Sentences with phrase «as water management»

The summary emphasizes core strengths such as water management, construction, piping, fittings, design, underground water tie - ins, irrigation installation, safety, repair and maintenance.
The studies highlight the challenges for Earth system models to include a more complete representation of irrigation, surface and subsurface hydrology, as well as water management to simulate realistic irrigation effects on climate.
Climate change affects the function and operation of existing water infrastructure as well as water management practices (very high confidence).
We have launched the Unconventional Gas Technical Engagement Program to share best practices on issues such as water management, methane emissions, air quality, permitting, contracting, and pricing to help increase global gas supplies and facilitate development of the associated infrastructure that brings them to market.
This publication also illustrates the benefits of good practices in climate services, such as water management, agriculture and food security, disaster risk reduction and health.
Finally, I would expect that there will be a further representation of the human system in Earth system models (ESMs) and that integrated assessment models (IAMs) will try to be more geographically explicit — in order to better represent local processes, such as water management and presence of renewable energy.
They also want to make more forays into attributing actual impacts, like heat - related deaths and infrastructure damage, but that takes building partnerships between different disciplines, such as water management and epidemiology, which takes time.
It was humdrum stuff — until one official mentioned in passing that this tree - lined curve in the river, a popular picnic spot for Hungarians, was to be drowned by a giant hydroelectric dam being planned in secret by a much - feared state agency known simply as the Water Management.
Bringing total participation to 43 percent, another 4,500 vineyard acres in 2014 underwent the first step, completion of a comprehensive sustainability self - assessment of 138 farming and business practices, such as water management, pesticide use, energy efficiency, carbon emissions, employee safety and community relations.

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As COO David Lloyd explains, the tool will enable communities and other stakeholders to make more informed decisions about water management.
Activist fund Corvex Management six months ago built up a stake in the maker of Activia yogurt and Evian water, as European consumer - goods companies come under pressure to boost profit amid slow growth in mainstream brands.
And annual operations and management costs can be crippling, as well as highly variable depending on the size of the plant and the systems used to take in water and distribute it to customers.
«So the key to time management is treating our priorities as the equivalent of the broken water heater.
Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Lovell served as Director of International Development for Culligan International Inc., a water filtration company, when it was owned by Apollo Global Management, and was Assistant to the Chairman for International Development at Astrum International, the holding company for Samsonite and American Tourister Luggage, Botany 500 Menswear, Culligan, Anvil Knitwear and Pet Specialties.
A number of good examples already exist, whether that is Marine Stewardship Council's longstanding focus on regional fisheries as the certification unit, the Alliance for Water Stewardship's approach to watershed - level management, Rainforest Alliance measuring conservation outcomes across regions with a prevalence of certified enterprises, or the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil partnering with state - level governments to move whole jurisdictions towards certifiable production.
Producers must have a pasture management plan and manage pasture as a crop to meet the feed requirements for the grazing animals and to protect soil and water quality; and,
Limoneira takes pride in its status as a sustainably operated agribusiness, and Edwards says it strives to reduce its carbon footprint by making strategic investments in solar, water, soil and integrated pest management (IPM).
The recent watering action was developed through partnership with an enthusiastic landholder and complements a range of land management activities such as weed and pest animal control and salt interception.
By reducing threats to native flora and fauna, land management actions such as these increase the likelihood that environmental watering will achieve its intended outcomes.
The classification can also assist in analysis such as the representativeness of environmental watering in terms of ecosystem types watered, for adaptive management purposes.
The classification can inform a range of environmental water management applications, such as planning, prioritisation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
Pea protein isolates are thus used in a number of different applications, including as an alternative to dairy protein isolates in sports nutrition and weight management products; to bind fat and water in meat and fish; in processed foods; and for protein enrichment of baked goods, cereals and snacks.
We do this with good grazing management as well as spreading 1 - 3 tons of compost per acre along with the needed amendments / nutrients to bring a balance of air, water and active microbiology.
Since October 2013, Awe Sum Organics has worked with Santa Cruz County to meet a number of requirements addressing issues such as pollution prevention, waste reduction, water conservation, and energy management.
Management of non-point source pollution is of great importance in the context of coffee agriculture, as this land use often coincides with headwater streams that influence water quality at the basin scale.
As part of ongoing partnerships, Commonwealth environmental water was made available to the Nature Foundation South Australia and the South Australian Murray - Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board to deliver to a number of wetlands along the Lower Murray floodplain and adjoining the Lower Lakes in 2016 - 17.
