Sentences with phrase «high country conservation»

Earthjustice, a public - interest environmental law firm, represented the High Country Conservation Advocates, WildEarth Guardians and the Sierra Club in the case.

«Today's ruling makes sure that coal mines can't build roads in Colorado's precious national forest roadless areas unless and until the Forest Service makes an honest accounting of the huge amounts of climate pollution that such mining may cause,» said Alli Melton, Public Lands Direction for Crested Butte - based High Country Conservation Advocates.

The landmark decision, affirming a challenge brought by the Sierra Club and allies at Earthjustice, WildEarth Guardians, and High Country Conservation Advocates, could have far - reaching implications for protecting our climate from the threat of mining and burning of coal, natural gas, tar sands, and other fossil fuels.

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Ten years later, after a stint teaching high school in the South Bronx, she returned to the country with her then - husband, biologist Michael Fay, to run a small conservation project for the World Wildlife Fund in the newly established Dzanga - Ndoki National Park.

Participants will engage, for the first time, in a complex, high - stakes, role - playing game that will cast them as representatives of two neighboring countries seeking to sort through difficult conservation, biodiversity, and economic development issues, according to Peter McGrath of TWAS, the course coordinator.

A team led by Carnegie's Greg Asner developed a new high - resolution approach for prioritizing carbon conservation efforts throughout tropical countries.

«We are proud to be part of this groundbreaking endeavor in the state of Sabah, which sets us apart in accelerating the quest and capacity to protect, restore, and conserve more high - conservation and high - carbon forests in this country,» said Sam Mannan, Chief Conservator of Forests.

Over the next few weeks, I invite you to join me and my colleagues at the Knowledge Matters Campaign as we tour schools across the country to see the many ways knowledge - building curriculum is enhancing classroom instruction — by asking students to read, write, and speak to high standards, but to do so from a wide range of topics that enrich students» understanding of the world around them — ranging from water conservation to the Revolutionary War to Renaissance architecture.

UNEP News Center: Climate change, chemicals and waste management, and biodiversity conservation are top of the agenda as ministers and high - level officials from 31 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean gather for major environmental forum aimed at strengthening regional cooperation.

Northern - latitude countries and high - altitude regions may become increasingly important for biodiversity and species conservation as the ranges of species distributions move poleward and upward in response to climate change (Berry et al., 2006).

Thousands of appraisers are undergoing «green valuation» training and the country's largest association in that field, the Appraisal Institute, has created a comprehensive «green addendum» that can be used to translate energy conservation improvements into higher property valuations.