Sentences with phrase «traditional conservation practices»

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The African, far from being wasteful in applying his traditional method, is practicing a measure of conservation in leaving the soil to recuperate under its natural cover.

«Soil moisture sensors can be used along with an automated irrigation system to irrigate when substrate volumetric water content drops below a set threshold, allowing for precise irrigation control and improved water conservation compared with traditional irrigation practices,» Bayer said.

Revive & Restore has set out to expand conservation practice by demonstrating how new genomic tools can be applied to a variety of serious wildlife problems that have proved unsolvable by traditional means.

Traditional conservation,» originating from the practice of gamekeeping, conserving species to be hunted for sport, «likes to think of lethal measures, such as hunting, trapping and poisoning,» Linn pointed out, «as an unproblematic tool for achieving management goals.»

Having trained in the conservation of Japanese decorative arts, Lorenz continues to employ traditional lacquering and gilding techniques as points of departure in her studio practice.

Ricardo and the Social Environmental Institute are currently focused on youth education programs that promote sustainable development in Brazil's Ribeira Valley, where Western conservation models are squeezing out traditional agricultural practices that have sustained the land for generations of families.

Instituto Socioambiental ($ 35,000): For youth education programs that promote sustainable development in Brazil's Ribeira Valley, where Western conservation models are squeezing out traditional agricultural practices that have sustained the land for generations of families.

Our Elders, with a skill base of traditional knowledge, hand in hand with conservation practices dating back thousands of years, witnessed these changes and began forecasting potential impacts back in the late sixties.

Conserving Biodiversity in Yemen In Yemen, where agriculture employs more than 55 percent of the economically active population, the World Bank is tapping local farmers «long traditions of agrobiodiversity farming practices» to create coping strategies for adaptation to climate change, including «the conservation and utilization of biodiversity important to agriculture (particularly the local land races and their wild relatives) and associated local traditional knowledge.»

[10] G Kelly (AIATSIS), Report on Threats to the Practice and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge Regional Report: Asia and Australia, Phase II of the Composite Report on the Status and Trends Regarding the Knowledge, Innovation and Practices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities relevant to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, 2005, UN Doc: UNEP / CBDWG8J / 4 / INF / 4, p 25.

... respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of Indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and promote their wider application with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arsing from the utilisation of such knowledge, innovations and practices.

Subject to its national legislation, [Contracting Parties shall] respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and promote their wider application with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilisation of such knowledge, innovations and practices.

Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines and to maintain their health practices, including the conservation of their vital medicinal plants, animals and minerals.

Indigenous traditional knowledge, land management and conservation practices will be crucial to responding to climate change, maintaining biological diversity and preserving important ecosystems.

I urge the Government to support conservation efforts of Traditional Owners through join - management of national park arrangements under ILUAs or State land rights regimes, and recognise these practices as eligible projects under the CFI.

Strategies: development of management policy for land held by the Aboriginal lands Trust; negotiate access and economic rights to SA oceans, seas and waterways to support traditional and sustainable conservation and use practices; giving local Aboriginal heritage groups greater responsibility for heritage management; developing more appropriate ways to protect the authenticity, appropriation and misuse of Aboriginal art.

state remuneration for the contribution of the customary econ omy to the wider society, through sustainable land use and conservation effected by the practice of «traditional ecological knowledge»

Articles 8 (j) and 10 provide a high level of protection to Indigenous traditional practices in respect of the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.