We will apply adaptive management to continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of environmental water use and we will consider any opportunity to diversify our range of water uses as knowledge and modelling improves.
The data show that a majority have adopted sustainable practices for water and energy efficiency, pest management and soil health as detailed below:
«CSWA will hold workshops on issues such as water quality, ecosystem management and energy efficiency, as well as developing new chapters for the best practices workbook.»
The energy workshops will augment other workshops on topics such as integrated pest management, ecosystem management, and air and water quality, being planned by CSWA for late fall 2005 and early 2006 as part of the California wine community's Sustainable Winegrowing Program.
Environmental attributes rank high as necessary features of sustainable winegrowing with respondents citing integrated pest management (85 %), conserving water (79 %) and protecting natural resources (77 %) as defining attributes of sustainability.
It is about supporting a system of sustainable agricultural management that promotes soil health and fertility through the use of such methods as crop rotation and cover cropping, which nourish plants, foster species diversity, help combat climate change, prevent damage to valuable water resources, and protect farmers and farmersâ $ ™ families from exposure to harmful chemicals.
«The ability to gauge the impact of different river and land management practices on river systems across the Basin is crucial to informing environmental watering decisions, as well as Landcare and other similar projects, thereby enhancing the outcomes we are able to achieve.»
As part of our commitment to adaptive management, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office (CEWO) has commissioned a series of monitoring and evaluation reports on the ecosystem responses to environmental watering in the Edward - Wakool river system.
As Certified Organic farmers, we commit to maintaining land for future generations through ecosystem management, using renewable resources and exercising soil and water conservation.
As the Commonwealth holds environmental entitlements across four states, the CEWO must also comply with the prudential, trade and water resource management frameworks of those states.
Meanwhile, staff from the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office, including our six Local Engagement Officers, continue to work hard to strengthen relationships with a range of people living in and working in the Basin, to ensure diverse perspectives are included as part of environmental watering planning and management.
As part of ongoing partnerships, Commonwealth environmental water will be made available to the Nature Foundation SA and the South Australian Murray - Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board to deliver to a number of wetlands along the Lower Murray floodplain and adjoining the Lower Lakes in 2017 - 18.
Carefully formulated feed, access to a plentiful supply of clean water, adequate room to grow, professional veterinary attention, and proper handling are all important factors in the management of young meat chicken flocks, also referred to as broilers, and the production of high - quality food products.
In addition, more than 10,000 vintners and growers participated in over 240 educational workshops targeting specific practices such as energy efficiency, integrated pest management, and air and water quality.
Generally, organic soil management techniques such as organic fertilization, mulching and cover cropping improve soil structure and therefore increase the soil's water infiltration and retention capacity, substantially reducing the risk of erosion.
(1) The Basin Plan (including any environmental watering plan or water quality and salinity management plan included in the Basin Plan) must be prepared so as to provide for giving effect to relevant international agreements (to the extent to which those agreements are relevant to the use and management of the Basin water resources).
As part of Mass Audubon's ongoing work in the Blackstone River Watershed, five communities have been selected to receive technical assistance for local Low Impact Development (LID) and land use planning projects to improve water quality and stormwater management.
As they grow, local communities are increasingly concerned about development proposals on valuable natural resources as well as how to meet local water supply permitting and stormwater management regulationAs they grow, local communities are increasingly concerned about development proposals on valuable natural resources as well as how to meet local water supply permitting and stormwater management regulationas well as how to meet local water supply permitting and stormwater management regulationas how to meet local water supply permitting and stormwater management regulations.
Another French obstetrician, Michel Odent, took this theory a step further by using a warm water birth pool as a way to provide natural pain management.
* balanced information to better grasp the risks and benefits of medical interventions and pain management * comfort techniques such as breathing, position, water therapy, relaxation * up to date evidence based information.
As part of this certification process, they must show efficiency in water and irrigation management and exceed New Zealand's already tough animal welfare standards.
In some countries, such as Bangladesh, the reduction in the case fatality rate can be attributed largely to improved case management, rather than changes in water supply, sanitation, or personal hygiene.
The New Zealand College of Midwives (Inc) supports warm water immersion for women during labour as a method of pain management.
Please speak to your midwife about natural pain management tools and techniques, such as water birth, which are available at the birth centre.
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