Sentences with phrase «conservation focus areas»

It's also one of our conservation focus areas.

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This billionaire entrepreneur says that «it is amazing how focusing your mind on issues like health, poverty, conservation and climate change can help to re-energize your thinking in other areas.»

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Key areas of focus include energy conservation, waste management, and guest and staff awareness and education.

At WhiteWave Foods, a leading organic and natural foods company with such well - known brands as Silk, So Delicious Dairy Free, Earthbound Farms, and Horizon Organic, Hansel's focus areas include ethical sourcing, packaging innovation, resource conservation, and consumer engagement.

They balance those needs through a, «focus on core areas of certification, conservation, social equity, policy, and the marketplace.»

Roger Kjelgren is focused on high value horticulture production and water conservation in urban areas.

«Alternatively, we can focus our conservation efforts on medium - high risk populations, where we can encourage the bats to move to more suitable areas through increasing connectivity with other populations and to areas where climatic conditions will remain more suitable.»

The dominant approach to conservation has been to focus on protecting pristine environments, but new research from Australia demonstrates that on average, urban environments contain disproportionately more threatened protected species in a given area than non-urban environments.

Current sage - grouse conservation plans focus on protecting selected «priority areas,» but these areas vary in size and proximity to each other — will they be able to sustain thriving, interconnected populations over time?

The United States has released an ambitious, climate - and conservation - focused agenda for its 2 - year chairmanship that includes pushing for more research on black carbon, which accelerates melting in the region, and on emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from the seabed and permafrost, as well as creating a network of marine protected areas in the Arctic and equipping Arctic villages with renewable energy sources.

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.

If we just focus conservation activities on this area, this research shows we will be missing a large number of butterflies born elsewhere in North America.»

Such data could guide the United Nations» effort to designate a series of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas to focus future conservation efforts, Halpin notes.

However, the question the researchers asked was this: Should conservation efforts be focused on areas where forest habitats have already been lost and species might be reaching a threshold, or on forests that are largely intact and are only just beginning to be affected by development?

They estimate that a carefully prepared 5 % increase in conservation area would allow a dramatically improved capture of bird and mammal biodiversity facets; an approach focused on species numbers alone would be much less optimal, the researchers said.

It will focus on a representative degraded ecosystem surrounded by protected areas and carry out measures to improve habitats as well as to enhance the conservation status of 47 targeted flora and fauna species.

We anticipate awarding 24 internships that will support work in the fields of ecology, evolution, ecosystem sciences or conservation biology, broadly defined, with a priority for projects that focus on one of the following Montana NSF EPSCoR RII Track - 1 research areas:

New estimates focused on areas described as» Snow Leopard Conservation Units,» covering only 44 percent of the snow leopard's extensive range (which extends over roughly 3 million km2 or 1,158,306 square miles) suggests that there may be between 4,678 and 8,745 snow leopards just in these units.

Green Discovery offers unique tours that range from sleeping in a tree to caving to kayaking and coffee tasting, while The Hiker offers treks around the area, and focuses on supporting conservation and preservation efforts of local communities.

Coverage of areas specially conserved for biodiversity and ecosystem functions should be increased (at least to the Aichi Target 11 of 17 % terrestrial and 10 % marine area), with systems of conservation being democratized and based on integration of rights and responsibilities; in all kinds of land / water uses, activities that are ecologically damaging need to be modified or replaced; high priority should also be given to the regeneration and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the revival of populations of threatened species; equitable access (including through territorial and resource tenure) must be accorded to natural resources, with special focus on populations with high and direct dependence on such resources for their survival and livelihoods.

The awards focus on corporations within the animal health industry, such as Henry Schein, and national animal health associations that explore the «rapidly increasing areas of innovation, technology, scientific achievement and wildlife conservation.»

Moore's early career involved various positions with the National Park Service and other public agencies focusing on conservation, protected areas, and parks - and involving planning, management, and interpretation.

They are focused on the respect, protection and conservation of the environment and of the flora and fauna of the area.

Ecotourism is ecologically sustainable tourism with a primary focus on experiencing natural areas that forests environmental and cultural understanding, appreciation and conservation.

Ecotourism Australia is a global leader in accrediting operators who make a commitment to «ecologically sustainable tourism with a primary focus on experiencing natural areas that fosters environmental and cultural understanding, appreciation and conservation».

These will focus on a specific area of diving, covering a wide range of topics from underwater photography, technical diving, explore wrecks or conservation themed.

[April 20, 7:22 a.m. Insert I think this work bolsters the view of scientists who've been calling for a conservation strategy for polar bears and other ice - dependent species focused on areas of the Arctic where sea ice is projected to endure well into this greenhouse - heated era.

The directive focuses on seven broad areas of Arctic policy: 1) National security and homeland security, 2) International governance, 3) Extended continental shelf and boundary issues, 4) Promotion of international scientific cooperation, 5) Maritime transportation, 6) Economic issues, including energy resources, and 7) Environmental protection and conservation of natural resources.

The documentary chronicles how communities that once depended on sea turtle poaching and other activities depleting the region's rich natural resources are now testing a new economic model, one built around fishing with turtle conservation in mind and tourism focused on the area's extraordinary marine life.

Other efforts will focus on adopting sustainable agricultural practices and restoring degraded lands abutting conservation areas to improve land use management and livelihoods.

In addition DRC was singled out by UNEP just this week as one of only 15 countries where, in their opinion, international efforts at forest conservation should be focused, but 15 % of the country's land area has been signed over to Zimbabwe's army — not notably skilled loggers.

Her areas of focus range from conservation biology to the effects of climate change on agricultural systems.

We've recently updated it to reflect our project's work by their focus areas: Agriculture and Food Systems; Clean Energy and Climate Change; Conservation, Preservation, and Restoration; EnvironmentalEducation; International and Indigenous Communities; Leadership Development; Ocean and Water; Pollution and Toxics; Sustainability and Community Resilience; Wildlife Projection; Women's Environmental Leadership; and Youth Empowerment.

As the lions hunt for suitable habitat away from humans, habitat that is increasingly rare, scientists are able to watch and see what areas are in need of conservation focus.

Our research focuses on identifying and promoting technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges in three areas: energy, conservation, and food and farming.

IBM has created a new predictive analytics software that can be used to collect huge amounts of complex information about wildlife - such as what people think about them, where the animals are located, why they are hunted, how everything from education level to access to medicines impacts their decisions - and figure out the best areas to focus conservation efforts.

The factors identified in this study as predisposing species to high extinction risk due to climate change suggest that conservation actions should focus on species that occupy a small or declining area, have small population size, or have synchronized population fluctuations.