Sentences with phrase «as natural assets»
Ketut Sarjana Putra, Vice President of Conservation International Indonesia, agreed that governments should appreciate coastal ecosystems as natural assets that provide environmental services.
https://forestsnews.cifor.org/ Not exact matches
In the absence of any official statement, pundits contemplated a range of theories on the Potash rejection — that Ottawa regarded potash (a crucial fertilizer ingredient) as a strategic asset, that it had adopted a sudden aversion to foreign intrusion on major natural resource companies, or perhaps simply that Harper's Tories sought to improve their chances in the then - upcoming federal election.
NEW YORK, April 1 - FirstEnergy Corp said late on Saturday its nuclear and coal power plant units filed for bankruptcy court protection as the company looks to restructure, sell assets and win government support to cope with competitors using lower - cost natural gas.
Just as debt deflation diverts income to pay interest and other financial charges — often at the cost of paying so much corporate cash flow that assets must be sold off to pay creditors — so the phenomenon leads to stripping the natural environment.
«As things shift downwards, the degree to which the government will be tested is the degree to which the government has prepared for the inevitable downturn and built upon the natural and human assets of the province, in order to provide some protection from that downturn.»
The custom target - date funds allocated «a wildly excessive percentage of assets to speculative asset classes such as natural resources, emerging market stocks, emerging market bonds, and real estate limited partnerships,» the complaint against Fujitsu stated.
Loeb recently told Third Point fund investors that shares of the oil and gas company could be 60 percent higher, and he outlined changes it could make to add value, such as spinning off its retail business or selling its Canadian natural gas assets.
Murphy has hired an investment bank to explore options for its stake in a Canadian oil sands project as well as its Montney natural gas assets in British Columbia.
Offers increased asset allocation choices including a REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) and natural resources ETF (exchange traded fund) as well as a single - stock diversification service so you can have increased portfolio diversification.
As to the GDF, the same Plan Description advised Sulyma that the asset mix of the GDF included «domestic and international equity, global bond and short - term investments, hedge funds, private equity, and real assets (e.g. commodities, real estate & natural resource - focused private equity).»
Nick joined Leith Wheeler in June 2011 after spending the previous four years in London, England working as a Portfolio Manager at Brevan Howard Asset Management and as an Investment Analyst at Sofaer Capital, where he managed natural resource - dedicated funds with global mandates.
UNG's investment objective is for the daily changes in percentage terms of its shares» net asset value to reflect the daily changes in percentage terms of the natural gas price delivered at the Henry Hub, La., as measured by the daily changes in the benchmark futures contract minus expenses.
This is a natural response from governments to a new medium of exchange, which could end up competing with their own legal tender, commodities and other assets as a store of value and alternative method... Read more»
Holdings in the funds mentioned as a percentage of net assets as of 09/04/2014: Alamos Gold, Inc. (0.04 % World Precious Minerals Fund); Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (2.11 % Global Resources Fund); Argonaut Gold (0.00 %); AuRico Gold, Inc. (1.85 % in Gold and Precious Metals Fund, 0.41 % World Precious Minerals Fund); B2Gold Corp. (0.00 %); Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (1.59 % Global Resources Fund); Cimarex Energy Co. (1.80 % Global Resources Fund); Detour Gold Corp. (0.00 %); Deutsche Bank (0.00 %); Devon Energy Corp. (1.82 % Global Resources Fund); JUMBO S.A. (0.00 %); Klondex Mines, Ltd. (7.76 % Gold and Precious Metals Fund, 7.51 % World Precious Minerals Fund, 1.22 % Global Resources Fund); Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (0.16 % Gold and Precious Metals Fund, 0.17 % World Precious Minerals Fund); Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. (1.31 % Global Resources Fund); Primero Mining Corp. (0.05 % Gold and Precious Metals Fund, 0.02 % World Precious Minerals Fund); Suncor Energy, Inc. (2.13 % Global Resources Fund); Tsakos Energy Navigation, Ltd. (0.00 %); Türk Telekom (0.00 %); Turkcell (1.79 % Emerging Europe Fund).
And inasmuch as creditors insist on protecting themselves from inevitable default by possessing collateral, it is natural that most of the economy's debts are owed on its largest asset: land and buildings.
We plan to focus on three areas of liquidity development as we drive XRP towards its natural position as the digital asset standard for international value transfer.
The difference, however, is that while foreign companies mostly sold oil assets, they mainly purchased natural gas assets as an adjustment strategy to cope with the anticipated decline in oil prices and even the global oil industry.
An entity that is not a natural person (e.g., Fund, Corporation) generally qualifies as an accredited investor if it has at least $ 5M in assets or if all of the owners of that entity are themselves accredited investors.
«As the Church, we offer a concept of the family rooted in the Book of Genesis, of the unity in the difference between man and woman, and the fruitfulness of this complementarity, and we recognise it as an asset for all, as the first natural societAs the Church, we offer a concept of the family rooted in the Book of Genesis, of the unity in the difference between man and woman, and the fruitfulness of this complementarity, and we recognise it as an asset for all, as the first natural societas an asset for all, as the first natural societas the first natural society.
Well from a biological essentialist viewpoint, our only natural assets, our looks and our reproductive system wither away as we age.
It may, as his friends and family say, derive from a natural shyness, but that's a shyness he's only in recent years begun to indulge, as he expands his professional roster to include corporate clients, many of whom might consider a regular slot on NY1 to be more liability than asset.
She has led the fight against Zombie, or abandoned, properties to protect property values and as chair, led a team to update the Comprehensive Plan to ensure legal protections of DeWitt's valuable natural assets.
