being raised in a nursery on site to encourage local bird and animal life, heat pumps for water heating, salt water pools — among many others.

Its mission is four-fold: to expand the value of forests to society; to promote sustainable forest management and conservation by creating and capturing market values for ecosystem services; to support innovative projects and companies that are developing these markets; and to enhance the livelihoods of local communities living in and around those forests.

The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP), a major component of California's renewable energy planning efforts, will help provide effective protection and conservation of desert ecosystems while allowing for the appropriate development of renewable enerConservation Plan (DRECP), a major component of California's renewable energy planning efforts, will help provide effective protection and conservation of desert ecosystems while allowing for the appropriate development of renewable enerconservation of desert ecosystems while allowing for the appropriate development of renewable energy projects.

EBA: The government of Nepal, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) jointly launched the «Ecosystem based Adaptation in mountain ecosystem in Nepal (EbA)» Project on the 16th AugEcosystem based Adaptation in mountain ecosystem in Nepal (EbA)» Project on the 16th Augecosystem in Nepal (EbA)» Project on the 16th August 2012.

A project of this scale in a national park has implications for Gabon's wider conservation efforts, possibly leading to the declassification of the national parks system as well as leaving vulnerable ecosystems exposed to logging and other destructive industries.

Combining the numbers from Ecosystem Marketplace's latest Forest Carbon Markets report, which identifies 168 conservation projects under carbon management that protects over 25 million hectares of forest, with the business sector's rising interest in REDD and other forest carbon initiatives indicate incentives - based schemes for conservation are working.

The report, which aggregates historic data from 215 forest carbon projects around the globe, was published last Thursday by Forest Trends» Ecosystem Marketplace, a world - leading provider of news, data and analytics on environmental markets and investments in conservation.

Klein is currently working on several land - sea conservation planning projects in which she is studying how such land - based activities as farming, mining, and coastal development impact marine ecosystems and using the information to inform marine and terrestrial management decisions.

The project is one of nine groundbreaking climate change initiatives selected and funded by the NRCS's 2011 Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program, and is focused on greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation for one of the least protected and most imperiled ecosystems in the world.

Since its 1972 launch, the Trust for Public Land has completed more than 3,500 land - conservation projects in 47 states, protecting more than two million acres that define America's communities and are central to its ecosystems.

World's Dirtiest Coastal Ecosystem Revealed... and It's in the USA David de Rothschild Sets Sail on Plastic Ship Ocean Conservancy Reveals World's Only Snapshot of Marine Trash EU Project Designs Cleaner Ship for Inland and Coastal Waterways The Year Ahead in 2008: Making Ocean and Coastal Conservation a Priority Flipping Kenya's Coastal Flotsam

The GreenTrees project is a one - million - acre conservation initiative that aims to plant over 500 million new trees for ecosystem repair and climate impact in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, North America's largest rainforest and waterfowl migratory corridor.