Sentences with phrase «conservation concern in»

Rahel, F. J., B. Bierwagen, and Y. Taniguchi, 2008: Managing aquatic species of conservation concern in the face of climate change and invasive species.

We used an integrative approach to assess the impact of elevated water temperature on two fishes of immediate conservation concern in a large estuary system, the threatened longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) and endangered delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus).

This suite of techniques indicates promise for restoring vegetation and species of conservation concern in a wider range of degraded and disturbed habitats.

Scientists estimate that 30 percent of plant species are now of conservation concern in just the United States alone.

Instead, throughout the exhibit the emphasis is on how artists are responding to growing conservation concerns in terms of seeking solutions through new and imaginative existential approaches.

Not exact matches

In Saskatchewan, concern over rural crime resulted in the province expanding the power of conservation and commercial vehicle enforcement officers to include arrest and detention of criminal suspectIn Saskatchewan, concern over rural crime resulted in the province expanding the power of conservation and commercial vehicle enforcement officers to include arrest and detention of criminal suspectin the province expanding the power of conservation and commercial vehicle enforcement officers to include arrest and detention of criminal suspects.

Where a domesticated piety dominates the commitments of a denomination, the conservation of middle - class ideals can blind both leaders and people to the prominent concern for social justice found in the Bible.

Soil conservation methods such as contour planting or no - till farming reduce erosion, keeping the soil in place during heavy rains or floods — a major concern in certain parts of the world such as India.

Earlier that year, Australia's government had set in motion the Frost Inquiry into whaling, in response to conservation concerns and community campaigning.

In order to help address this concern, certain organizations that study conservation have started promoting the cause of sustainable seafood.

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is doing a commendable job of informing the public concerning advances in conservation.

This includes consideration of the value of open lands for grassland and shrubland - dependent wildlife, many of which are in decline in the state and are of high conservation concern.

Lessons will be developed to study and analyze actual environmental problems in the area by working with the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, Wheaton Park District, Fermilab and The Conservation Foundation, a group concerned with ecology.

The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction method.

With these concerns in mind, several elected officials and the operators of the Peace Bridge asked the state Department of Environmental Conservation this spring to begin enforcing a state law that prohibits trucks from idling for more than five minutes under normal circumstances.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has welcomed the proposals but is concerned that the bill in its current form does not make a strong enough commitment to the establishment of an effective network of highly protected marine reserves.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos did not break with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's concerns over a pending surcharge for carry - out bags in New York City.

Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will co-host a candidates forum focusing on the environment today at Scoville Hall in Amagansett from 5 to 7 p.m..

The Environmental Conservation Commissioner, Joe Martens, in an email letter to the agency's employees, says he's proud to have headed an agency that, in addition to traditional environmental concerns, responded to natural disasters like Hurricanes Irene and Sandy, and most recently, helped to find two escaped prisoners from a North Country prison.

«The proposed pipeline threatens important resources of regional and statewide concern including... state regulated wetlands, the Ramapo River Watershed, the Karst Aquifer Region (which is) a priority project designated in the NYS Open Space Conservation Plan,» Rosendale officials wrote.

March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Rockland County Fire Training Center Auditorium 35 Firemen's Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY 10970 Contact: Dan Moscato at [phone] or [email protected] March 12, 2010 Bronxville hearing 4:00 - 7:00 PM Education, Labor and Family Assistance Public Protection and General Government Concordia College Sommer Center for Worship & the Performing Arts 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 Contact: Shelley Andrews at [phone] or [email protected] The Hudson Valley Delegation of the New York State Senate In an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, nine local Senators representing the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester have formed a bipartisan delegation to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of their constituentIn an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, nine local Senators representing the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester have formed a bipartisan delegation to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of their constituentin all legislative matters before the Senate, nine local Senators representing the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester have formed a bipartisan delegation to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of their constituents.

Based on the concerns raised at Monday's public hearing before the state assembly's Standing Committee of Environmental Conservation, state officials will draft a «battle plan,» in the words of State Senator Kenneth LaValle (R - Port Jefferson), for how they can fight to preserve the area as open space and avoid damaging its unique, diverse ecology.

Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund co-sponsored the forum, in which the parties» candidates answered questions in separate sessions.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation held a public hearing Thursday in Rockland County's Stony Point concerning a proposed pipeline expansion project.

The major concern is that current gene drives «are probably too powerful for us to seriously consider deploying in conservation,» says geneticist Neil Gemmell of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.

«As phenology is advancing around the globe, there are concerns that plant - pollinator interactions may be disrupted through phenological mismatches, or mismatches in the timing of when flowers bloom and their pollinators emerge, leading to reduced plant reproduction,» says lead author Zak Gezon, who conducted the research as a doctoral student at Dartmouth and who is now a conservation biologist with Disney's Animal Programs.