The lawyer said in his suit that Buhari planned to sell national assets such as the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the Port Harcourt Refining Group Ltd, the Kaduna Refining Group Ltd, the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Ltd, the Africa Finance Corporation, the East West Rail Lines and the West African Gas Pipelines.
Exelon, headquartered in Chicago, is a $ 31 billion energy services and wholesale power firm with one of the nation's largest nuclear fleets, as well as extensive holdings in natural gas, wind and hydropower generation assets.
The research was conducted using a process that tracks natural assets and the financial value of the services they provide, known as natural capital accounting.
Portela, Juhn and their team examined timber, firewood, water and game hunted in tropical forests, known as bushmeat and set the monetary value of the natural resources based on the asset.
But in the case of investing in such «natural» assets as groundwater, forests, and fish populations, it can be challenging to measure the return on that investment.
«This paper shows that ecosystems are best thought of as portfolios of natural capital assets and the wealth held in the ecosystem provides an attractive headline index for ecosystem - based management,» said Seong Do Yun, a postdoctoral fellow at F&ES and lead author of the paper.
A new Yale - led study tackles this challenge by recognizing the value of «natural capital» assets — such as groundwater or fish species — and connecting them with holistic ecosystem management to calculate asset values for the interacting parts of an ecosystem.
Natural and Cultural Resources Manager Tim Green talks about the history At the same location where soldiers passed through for two world wars and Irving Berlin wrote «God Bless America,» staff at Brookhaven Lab lead and collaborate with some of the world's brightest minds as an asset for innovation and inspiration with seven Nobel Prize - winning discoveries and countless other advances, supporting the U.S. Department of Energy's mission to discover the solutions that power and secure our nation's future.
Natural World Heritage Sites (NWHS), via the formal process run by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), are globally recognised as containing some of Earth's most valuable and most threatened natural Natural World Heritage Sites (NWHS), via the formal process run by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), are globally recognised as containing some of Earth's most valuable and most threatened natural natural assets.
Scientists around the world conducting research into what actually exists in ocean depths, as well as: the impacts of fishing and other human activities on these deep unknown spaces and species; and what types of improved management options may help to conserve these natural assets (and their contribution to planetary and human wellbeing) for the long term.
While men often see their natural lack of flexibility as a weakness, when it comes to injury prevention it can be a valuable asset.
As for the reused animations and such, its only natural since the Smash Dev team has undoubtedly shrunk in size so that means the few people left have to optimize what they have which in this case means reusing assets.
It is leveraging on the intangible assets that a community already has, which is any combination of social capital, access to natural resources, cultural assets, human capital such as local leadership, stakeholder capital and indigenous knowledge.
«One of the assets that really helped us achieve it was that we had a culture in the school of working in project teams, the staff really embraced the process and it was natural for us to set up projects to look at various aspects of our programs and curriculum as part of that assessment.»
Proposition 58 seeks to overturn this flaw in the system and build upon the natural assets of English language learners — their home language and culture — as the foundation for their education, rather than treating it as a deficit.
Earlier this month, Enbridge announced a $ 3.2 - billion sale of renewable power facilities and natural gas processing assets in North America, and the company has earmarked another $ 7 billion in divestitures as it aims to bring its debt down to five times EBITDA by the end of the year.
The fund may invest in securities issued by domestic or foreign companies; in fixed - income securities that are investment grade and below investment grade, but limits its investments in below - investment - grade securities to no more than 10 % of its net assets; may include real estate investment trusts, investments that provide exposure to commodities (such as ETFs or natural resources companies), and derivatives, including futures and options.
Commodity ETFs invest in various commodities such as natural resources and precious metals, energy, agricultural goods, industrial metals, hard assets and soft commodities.
The company filled the gap with $ 7 billion in new assets that went into service in the past year, including the expansion of the NGTL Pipeline and the Canadian Mainline systems, as well as the Gibraltar, Rayne XPress, Leach XPress and Cameron Access projects in the U.S. natural gas pipeline business.
I'm wondering whether some or all of the Compton Petroleum assets might now be disposed of as natural gas extraction doesn't really seem to fit in with the MFC's stated corporate mandate.
Asset Value: As I've mentioned before, Asset Value is a key valuation driver for a natural resource stock.
I definitely don't see it as overvalued... and now the CEO is pretty darn excited about investing in natural gas assets now that everything is really cheap.
Popular assets include precious metals such as gold and silver, commodities such as coffee cotton and sugar, crude oil and natural gas.
«Launching this competition seemed like a natural thing to do as part of our search to find what's missing in the Canadian ETF landscape,» First Asset's president and CEO, Barry Gordon, told me in an email.
A current example of this is found in the recent Wall Street Journal article about Repsol (PINK: REPYY), the Spanish oil giant, seeking to acquire up to $ 10 billion in oil and natural gas assets in North America so as to have more secure holdings.
He highlighted Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNQ / TSX) as an example given its quality assets, strong management team, and attractive valuation since it trades at a discount to other major producers.
Securitization includes a diverse array of assets, such as residential and commercial mortgage loans, trade receivables, credit card balances, consumer loans, lease receivables, automobile loans, insurance receivables, commercial bank loans, health care receivables, obligations of purchasers to natural gas producers, future rights to entertainment royalty payments and other consumer and business receivables.
the Macro Funds, and ignoring $ 9 billion of «dry powder») for 1.0 % of AUM, ex-net cash & investments — even when you factor in $ 33 billion of Logan Circle fixed income AUM (which investors may be under - estimating as a potential natural hedge in the current environment), that's an incredibly cheap valuation for an alternative asset manager.