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Imperial College finds business impact through offsetting extends beyond simple CO2 reductions to poverty alleviation and nature conservation

It again shows that some certificates rather serve the purpose of marketing than the interests of nature conservation.

The main objectives, apart from helping organic agriculture enhance biodiversity, have been to start cooperation and dialogue between the nature conservation and organic agricultural movements and to spread knowledge about biodiversity in organic agriculture.

There is increasing recognition among nature conservation organizations that many species interact with agricultural systems, even if their primary habitat is in natural areas.

Protected areas are not sufficient for nature conservation, especially for migratory species (e.g. birds) because surrounding habitats are agricultural lands which often create negative externalities.

The 2002 IFOAM Basic Standards for Organic Agriculture Production and Processing67 include principles and recommendations on «organic ecosystems» where provisions are made to «maintain a significant portion of farms to facilitate biodiversity and nature conservation», including (among others) wildlife refuge habitats and wildlife corridors that provide linkages and connectivity to native habitat.

In both developed and developing countries, one of the driving forces behind the growth of organic agriculture is the nature conservation agenda.

The establishment of semi-natural habitats within organic systems and the avoidance of pesticide use contribute to maintaining the biological connectivity and the larger ecological web, which benefit both agriculture and nature conservation.

Bird - a-thon, Mass Audubon's largest fundraiser, brings together supporters from across the state to raise essential funds for nature conservation, education, and advocacy and to compete in an exciting birding competition.

For more than three decades, thousands of birding team members and other Bird - a-thon supporters have raised more than $ 2 million ($ 215,000 last year alone) for Mass Audubon, Massachusetts» largest nature conservation nonprofit.

In addition to Mass Audubon, the state's largest nature conservation nonprofit, partners in the NWF initiative include the Ipswich River Watershed Association, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, Boston University, University of New Hampshire, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and Office of Coastal Zone Management.

Mass Audubon will hold its 2016 Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 10 at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester to review accomplishments, announce initiatives — and honor individuals and organizations who model the same commitment to the environment as the state's largest nature conservation organization.

LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon will hold its 2016 Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 10 at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester to review accomplishments, announce initiatives — and honor individuals and organizations who model the same commitment to the environment as the state's largest nature conservation organization.

Quantifying what hunters and their organisations do for biodiversity is essential to co-ordinate more effective actions towards nature conservation throughout Europe.»

Charlotte Simon, FACE nature policy officer, said: «Despite the fact hunters do a lot for nature conservation throughout Europe, it is sometimes difficult to demonstrate that work.

It is endorsed by all the governments» statutory nature conservation agencies for its ability to achieve conservation targets for society at large.

The President's other engagements in Paris include bilateral talks with French President Francois Hollande, and the launch at the UNESCO of an exhibition on Nature Conservation in Ghana, with a focus on the Mole National Park.

While in Paris, President Mahama will hold bilateral talks with French President Francois Hollande, launch at the UNESCO, an exhibition on Nature Conservation in Ghana, with a focus on the Mole National Park and meet with French Investors.

Andrew Craggs, Natural England senior reserve manager at Lindisfarne NNR, said: «The current system has been fashioned over many years, with trust and a real passion for nature conservation from all partners being a key ingredient to its current success.»

The Marine Bill has been introduced to improve marine nature conservation.

November 2008 Scotland gains powers over for all planning and nature conservation matters at sea up to 200 miles from the coast.

I got my first taste of working in an international nature conservation project in the summer of 1991.

By the end I was hooked: I knew that I wanted to continue working as a biologist in the realm of international cooperation, contributing to nature conservation and the transfer of knowledge.

They have always been cherished and are now a priority for nature conservation.

I had the opportunity to work as a guest student for three and a half months in the project «Conservation de la Nature intégrée, Est - Zaïre» (Integrated Nature Conservation, East Zaire), which was assisted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).

«Nature conservation as a bridge to peace in the Middle East.»

An important remit of UNESCO's natural sciences programme is promoting environmental sustainability, including nature conservation, ocean monitoring, renewable energy, and water resources.

On the contrary, measures to enhance social equity in a societal and macroeconomic sense may strengthen nature conservation,» stresses Stefan Baumgärtner, Professor of Environmental Economics and Resource Management at the University of Freiburg and director of the study.

«The combination of nature conservation and peace - building is not only important, but it also brings a new message of hope that our society is looking for,» Roulin said.

«Social justice and nature conservation are not necessarily conflicting concepts, unlike what is frequently maintained by some.

«This result is relevant, because there is a clear relationship between social equity and nature conservation,» says Baumgärtner.

Although tempting to conclude that human activities thus benefit as well as deplete global biodiversity, the authors stress that extinct wild species can not simply be replaced with newly evolved ones, and that nature conservation remains just as urgent.

Peter Lindberg of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation in Stockholm and his colleagues studied three populations of peregrine falcons, two in the wild and one in captivity, between 1987 and 1999.

Environmental protection and nature conservation are topics that pop up frequently in Science Connection profiles.

He replied that the government is now drawing up a management plan for the island, in consultation with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, the Governor of Pitcairn and the Pitcairn islanders.

«Everyone suspected that there was something in [the footprints],» says Agnieszka Sergiel, a biologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences» Institute of Nature Conservation and a co-author of the study, which was published recently in Scientific Reports.

High - life monkey: Nature Conservation Foundation biologists on an expedition in India announced the serendipitous find of a new monkey.

According to the researchers, who work with the Nature Conservation Foundation in Mysore, the animal largely keeps to the forests and lives at altitudes up of 3500 meters, making it one of the highest - dwelling primates in the world.

Researchers and chocolatiers the world over are predicting a chocolate peak within 20 years, John Mason, of the Nature Conservation Research Council told The Independent:

The trend worries many local environmental groups, such as California's Surfrider Foundation or Australia's Nature Conservation Council of NSW, which are concerned about protecting nearby ecosystems by safely disposing the concentrated brine left from the process as well as increased fossil - fuel use and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions.

A paper by Michigan State University panda habitat experts published in this week's Journal for Nature Conservation explores an oft - hidden yet significant conflict in conservation.

Johannes Refisch describes his experience working as a biologist in the realm of international cooperation, contributing to nature conservation and the transfer of knowledge.

«In terms of practical nature conservation, these results signify that in the future it will no longer be sufficient to preserve small, isolated reserves — while these benefit specialized species with a simple genetic structure, the bulk of species that depend on an exchange between local populations will lose out in the medium to long term,» predicts Schmitt, and he adds in closing, «This will lead to a further decline of numerous insect species — with dramatic consequences for entire food webs and ecosystems.»

The reintroduction programme is an experiment run by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the RSPB.

The trust's work in monitoring nesting is being carried out under a contract from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Their research article is published in the open access journal Nature Conservation.

«We don't even know that there is a decline in reptile species as there is with certain amphibian species,» says Hank Jenkins, a biologist at the Australian Nature Conservation Agency in Canberra.

The NGOs hope that good sense will prevail and the volunteers will be immediately released unharmed in order to enable the civil society organisations and their workers to contribute towards nature conservation...... especially for the communities living in and around the forested areas.»

So Agnieszka Sergiel at the Institute of Nature Conservation in Poland and her team wondered whether the bears use a similar trick.

Like many foreigners, I have somehow absorbed the idea that the battle for nature conservation in the US has more or less been won.