Sentences with phrase «chief conservation scientist»

Smart radio tags attached to rhinos allowed the drones to home in on each herd's current location, says Pierre du Preez, MET's chief conservation scientist.

«Well - being is a universally applicable concept, yet because it can mean so many different things to different people, pinning down an exact definition is difficult,» said lead author Eleanor Sterling, who is the Jaffe Chief Conservation Scientist in the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.

Not exact matches

Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier SHERRI GOODMAN, Senior Fellow, Wilson Center CHRISTINE GREENE, Cultural Ambassador, Pacific Rising GREG STONE, EVP & Chief Scientist for Oceans, Conservation International

Lubchenco is waiting on Senate confirmation for assistant secretary of observations and monitoring, assistant secretary of conservation and management, and the newly elevated position of chief scientist, which Lubchenco sought to put on par with the assistant secretary jobs.

Chief scientist Elliott Norse of the Marine Conservation Institute in Seattle says the recent findings show decision makers that «they need to find ways to make fishing less harmful environmentally.»

The NOAA portion of the prize is meant to spur the development of specific technologies that can help detect «sources of pollution, enable rapid response to leaks and spills, identify hydrothermal vents and methane seeps, as well as track marine life for scientific research and conservation efforts,» Richard Spinrad, chief scientist at NOAA, said in a statement.

The new flamingo officer will work alongside Baha Mar's Chief Scientist, Vanessa Haley - Benjamin, who runs the Baha Mar Ecological, Aquatic Conservation Habitat Sanctuary (BEACH Sanctuary) at the resort, which is dedicated to preserving and protecting wildlife in the Bahamas.

Panelists include: Mette Carlsen, Conservator, Judd Foundation Eleonora Nagy, Sculpture Conservator Ann Temkin, MoMA Chief Curator Narayan Khandekar, Conservation Scientist and Director of Harvard's Strauss Center Jamie Dearing, Artist and Donald Judd's Assistant

Peter Kareiva, the chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy and perhaps the most prominent critic of the conservation movement from within its own ranks, has had his arguments sharply challenged.

Here's some input from Steven Amstrup, who became chief scientist for the conservation group Polar Bear International this year after decades spent studying polar bears for the United States Geological Survey.

«I am pleased that with this publication we have been able to build on over a decade of Winrock's leadership and expertise in this area working with a number of recognized organizations including the Clean Development Mechanism, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, International Tropical Timber Organization, Voluntary Carbon Standard and California Climate Action Registry,» said Dr. Sandra Brown, Winrock's Chief Scientist, whose team developed the standard.

«These bloggers hope to use polar bears to cast doubt on global warming itself,» said co-author Steven Amstrup, chief scientist for Polar Bears International, a conservation - focused organization.

James Hansen, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies John Abraham, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas Jason Box, Associate Professor, Department of Geography Atmospheric Sciences Program, Researcher at Byrd Polar Research CenterThe Ohio State University Ken Caldeira, Senior Scientist, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution Peter Gleick, President and Co-founder Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security Richard A. Houghton, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center Ralph Keeling, Director, Scripps CO2 Program Scripps Institution of Oceanography Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs Climate Institute Michael E. Mann, Professor of Meteorology Director, Earth System Science Center, The Pennsylvania State University James McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography, Harvard University Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Louis Block Professor in the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago Steve Running, Professor of Ecology, Director of Numerical Terradynamics Simulation Group, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana Richard Somerville, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography George M. Woodwell, Founder, Director Emeritus, and Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center