Sentences with phrase «protected areas management»

International Conservation and Development, Ocean Policy, Fisheries Management, Marine Protected Areas Management, Community - Based Management

Representatives of the Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations (APAMO) today spoke to the press about the controversy surrounding the signing of co-management agreements with the Government of Belize.

Coordinate and spatially target security, conflict mitigation, development, and conservation funding support to conservation and NRM programs in Northern CAR to enhance conservation security and protected area management for people and wildlife.

Not exact matches

The same could apply to trade, an area where a long - sought - after agreement with the European Union has eluded Canadian negotiators, primarily because of a supply - management system that protects dairy farmers in Quebec.

The «Coffee Growing — Environmental Leadership» section covers water body protection, including criteria for width and type of vegetated buffer zones along permanent and seasonal water bodies, and use of chemicals or waste storage near water bodies; protection of soil resources, including measures to control and prevent erosion and use of organic mulches and cover crops; conserving biodiversity, including maintaining a shade canopy, protecting wildlife, and establishment of conservation areas; and environmental management, including pest and disease control.

1 The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor is a programme concerning sustainable development and management in several protected areas and buffer zones linked by connectivity zones and multiple - use zones (corridors).

Because of its biodiversity benefits, organic agriculture offers an important agricultural management option in several protected area categories76.

The use of organic agriculture in protected buffer zones has been explored in the Meso - American Biological Corridor, a complex of protected areas and sustainable management stretching over seven countries.

Nestled deep in the subtropical forest of northwestern Belize and renowned for being the largest private reserve and second - largest protected area in the country, the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area (RBCMA) is located only two - and - a-half hours away from Belize Carea in the country, the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area (RBCMA) is located only two - and - a-half hours away from Belize CArea (RBCMA) is located only two - and - a-half hours away from Belize City.

Founded by Mass Audubon in 1988, Programme for Belize is an independent Belizean nonprofit organization with a mission to preserve and protect 262,000 acres of tropical forest in northern Belize called the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area (RBCMA).

We initiated a recycling program for facilities and parks, developed an integrated pest management program aimed at reducing use of pesticides and herbicides on playing fields and lawns, later banned smoking in District buildings and vehicles before that practice became state law, and continued to protect our natural areas through local leadership.

The Forestry Commission's function is to create, protect and manage the permanent forest estates and protected areas in the various ecological zones of the country to conserve Ghana's biophysical heritage, prepare and implement integrated forest and wildlife management plans for the maintenance of the environment to the benefit of all segments of society and to regulate the harvesting of timber, wildlife and other non-timber forest products among others.

It will focus on critical investments to create, protect and restore environmentally sensitive sites at Oriskany Flats Wildlife Management Area and stream enhancement projects associated with storm damaged areas within the Mohawk River Watershed.

In a separate meeting, Holt and Pastrana developed future plans for their memorandum of understanding to extend beyond the biomedical sciences into areas including natural disaster resilience, protecting marine ecosystems and biodiversity management — all areas of importance to the societies of Cuba and the United States.

«Until now, we can not predict downstream effects of current grassland management, although continuous grassland burning in protected areas might become a possible threat to rare hispid hares,» says Khadka.

«What surprised me about the results was that most people overestimated the amount of ocean area being protected, and thus have a more optimistic view of ocean conservation and management than there actually is.

For example with our colleagues from the Chicago Field Museum, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology with support from the McArthur Foundation we have been able to implement for almost 10 years management plans that we developed in joint expeditions with Cuban scientists and the people from protected areas.

Panthera Senior Lion Program Director, Dr. Paul Funston, shared, «There is just no replacement for large protected areas that invest adequately in management and protection of their lions.

«Our findings can help prioritize areas and species that might be at greater risk of extinction and that might require extra attention, conservation or management — protecting vulnerable species in vulnerable places.»

Such measures include the establishment and effective management of protected areas and networks of wildlife corridors; restoration of degraded ecosystems; control of invasive alien species and reintroduction of wild animals.

This data set is being used to inform the management of a new Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) that protects the only area of deep - sea coral habitat in English waters.

Dr Bryce Stewart, who supervised the work, added: «Scallop fisheries are ideally suited to management using protected areas.

Some members of Congress are pushing an omnibus ocean protection bill called Oceans - 21, which aims to regulate fisheries, establish a network of protected areas, provide an oceans management framework to rescue coasts and off - shore areas, and help ocean life survive global warming.

• More effective management and protection of large areas outside of formally protected areas; • Increased law enforcement combined with improved legal frameworks and stiffer sanctions for poachers; • Coordination across all sectors on land use and protection of natural resources with a priority on conserving great ape populations; • Conservation advocacy for wildlife and law enforcement to effect behavior change; • An enhanced understanding of diseases such as Ebola to guide conservation actions; • Monitoring of great ape abundance and distribution, habitat loss, and illegal activities.

