Sentences with phrase «animal communities on»

This implies that plant and animal communities on small islands may work differently from those on large ones.

However, I found them especially useful for prioritising areas worth protecting by pinpointing unique animal communities on the seamount.

For additional information on HART, the HART Animal Center or any of its programs, or to donate, visit the HART web site at www.hartforanimals.org or become part of the HART for Animals community on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HARTforAnimals.

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We work with Animal Jam and Roblox, some of the biggest games and communities on the Internet.

You can check out your favorite stores on BetterWorldShopper.org (they have an app, too, if you want to check it on the go) where they grade companies A-F (just like in school) based upon 5 issues: human rights, environment, animal protection, community involvement and social justice.

Such enabling in community is based on a recognition of the fundamental interconnectedness of life, of men and women, blacks and whites, Americans and Nicaraguans, Americans and Russians, humans and the nonhuman community of animals, plants, air and water.

RESOURCES «New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood,» Care2.Com [Swiss] Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology, The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants [PDF] Community Environment Legal Defense Fund Web Site CELDF «Rights of Nature» FAQs Carl Cohen and Tom Regan, chapter by Carl Cohen, «Rights and Interests,» The Animal Rights Debate, (Latham, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001), p. 17 David S. Oderberg, «The Illusion of Animal Rights,» Human Life Review, Spring - Summer 2000, p. 42.

«We welcome the critical support of our friends in the animal welfare community in standing up against the Administration's attack on this important organic standard,» said Laura Batcha, CEO and Executive Director of the Organic Trade Association.

New guidance on animal welfare which will be produced by the international dairy community will highlight the significant progress being made by dairy producers in adopting the highest standards of an...

A friend reposted his photo after it had appeared on the Facebook page of CARA — Community Animal Rescue and Adoption (the same group my daughter E volunteered for in high school).

This year, I'm teaming up with the dairy community and kicking - off on Earth Day by highlighting how our farmers are making dairy more sustainable while focusing on the land and animal health.

R&D is critical for both on - farm productivity and meeting community animal welfare expectations.

«What I've tried to do is create a sustainable organic farming model that is good for the earth, the soil, the animals, and the people working on these farms, and helps revitalize rural communities,» said Albert Straus, CEO and founder of Straus Family Creamery.

As proposed in point 3, the definition of «Intensive Animal Husbandry» must exclude small - scale, low stocking density, free - range farms, and any buffers should be developed in collaboration with the local community on a case - by - case basis.

Recommendation: that after the definition of «Intensive Animal Husbandry» is revised to no longer include small - scale, low stocking density, free - range farms, that buffer distances are determined in close collaboration with communities on a case - by - case basis where intensive agriculture is proposed.

For this reason we rely on the growing community of animal advocates to speak out for animals and take a stand against cruelty.

Helen has a Graduate Certificate in Animal Welfare from Monash University and produced and presented the ten part series Animals Matter, a community television project on animal weAnimal Welfare from Monash University and produced and presented the ten part series Animals Matter, a community television project on animal weanimal welfare.

Given its implications for native wetlands, protected species and the safety of citizens living in regional communities, Animals Australia has made a copy of the report available on our website at www.AnimalsAustralia.org/report

Volunteer opportunities might include tutoring younger children, helping out at the local animal shelter, visiting a local nursing home, or taking on a large project that would benefit the community.

Our research advances our knowledge of the impact of management practices on microbial communities and adds to a growing understanding of their importance for animal and environmental health.

But — just as our human rights underdetermine our rights as citizens of a particular country — the «human rights» of animals (grounded in intrinsic moral status) under - determine rights (and duties) owed to (and by) individual animals on the basis of their relations with other human and animal community members.

New Yorkers are getting educated about what fracking is, what it involves, and the terrible toll it takes on the environment, the communities, the local economies, the health of the people and animals anywhere near fracking operations... and the more educated we are, the more opposition there is and will continue to be.

Current research projects focus on the process and outcomes of food system localisation in a globalising environment, the sustainability implications of a large scale transition to agriculturally derived bio-fuels, the effects of school and community context on childhood obesity, and the micro-politics of animal welfare in alternative livestock systems.

Community boards, elected officials and residents have called on the city to develop a management plan for the animals, which the city convened a task force to develop.

A four - hour lonely walk in the thick forest of one of the mountainous Becheve communities in the Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State is enough to elicit goosebumps on a brave fighter because of the risk of wild animals.

