Sentences with phrase «conservation movement»

The park's very existence illustrates the power of the environmental conservation movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

Just to put that in some scale, that's doubling what the modern conservation movement was able to do in the last 100 years, essentially.

The whole conservation movement is organized around the proposition that biodiversity is something worth saving.

The unique experience, which allows visitors to take an active role in the elephant conservation movement, includes learning about the medical care and day - to - day life of elephants.

There are interesting chats about ground - breaking conservation movements or unusual encounters or discoveries.

The intensity of their conversations ultimately fostered the early conservation movement's definitions of wilderness and the differing needs for national parks and national forests.

Cecil's death has brought the controversial practice of trophy hunting, the serious issue of poaching and the concerns of the animal conservation movement into the spotlight.

Become a member of a worldwide conservation movement that helps people and the planet prosper together.

Vivid, moment - by - moment descriptions of life in the field will draw readers into this biography of pioneering environmentalist Schaller, a founder of the modern animal conservation movement.

The history of organized place - based conservation movements shows us that the debates between appreciations of place versus economic exploitation are not new.

Conservation movements rest on insecure foundations as long as they do not go beyond instrumental ethics for their justification.

Raising the profile of microbial conservation must come from microbiologists, but the support of the broader conservation movement is needed.

Fossey inspired a strong conservation movement and much research, but until now geneticists had to rely on hair and stool samples to collect DNA.

My time in Mauritius was a true crash course in the nation's proud conservation movement.

His involvement with the land transcended his photographs and he became a central figure in the national conservation movement at a time when growing industry began to threaten the nation's natural resources.

So why * isn't * there an organized, mainstream conservation movement in the US?

At the beginning of the 20th century, though, demographic changes and an emerging conservation movement helped reduce wildfire and encourage reforestation.

Smoking Them Out shines a much needed light on the path to a sustainable future for America and all our future generations; taking back the high ground, doing the right thing, and becoming a leader in a new conservation movement.

«Over the last decade the surf conservation movement has blossomed but until recently the world's surf protection groups have been working in isolation,» says Surfrider Foundation Environmental Director Dr. Chad Nelsen.

The global conservation movement is little more than a century old and, throughout its life, has displayed a consistent and defining characteristic: a brave and worthy but often futile struggle against the forces of growing human consumption, typified by persistent and widespread declines in species» populations, habitats, and natural resources, and the rising specter of climate change.

Financial incentives and awards have been made available to authorities who clamp down, and a small but increasingly vocal conservation movement has cropped up in the giant nation.

The importance of Muir Woods in the early conservation movement is best understood by considering those who made the decision to protect the area from destruction.

In 1900, in the early days of the American conservation movement, ornithologist Frank Chapman organized a Christmas bird census.

The designation recognizes Muir Woods» enduring significance as «the birthplace of the modern conservation movement.»

The message of the conservation movement has largely been to look after nature because nature looks after us.

The conservation movement of recent years has put great emphasis on the value of non-humans as means, that is their instrumental value to humanity.

«Even the largest wilderness areas become partially deranged,» wrote Aldo Leopold, who helped found the conservation movement in the United States in the early part of the 20th century.

If the conservation movement insists on unrealistic conceptions of the dingo, as happened with Fraser Island, then the future of the species in Australia does not look good.

A conservation movement that snuffs out every newly arriving species is stifling the very evolution that will be nature's salvation.

They are an icon of the conservation movement and many people want to minimize harm to them, according to Trevor Branch, UW assistant professor of aquatic and fishery sciences.

I have been interested in these issues all my life, largely because my father worked professionally in the conservation movement — he was the head of public policy for the Wilderness Society and founded the Grand Canyon Trust.

The conservation movement was in its infancy; President Theodore Roosevelt and federal forester Gifford Pinchot had just created the first publicly owned «forest reserves,» the precursor to the national forest system.

It is in every species that lives today thanks to the conservation movement that gained traction from her death.

The conservation movement finally gained forceful momentum from the realization that even the most common species can vanish forever.

A November 2014 comment piece in the journal Nature points to the dominance of male voices in the conservation movement, despite the presence of senior women.

They want to co-teach a unit about the history of national parks and the birth of the conservation movement in the United States.

However — and I used this example for a purpose — the conservation movement has its origins in the work of artists and photographers such as Ansel Adams who were key to showing the wonders of the natural landscape.

In the process, he explores the ethical and religious bases of the conservation movement and deflates the myth that environmental policy is antithetical to economic growth by illustrating how new methods of conservation can ensure long - term economic well - being.

I came because of your stature in literature and the conservation movement.

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, not only do they profile the most environmentally friendly ways to travel across America and around the world, but these top American travel bloggers have also interviewed some famous people within the conservation movement (like Jane Goodall).

President Roosevelt wanted to name the Monument after Kent, but Kent insisted that it be named after John Muir, his good friend in the conservation movement who had helped establish the National Park System.

This was one of the most memorable moments in Australia's conservation movement.

I'm working on a project with a writer with Amazon Studios about the conservation movement.