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A handful of citizen volunteers digging up the correct information and piping it through blogs, social media, letters to the editor and conversations at coffee shops and on door steps to protect what we value — drinking water, schools, parks, key natural habitat and recreational areas.

May 1, 2018: Yesterday, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada released the first ever section 63 report under the Species at Risk Act, (SARA), where the Minister found that outside of protected areas, provinces and territories have failed to protect almost all of boreal caribou critical habitat.

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 work of rangers in Belize is to protect the land, habitat, and wildlife in conservation areas.

Representatives of communities in the Buffalo Creek area were told of water quality tests that showed contamination and urged to take steps to protect the water and fish and wildlife habitat as plans move forward to expand the storage capacity of Buffalo Creek Reservoir.

The Park District also proposes a restoration of the costal habitat at Rosewood that would expand the beach, prevent erosion and protect other aspects of the area.

«Protecting and restoring this critical waterway, which has suffered from pollution and overdevelopment over so many years, is so important to improving our area's water quality, restoring our area's natural habitats, and improving Long Islanders» quality of life.»

If we can preserve those areas we have got a triple bottom line, because it's going to be good for humans by stabilizing the climate, it's going to be good for the wildlife because we are protecting their habitat and it's going to be good for economic growth in the long - term because it's going to be sustaining human populations locally.

Protected areas that once seemed adequate may not include what turns out to be essential habitat.

To help Arctic organisms cope, Norway and other nations are identifying areas where icy habitats could be protected, and constructing marine protected areas around them.

All those hotels and shops built within the protected areas for the tourists are cutting down on actual forest habitat for the endangered big cats.

But Hugh Possingham of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, who invented the software used to define such sites, says planners need to be sure to conserve 20 percent or more of every type of habitat within a protected area, and Australia hasn't done that.

One positive finding of the ecological niche modelling study is that while the ranges of many species are expected to contract, much of the remaining suitable habitat for many species will be located within existing protected areas, and that the recent creation of new reserves such as Itombwe and Kabobo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have greatly increased the protection of some species under threat by future climate change.

In many places «habitat banks» are being set up to allow conservationists and financiers to invest in protecting areas, earning «offset credits» that can be banked for future sale to developers wanting to exploit some other habitat.

Lizard disappearances in the areas the team studied can't be due to habitat destruction because they're occurring where habitat has been protected.

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.

The significance and future value of protecting such vast areas of coral reef and associated marine habitat can not be overstated.

«Due to the complexity of threats we have identified in this study, conservation efforts in Michigan should prioritize both protecting the highly suitable mussel habitats that are left, and identifying any additional populations in under - sampled areas of the state,» said Wesley Daniel, a former research associate in Infante's Aquatic Landscape Ecology Lab, and now Cherokee Nation Technologies contractor for U.S. Geological Survey in Gainesville, FL..

The Sumatran tiger's habitat has been slashed by logging and settlement to just a quarter of the island, with only eight per cent protected as conservation areas, highlights the report.

They say that coastal nursery grounds and offshore refuging areas for scalloped hammerheads are therefore critical habitats where protected marine reserves should be sited.

But, when examining how well the protected area established for sage grouse covers other species that depend on sage grouse habitat, it leaves a lot to be desired.»

The umbrella species concept is one surrogate species strategy in which a species with large area requirements — such as the greater sage grouse — is provided sufficient protected habitat.

Located in an area of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion - Clipperton Zone (CCZ), the plan honored existing mining exploration claims while protecting delicate habitats by creating a network of MPAs.

Using empirical data from this monitoring and from ongoing field studies the convention would support, scientists could more thoroughly assess surveys» cumulative long - term impacts on marine life and identify areas where seismic activities should be prohibited or temporarily limited to protect important habitats or vulnerable populations.

The Central Valley's protected wetlands (federal wildlife refuges, state wildlife areas, and private lands) and certain types of agriculture (e.g. rice, alfalfa), provide nearly all of the habitat used by millions of ducks, geese, shorebirds, and other waterbirds every fall, winter, and spring.

The team is continuing its work on the ecology of the new species and is urging the government to designate its habitat as a «protected area.»

• 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.

An international commission is considering whether to designate the waters around Antarctica special marine reserves, a step campaigners say would safeguard the habitat of whales, seals and penguins and more than double the world's protected sea area.

There remain pockets of prime ape habitat, but they are often in protected areas.

The area is home to large swaths of sailfin habitat, Siler says, but this could change because very few coastal habitats are protected.

The researchers also discovered that forests in lower elevations — areas not generally targeted for panda habitat — are not being protected in the same way.

For instance, a new biodiversity indicator weeds out protected areas that do not intersect with species» habitats, showing where national parks may be ineffective at protecting species.

MPAs, which include marine reserves, sanctuaries, parks, and no - take zones, are areas designated to protect marine species and habitats from both global and local threats.

But Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana, a former businessman, has publicly committed himself to tripling the area of protected habitat on the island.

«It is not able to live in the degraded habitats that are left in many of these protected areas.»

The study, «Hydroacoustics as a tool to examine the effects of Marine Protected Areas and habitat type on marine fish communities,» appears Jan. 15 in the journal Scientific Reports.

Now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has proposed designating a vast area — more than 906,000 square kilometers — off Alaska as protected habitat for the seals.

A team of more than 30 trained researchers and park officials looked for signs of bears in a variety of habitats in the Machu Picchu protected area, ranging from Andean rainforest to montane grasslands.

It gives us the chance to protect the most important areas for other native species while protecting more panda habitats.»

In 2004, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority used extensive economic and ecological data to create a system of «no - take» protected areas that conserved at least 20 % of every habitat while covering only 33 % of the region.

Marginal areas are often currently set aside for conservation, both as a means to provide a habitat for wildlife as well as a way to protect it from agricultural runoff into waterways.

The scientists said drilling on the coastal plain would be particularly harmful because it contains a «unique compression» of habitats supporting animals like polar bears, grizzly bears, wolverines, representing «the greatest wildlife diversity of any protected area above the Arctic Circle.»

The study draws on an earlier analysis the lab conducted for the Western Governors» Association to identify areas where renewable resources are the strongest, most consistent, and most concentrated, and where development would avoid protected areas and minimize the overall impact on wildlife habitat.

It will focus on a representative degraded ecosystem surrounded by protected areas and carry out measures to improve habitats as well as to enhance the conservation status of 47 targeted flora and fauna species.

When it comes to reefs, designating reef environments as marine protected areas (MPAs)-- and enforcing that designation — is essential to protecting habitat.

Metro Parks and Nature protects water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, and creates opportunities to enjoy nature close to home through a connected system of parks, trails and natural areas.

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.

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Today, one of the primary purposes of Katmai National Park and Preserve, based on legislation, is to protect habitats for and populations of fish and wildlife, including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown bears and their denning areas, and maintain unimpaired the watersheds and water habitat vital to red salmon spawning.

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