«The decline in Madagascan amphibians is not just a concern for herpetologists and frog researchers,» says Dr Franco Andreone from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), who is one of the study authors.

«This paper highlights the potentially huge impact merit releases have on a few birds that are easily caught and are already of conservation concern,» says John Pilgrim, a conservation consultant who specializes in Southeast Asia and Melanesia and who was not involved in the study.

And a planned dam, Xiaonanhai, that would be built in the middle of the last remaining untouched habitat of the Yangtze sturgeon, giant salamander and 66 other fish species of concern, says Yan Xie, China Program director for the Wildlife Conservation Society.

In their paper, the team of scientists from the National Tropical Botanical Garden and Smithsonian Institution (both USA), and the University of Göttingen, Germany, also raise concerns on the conservation status of this unique tree which is severely limited to a 1.5 km2 area of occupancy on Kaua`i.

Biological samples must be «urgently required in the interest of an individual animal» and have a «negligible impact on the conservation of the species concerned.»

«In other words «Fathers Matter» where the wandering albatross is concerned and this may be of importance also for the conservation of this species.»

He found that the only fish species in the Grace Lake system are non-native, hybridized trout with no conservation value, so that isn't a concern.

«By understanding how this animal adapts to changes in the environment, we can determine what we really need to be concerned about and what we really should be doing,» says Stephen DeStefano, a conservation biologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and author of the new book, Coyote at the Kitchen Door: Living with Wildlife in Suburbia (Harvard University Press, 2010).

In recent decades, however, seed conservation and sharing efforts have been hampered at times by concerns about biopiracy, as nations have negotiated numerous international treaties and agreements that regulate the collection, movement, and equitable use of seeds and other genetic resources.

Crops like alfalfa provide critical habitat for the Long - billed Curlew, the largest shorebird in North America and a species of continental conservation concern.

In fact, international collaborations are often funded to explore specific scientific or conservation objectives in developing countries without first engaging in genuine dialogue with in - county scientists and / or communities to learn more about their perspectives and observations concerning their natural worlIn fact, international collaborations are often funded to explore specific scientific or conservation objectives in developing countries without first engaging in genuine dialogue with in - county scientists and / or communities to learn more about their perspectives and observations concerning their natural worlin developing countries without first engaging in genuine dialogue with in - county scientists and / or communities to learn more about their perspectives and observations concerning their natural worlin genuine dialogue with in - county scientists and / or communities to learn more about their perspectives and observations concerning their natural worlin - county scientists and / or communities to learn more about their perspectives and observations concerning their natural world.

There is often conflict between those interested in animal welfare and those interested in conservation, with the latter viewing concern for the well - being of individuals as misplaced sentimentalism.

It concerns not only an increased extinction threat to re-discovered species, but also the collection of specimens from small populations more generally,» said Ben Minteer, an environmental ethicist and conservation scholar in ASU's School of Life Sciences.

With only 90,000 breeding individuals sparsely distributed across 15 states in the U.S., the Swainson's warbler is a species of high conservation concern that, for decades, has left conservationists with little confidence that its populations would ever be fully secure.

Brooke C. Aldrich, trustee at the charity Neotropical Primate Conservation, highlights serious concerns around the wider implications of using primate «actors» in films, including the trivialization of their conservation and welfare needs and representing them as suitable petsConservation, highlights serious concerns around the wider implications of using primate «actors» in films, including the trivialization of their conservation and welfare needs and representing them as suitable petsconservation and welfare needs and representing them as suitable pets to viewers.

Of further concern is how the use of primates as actors in films may misrepresent their conservation needs.

But while NOAA supports the legislation's intent, Hunt said it is concerned about provisions requiring NOAA's parent, the Commerce Department, to identify countries whose shark conservation plans do not pass U.S. muster, either in international waters or within their own exclusive economic zones.

You could just pick it up and read about the bird that you wanted to hear about and every time you did that, you'll get a lesson in conservation really about what factors are impacting the birds that you are concerned about.

Monitoring remains an important tool to provide early warnings of forests at risk of reaching a tipping point, and the results of this study can inform and focus conservation and management decisions in areas of concern.

«This is something we've definitely been concerned about,» says ecologist Lee Hannah of Conservation International, who has studied climate paths in South Africa and Mexico and is part of the managed relocation working group.

In the ocean, tunas and sea turtles are current conservation concerns because of this intense pressure.

Entitled «Plant diversity in Southeast Asia» the special issue hosts twelve articles devoted to the cause of promoting awareness the biodiversity richness of the region while raising concerns on its conservation.

This has the potential to inform land management practices concerned with the conservation of biodiversity and the sequestration of carbon in the soil.

In addition, out of concern for monarch conservation, some private citizens are also rearing hundreds to thousands of monarchs in backyard operations for release into the wilIn addition, out of concern for monarch conservation, some private citizens are also rearing hundreds to thousands of monarchs in backyard operations for release into the wilin backyard operations for release into the wild.