Sentences with phrase «conservation agreements»

Nineteen conservation and animal welfare groups, representing tens of millions of U.S. citizens, today called on the United States Secretaries of Commerce and Interior to impose trade sanctions against Iceland for its escalating defiance of international conservation agreements on commercial whaling.

Canadian Geographic magazine described it as «the largest conservation agreement ever signed, anywhere.»

Candidate Conservation Agreement for the Lesser Prairie - Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)... fws.gov... grassland habitats include the construction of the infrastructure associated with oil and gas extraction and wind farm development....

Mongabay is reporting that Indonesia is availing itself of the program, having $ 30 million in debt forgiven in exchange for increased forest protection in Sumatra: This is the largest debt relief for conservation agreement ever reached, and the first time Indonesia has participated in the US program (in fact, they weren't even listed on the eligible countries last I checked...).

On private and federal lands, the FWS and BLM have received commitments on 5.5 million acres through Candidate Conservation Agreements.

CITES is among the largest conservation agreements in the world, regulating the movement of endangered species across the borders of 186 member states.

As a result of unprecedented commitments by private landowners to voluntary conservation agreements now in place in New Mexico and Texas...

As a result of unprecedented commitments by private landowners to voluntary conservation agreements now in place in New Mexico and Texas that provide for the long - term conservation of the dunes sagebrush lizard, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the species does not need to be listed under the Endangered Species Act.

US law allows the restriction of imports from countries that «undermine» international conservation agreements such as the ban on commercial whaling.

The Pelly amendment targets any country that «diminishes the effectiveness of an inter-national conservation agreement», even when it is acting within the letter if not the spirit of the law.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) appears stuck on developing new conservation agreements.

$ 25 million for Public Sector Energy Conservation Agreement projects goes to public sector organizations for energy retrofits.

The organization has protected 20,000 acres of privately owned land with conservation agreements, has helped provide 5,300 acres of public lands, and helped secure $ 6 million in funding to protect some of the county's best farmland.

The Center For Biological Diversity and Sea Turtle Restoration Project have petitioned the United States government to impose trade sanctions on Mexico for failing to abide by international sea turtle conservation agreements.

Voluntary conservation agreements, federal financial and technical assistance and other partnership incentives can play a key role in this effort.

Barry Smith and Dawn Pritchard provided an overview of the history and effect of the Species At Risk Act, and Lisa Fong and Ming Song presented on how this Act can support the protection of section 35 aboriginal and treaty rights, the implications the Act has for reserve lands and treaty settlement lands, and how Aboriginal groups can best work effectively with Government, particularly with respect to section 11 conservation agreements under the Act.

(05/19/2010) In what is being heralded as the «world's largest conservation agreement» 20 Canadian forestry companies and nine environmental organizations have announced an agreement covering 72 million hectares of the Canadian boreal forest (an area bigger than France).

The wetlands of Iraq — and the migratory birds that depend on them — are yet another urgent call for international conservation agreements.

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He's also a contributor to one of my favorite magazines, Fretboard Journal, where he provided «a guitarist's guide to international conservation agreements (there's a related podcast.

• Central and South America — Ecosystem - based adaptation including protected areas, conservation agreements, and community management of natural areas is occurring.

A majority of IWC member countries, along with animal protection and environmental organizations, believe that the treaty has evolved into a conservation agreement that allows for greater protection for whales from environmental, commercial, and other types of threats.