Sentences with phrase «coastal development projects»

Mr. Seeman successfully represented applicants in contested administrative hearings before DEEP hearing officers for coastal development projects.

Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Stephanie worked as an environmental consultant, preparing and reviewing impact assessment documents, and collaborating with federal and state agencies and other key stakeholders, on behalf of clients associated with various coastal development projects, including offshore energy development projects.

BACONGO recommends a moratorium on coastal development projects until the Coastal Zone Management Plan is approved by Cabinet.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, development projects such as marinas and residential buildings constructed in California's estuaries have pushed stingrays out of their traditional habitats and into coastal waters, where the rays provide easy food for baby white sharks.

The awards are designed to support inter-disciplinary, collaborative research projects in coastal ecology which have the potential for technology development.

A group of social scientists from the USA, Australia, UK, and Chile, led by Prof. Cinner, have pooled their experience, and lessons from hundreds of research and development projects, to highlight five keys ways to build up the adaptive capacity of people living in the coastal tropics.

Making coastal development less attractive «Governments can make development in coastal areas less attractive by requiring development projects to internalize the risks of sea level rise and storms in coastal development planning and decision making,» the task force argues.

Strategically designed and implemented field projects will demonstrate the viability of blue carbon, facilitate the development of practical, science - based methodologies and build local and national capacity to protect and manage coastal ecosystems and their myriad ecosystem services in blue carbon - rich countries.

It is in a unique location that is private and pristine yet close to San Pedro, while at the same time has coastal and river access,» said David Bane, a managing partner on the project's Belize and U.S. based development team.

The Resilient Coasts project creates a forum for those players to build smart coastal development into their strategies and bottom line.

Community - based coastal management International conservation and development Participatory project design and management Fisheries Management Marine Protected Areas / Coastal Protected Areas

The overarching goal of this WCRP research effort, led by WCRP's Core Project «Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change» (CLIVAR) as a Research Focus, is to establish a quantitative understanding of the natural and anthropogenic mechanisms of regional to local sea level variability; to promote advances in observing systems required for an integrated sea level monitoring; and to foster the development of sea level predictions and projections that are of increasing benefit for coastal zone management.

For example, are new development projects set back from the coast far enough to avoid coastal erosion problems?

-- In order to be eligible for funds under section 480, not later than 1 year after the development of a Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy required under section 476 each State shall prepare a State natural resources adaptation plan detailing the State's current and projected efforts to address the potential impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources and coastal areas within the State's jurisdiction.

Ongoing coastal development and population growth are projected to exacerbate the risks resulting from sea - level rise and increases in the severity and frequency of storms and coastal flooding by 2050.

Klein is currently working on several land - sea conservation planning projects in which she is studying how such land - based activities as farming, mining, and coastal development impact marine ecosystems and using the information to inform marine and terrestrial management decisions.

Tim serves as a Senior Program Manager and has been involved in a wide range of projects, including power generation and transmission, oil & gas development, site assessment and remediation, CEQA and NEPA anlyses, and coastal zone permitting for industrial facilities.

Two new studies of the Hudson Landing development proposed for the City of Kingston reveal the planned project violates policies adopted by the city in its Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) and also is inconsistent with state coastal management guidelines.