Legislation will be introduced to stop one - and two - family homes from short term rentals State Senator Jeff Klein, joined by Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, community leaders and angry residents, demanded on Monday that Airbnb and similar sites remove an advertisement for «Fenton Lounge» aka Airbnb «Animal House», placed by a homeowner who is renting out his two - family residence for raucous, lewd, late night parties in a quiet neighborhood.

Laura's vision for Esopus is to build the community by focusing on resident's needs and issues: Job security, infrastructure issues, rail and trail, improving recreation, addressing consumer protection, energy efficiency, animal protection and sustainable lifestyles — are some of the concerns that she will address in the legislature.

Herdsmen have descended on many communities in parts of the country in recent times, killing, raping and looting communities in a bid to secure grazing rights for their animals.

Future suggestions for the 2013 - 2014 included a new highway garage for county trucks, an agreement with Hi - Tor Animal Care regarding the location of their new facility, residency halls for out - of - county and foreign students at Rockland Community College, and continued monitoring and action on the new Tappan Zee Bridge.

Klein, with the support of community leaders and animal activists, has taken on Rusty's cause, rallying this week to get the horse moved from the dilapidated building.

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THOSE trying to save corals from extinction have missed a trick by not focusing on the creative fringe communities, where the animals are evolving faster.

«This study gives us a whole other avenue to understand the ecological effects of wolves on landscapes and animal communities,» said Ripple.

In order to reveal the connections between neuropeptides and bacterial communities, the Kiel - based researchers first concentrated on the development of the freshwater polyp's nervous system, from the egg stage through to an adult animal.

«When you start to add more and more of the nutrients that the animal would normally be providing, the plant is no longer as dependent on that animal for those nutrients and so it starts to return less of the sugars back to the animal,» explained lead author Shantz, a doctoral candidate in the Burkepile Community Ecology Laboratory.

Studies of germ - free rodents and other animals on gut - disrupting antibiotics show that changing microbial communities can impair memory and cause anxiety - like behaviours.

Instead, Hedin said, he and his colleagues have found for the first time that root diameter and reliance on fungi — or the lack thereof — are the traits that most consistently characterize the plant community across entire biomes, which are large distinct communities of animals and plants such as a desert, temperate forest or savanna.

«The animal species themselves on the other hand can certainly tell the difference, as it is crucial for their reproductive success,» says Sylvia Ritter, PhD student from the Department of Community Ecology at the UFZ.

«We also have the opportunity to be in contact, in close contact, with people who are on the front line — the communities who are really at risk for a virus spillover from animals into people.»

«These unassuming little fish have a really quite advanced venom system, and that venom system has a major impact on fishes and other animals in its community,» says Casewell.

If we can figure out how to get the broad community of animal, plant, environmental, physical, mathematical, computational, and engineering experts to work together on these problems, that will be transformative.

To gain widespread adoption in the academic and commercial research communities for personalized drug testing and other uses — and perhaps one day to replace millions of lab animals — organs on chips will need to be affordable and easy to use.

Like the Helsinki Declaration, which forever altered the ethical landscape of human clinical research, the aim of the Basel Declaration is to bring the scientific community together to further advance the implementation of ethical principles such as the 3Rs whenever animals are being used and to call for more trust, transparency and communication on the sensitive topic of animals in research.

For my post-doctoral project, I decided to focus on the question, «to what extent can atmospheric pollutants, such as CO2 and ozone, exert a selective effect on woody plant species, and how are the resulting changes in the genetic composition of the plant community likely to affect the animals that feed on them?»

Founded in 1979, the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) provides the unified voice for the scientific community on legislative and regulatory matters affecting laboratory animal research.

This lecture series not only discusses concepts key to animal sheltering but also helps veterinary students, shelter professionals, shelter volunteers, and members of the community reflect on current challenges and solutions for saving the lives of homeless animals.

What would the entire vegan community look like if we were simply patting one another on the back and saying, «Way to go - you alone are saving hundreds of animals lives!»

NB: Palm oil that is not grown sustainably — known as «conflict palm» — wreaks havoc on the environment, animals, and communities and is a focus of many media headlines.

A dynamic and well - connected fixture in the acting, political, and scientific communities, she is a dedicated activist on behalf of humans, our planet and animals.

While these levels remain unfortunately low, animal studies provide us with some clues as to how to increase the sulforaphane yield of these bacteria — feed them more.66 In just four days of a high broccoli diet, those bacteria that thrive on cruciferous vegetables grow in number, leading to a change in composition of the microbial community and an increase in opportunistic bacteria that turn our broccoli into cancer - fighting sulforaphane.