Sentences with phrase «forest ecosystems conservation»

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.

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I'm sure the Brazilian coffee isn't shaded, since cerrado is savannah, not forest, and RA standards call for «Farms in areas where the original natural vegetation is not forest must dedicate at least 30 % of the farm area for conservation or recovery of the area's typical ecosystems.»

Seamlessly intertwining lyrical travelogue with ecological science, journalist Emma Marris explores conservation efforts worldwide, venturing from fragile island ecosystems in Hawaii to a seemingly primeval forest in Poland and Belarus.

Improved population estimates could help resource managers to weigh up the economic benefits that forests provide in terms of water purification, soil conservation and other functions against those of harvesting or clearing trees for farmland, says ecosystems - services ecologist Becky Chaplin - Kramer of Stanford University in California.

Scientists believe that acknowledging salamanders as one of the main food sources in forest ecosystems could help drive conservation efforts and forest management.

«As water holding hollows in large trees are essential for the survival of this unique species, the discovery also stress the need for conservation of large trees in the degraded forest ecosystems of the Western Ghats,» Kumar said.

Betts and Christopher Wolf, an Oregon State Ph.D. student in forest ecosystems and statistics along with six co-authors, used forest data assembled by Matthew Hansen at the University of Maryland and categories of extinction risk for 19,432 verterbate species, the so - called Red List, maintained by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Singer, Stella, Roberts and Caylor will develop a toolkit and provide quantitative support for land and water conservation management to promote the sustainability and resilience of riparian forest ecosystems located on DOD lands.

This is ideal for forest conservation because there would be less chance of unintended consequences and more benefits for the ecosystem than traditional hybrid breeding methods.

In addition, forest managers do not have to decide on the provision of solely one service — such as wood production or nature conservation — as a second study demonstrates: several services provided by forest ecosystems can be improved at the same time.

REDD + Offset Working Group (stateredd.org) was established in February 2011 as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in November 2010 as part of a collaborative effort between the Governors of California, Chiapas and Acre to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (known as «REDD +») and create policies to provide economic incentives for forest conservation by placing a value on living forests and their ecosystems.

Putting a «price» on natural assets — recognizing the environmental, economic, and social values of forest ecosystem services — is one way to promote conservation and more responsible decisionmaking.

The presence of 11 minerals, scientifically and aesthetically unique speleothems, and a 20 million year old Serenia fossil embedded in the walls of the cave justifies the declaration of the Puerto Princesa Underground River as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.The Park also contains a full mountain to sea ecosystems and protects forests that are important for biodiversity conservation.

Stories and discussions about Nature Conservation, Biology, Animals, Plants, Marine Life, the Reef, Rain Forest and other Ecosystems.

However, the potential rewards from getting it right stretch beyond the emission reductions themselves and include the sustainable development of forest - dependent communities and the conservation of some of the world's richest forest ecosystems.

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.

Urban forest ecosystems can provide many benefits to cities and communities including energy conservation, contributing to global biodiversity, and maintaining hydrologic and nutrient cycles.

Forest Trends is a non-profit organization that aims to expand the value of forests to society, promote sustainable forest management and conservation by creating and capturing market values for ecosystems, and enhancing the livelihoods of local communities who depend on foForest Trends is a non-profit organization that aims to expand the value of forests to society, promote sustainable forest management and conservation by creating and capturing market values for ecosystems, and enhancing the livelihoods of local communities who depend on foforest management and conservation by creating and capturing market values for ecosystems, and enhancing the livelihoods of local communities who depend on forests.

Protecting and regenerating forests, ecosystems and soils is the most important step we must take if we are to stabilize the global climate, not to mention other ecosystem benefits this would provide, including protecting future freshwater supplies and biodiversity conservation.

M. Davis et al., «New England — Acadian Forests,» in Taylor H. Ricketts et al., eds., Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment (Washington, DC: Island Press, 1999); David R. Foster, «Harvard Forest: Addressing Major Issues in Policy Debates and in the Understanding of Ecosystem Process and Pattern,» LTER Network News: The Newsletter of the Long Term Ecological Network, spring / summer 1996; U.S. Forest Service, «2006 Forest Health Highlights,» various state sheets, at fhm.fs.fed.us, viewed 2 August 2007.

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 woForest 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 woforest, with the business sector's rising interest in REDD and other forest carbon initiatives indicate incentives - based schemes for conservation are woforest carbon initiatives indicate incentives - based schemes for conservation are working.

Forest Trends» mission is to ensure the conservation of forests and other ecosystems, and we recognize that those goals can only be achieved by revolutionizing current agricultural practices.

A fifth of global human - caused carbon emissions today are absorbed by terrestrial ecosystems; this important carbon sink operates largely without human intervention, but could be increased through a concerted effort to reduce forest loss and to restore damaged ecosystems, which also co-benefits the conservation of biodiversity.

«We've created governance structures; we've valued our ecosystem services — such as water filtration, biodiversity conservation, and evapotranspiration — and we've shown that we can use our indigenous vision to save and manage our forest.»

In Ecuador, the Team brought in experts from the Environmental Law Center of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and RISAS, a Quito, Ecuador - based PES network for an open forum and closed - door meeting with Ecuador's Ministry of Environment on how to use payments for ecosystem services and carbon trading to foster forest preservation.

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 conservforest 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 conservForest Trends» Ecosystem Marketplace, a world - leading provider of news, data and analytics on environmental markets and investments in conservation.

The contribution of forest ecosystems — such as carbon sequestration, crop pollination, conservation of agricultural soils and control of water discharge to streams and rivers — to other sectors, particularly agriculture, is valued at 6.77 percent of Ethiopia's GDP.

«Forest Trends leverages the real economic value of forests and ecosystems, motivating governments and businesses to make conservation a top priority,» said MacArthur Vice President Elspeth Revere, who leads the awards program.

Many negotiators tell Ecosystem Marketplace that REDD itself is no longer a contentious issue, but that things get hairy when they try to digest the decision made in Bali to expand the land - use debate from REDD alone into broader issues of «conservation, sustainable management of forests, changes in forest cover and associated carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks to enhance action on mitigation of climate change and to the consideration of reference levels.»

Forest Trends» Ecosystem Marketplace is a leading source of knowledge on pioneering finance for conservation.

Ecosystem Marketplace publishes original research reports on pioneering finance for conservation, such as carbon offsets, results - based forest finance, biodiversity offsets and compensation, watershed investments, and private investment in conservation.

The designation protects some of the last expanses of closed forest in the Indo - Pacific region and is one of the most important ecosystems, including wetlands, for the long - term conservation of large mammals such as tigers, clouded leopards, and Asian elephants.

That's the word from the Ecosystems Climate Alliance, which says several key safeguards, as well as explicit language protecting intact forests, are missing: According to ECA, safeguards for transparent forest government structures, for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, for conservation of biodiversity all have not been finalized — considering that many of the countries which will benefit from REDD have weak governance to start with, ECA describes these as «gaping holes» that need to be closed.

According to Mr. Heikki Simola Finnish Association for Nature Conservation Finnish forest management has made Finnish forest and mire ecosystems as a considerable net source of carbon into the atmosphere for decades.

Announced yesterday at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Indonesian politicians have signed onto to a plan which it is hoped with protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems on the island of Sumatra: 48 % of Sumatra Deforested Since 1985 Since the 1980s Sumatra has lost about half of its forest cover to logging and agriculture.

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