Sentences with phrase «conservation group save»

And now a report has been released from the conservation group Save The Elephants, noting that the average wholesale price of tusks in China has fallen from $ 2,100 per kilogram in early 2014 to $ 730 this February.

The preservation of Plum Island will depend in large part on support from community members who oppose the federal government's plans to sell it to the highest bidder, said Chris Cryder, special projects coordinator of the bi-coastal conservation group Save the Sound.

Not exact matches

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) says this gives the species a 60 per cent chance of recovering within 15 years, but environmental groups say it is not enough to save the bluefin from commercial extinction.

«We hope to get initiatives like this all over the subcontinent, and they could all join together, and that would put pressure on the national governments to make the drug bans more effective,» says Chris Bowden, the Bangaluru, India — based program manager for Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction, a consortium of conservation groups and government agencies.

Gary Wockner, director of Save the Colorado, a group advocating for conservation and preservation of the Colorado River, said McMorris Rodgers has an «extreme» anti-environment voting record.

«Canada is setting a world record in the contest to save the world's last great forests,» said Steve Kallick, Director of the Pew Environment Group's International Boreal Conservation Campaign.

Although the rabbits were exterminated for purposes of wildlife management in the early «90s, the Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand managed to save a breeding group of 49 Enderby Island Rabbits in 1992.

The «Gray Whale Ranch» had been zoned only for logging but was considered for further development before the Save - the - Redwoods League, a private conservation group, bought the land in 1996 for $ 13.4 million and transferred it to the State Parks Department.

Island Fox Ambassadors are individuals, classes, groups, grades, or whole schools where the students have taken a special interest in island fox conservation and have participated in some way to help save endangered island foxes.

Kevin Pretorius tells BTN about the luxury operator's 20th birthday celebrations and describes some of the life saving community and conservation projects that the group has been involved in.

For example, suppose a conservation group is interested in saving the tremendous fish diversity in the great Mekong River where several new dams are under consideration for hydroelectric power.

A group calling itself «Save our AZ Solar», backed by SolarCity, the League of Conservation Voters and Sierra Club, has contributed $ 2.4 million to the races.

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That threat, however, may now be mitigated by the potential for payments for REDD (reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation) allowing companies and environmental groups to fund forest conservation by earning carbon credits for saving trees.

And they support environmental groups focused on ocean conservation, such as Sailors for the Sea and Save Our Shores.

Interest in personal energy conservation is even more common across all six groups, which may be motivated by a desire to save money, in addition to any advantages to the environment.

And, while countless conservation groups are actively working to save them, the arrest of a wildlife smuggler in Thailand is proving just how easily a handful of criminals could bring about their demise.

Numerous groups have begun large - scale conservation efforts, taking advantage of this unanticipated, once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to save some of America's most spectacular natural and historic treasures.