Despite some local successes and increasing responses (including extent and biodiversity coverage of protected areas, sustainable forest management, policy responses to invasive alien species, and biodiversity - related aid), the rate of biodiversity loss does not appear to be slowing.

Establishment of conservation - security partnerships for protected areas and natural resource management (including NGOs, UN, other international entities) directly improving security for both local communities and wildlife

This discovery has great implications for marine management, and the development of MPAs (Marine Protected Areas).

[Vidya Athreya et al, Spotted in the News: Using Media Reports to Examine Leopard Distribution, Depredation, and Management Practices outside Protected Areas in Southern India] So how can the large carnivores and people better coexist?

It may be that good governance in countries where forests are an important natural resource helps ensure conservation and sustainable management not only in protected areas but outside them as well.»

Marine science and policy, ecosystem - based management; marine protected areas; sustainable fisheries management; shipping; ocean geo - engineering; environmental impact assessments; marine migratory species conservation.

Consequently, in the past 20 years his research has evolved from an early focus on prioritizing the effects that humans have on coral reefs and the role that marine protected areas play in conserving biological diversity and ecological processes, to developing theoretical and simulation models of coral reefs that will help predict and suggest alternatives to reduce detrimental effects, to developing practical means to restore degraded reefs through manipulation of the food web and management.

Monitoring Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas: A Practical Guide On How Monitoring Can Support Effective Management of MPAs (pdf, 4.8 M)

Major objectives include national - level accounting of carbon stocks and emissions from blue carbon ecosystems, increased management effectiveness of blue carbon ecosystems within protected areas, and the development of blue carbon offsets for tourism activities.

The Tropical Science Center, a non-governmental scientific and environmental organization, proved receptive to the efforts of the Powells and Guidon, and accepted institutional responsibility for ownership and management of the protected areas.

Remove, avoid, interfere with, or otherwise circumvent any access control measures for the Services or Content, including password - protected areas and geo - filtering mechanisms, or any digital rights management measures used in connection with Content;

The twin approach to be formally adopted is conservation and sustainable use of marine resources that includes management of fisheries, reducing pollution, cleaning up plastic debris and prevention of nuclear waste, expanding marine protected areas and defending watersheds from destruction.

My work experience expands across more than five years during which I have covered topics such as Scientific Methods, Humans and Wildlife, Environmental management for ecotourism, Tourism concepts and issues, Managing heritage tourism, Management of aquatic protected areas, Natural area tourism, and several othermanagement for ecotourism, Tourism concepts and issues, Managing heritage tourism, Management of aquatic protected areas, Natural area tourism, and several otherManagement of aquatic protected areas, Natural area tourism, and several others as well.

It is a manager of inflation - protected securities and had approximately $ 11.3 billion in assets under management (AUM) in this area as of June 30, 2012; its U.S. TIPS strategy had approximately $ 4.5 billion AUM.

All our conservation programs and activities work toward the following goals: Protected high conservation value marine and coastal areas, low - impact sustainable fisheries, reduced negative impacts and risks of shipping, doubling of the wild tiger populations of Nepal, responsible development solutions that conserve wildlife, community - level habitat - friendly renewable energy, land - use management to support a low - carbon economy, and one in 10 Canadians caring for nature.

Moore's early career involved various positions with the National Park Service and other public agencies focusing on conservation, protected areas, and parks - and involving planning, management, and interpretation.

Twenty - seven park and protected areas leaders from around the world convened for an eleven - day intensive management seminar on leadership, innovation, and organizational renewal.

Dive in crystal blue water and discover the rich biodiversity of the South Pacific while assisting with the local management of marine protected areas.

All staff are naturalists and qualified guides who have been certified by STINAPA Bonaire, the foundation responsible for the management of Bonaire's protected areas.

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area's Office of Fire Management, in accordance with the Fire Management Plan, manages fire in such a way as to retain its beneficial effects in the ecosystem while protecting resources, property and lives.

The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (Advisory Council) was central to the development of the Channel Islands marine protected areas network, and remains essential to providing community input on management of the network.

This helps to ensure successful on - the - ground supervision, backed up by national legislation and guided by official management plans that are available for each of the component protected areas and include resource protection, research and monitoring, surveillance and enforcement, community outreach and education, and financial sustainability.

Shane Young — Marine Protected Areas Manager: The day to day operation include tourism management, enforcement, and marine research that the Belize Audubon Society conduct within Lighthouse Reef Atol.

Most of the island is a national park protected under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and the Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 to the low water mark.

Adopt robust conservation and fisheries management strategies that lead to the restoration of parrotfish populations, including the listing of the parrotfish in relevant annexes of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife of the UNEP Caribbean Environment Program.

«299 protected areas, 57 percent have no permanent law enforcement officials, 76 percent have no management plan, and nearly one - third have no manager.»