Sentences with phrase «conservation plans because»

«This can affect conservation plans because if snow leopards are eating more large ungulates, we need to make sure we're maintaining those large ungulate populations.

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But, what has impressed me most of all is Richard Becker's resourcefulness and creativity evidenced by his role while a member of the Cortlandt Town Board in bringing about the innovative Cortlandt Heating Oil Plan (CHOP), which at the height of the economic crisis provided both heating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heating oil.

Earlier this year, STRI research associate William Laurance published a paper in Science, stressing the importance of considering wildlife conservation during transportation infrastructure planning, because it is well known in the conservation community that roads «can unleash a Pandora's box of environmental ills, such as land encroachment, wildlife poaching, forest fragmentation, exotic species invasions and illegal mining.»

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation argued in the legal case that its plan to build roads and harvest trees would have minimal impact on grizzlies because it called for logging of small areas at different times rather than a full - scale clearing operation.

An international conservation organisation and the government's relevant agency tried to block the plan (because the island is outside the species» known native range), saying any such release would contravene a strict interpretation of the law and international guidelines concerning the introduction of endangered species.

Andrew Warren, of the European Association for the Conservation of Energy, says member states will now not be able to meet CO2 targets pledged at last year's Earth Summit, because these required Community - wide efficiency standards, as originally planned in SAVE, and a Community - wide energy tax.

«American Bird Conservancy, the nation's leading bird conservation organization, and 27 additional science and conservation organizations have signed a letter to the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuge supporting their plans to remove cats and cat feeding stations found on refuge lands in the Keys because of the harm they are causing to birds and other wildlife, including endangered species.»

And it's interesting, because we get invited by dozens of other conservation organizations to come and talk about Conservation by Design and some of the planning tools that arconservation organizations to come and talk about Conservation by Design and some of the planning tools that arConservation by Design and some of the planning tools that are behind it.

Plaintiff Oceana, Inc. («Oceana») on behalf of its adversely affected members hereby challenges the unlawful decision of the National Marine Fisheries Service («Fisheries Service» or «Defendants») to adopt and promulgate Amendment 5b to the Highly Migratory Species («HMS») Fishery Management Plan because it failed to establish measures necessary to end overfishing and rebuild the dusky shark population to a healthy level as mandated by the Magnuson - Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act («Magnuson - Stevens Act»).

It's a daunting task, because their conservation plans will only work under certain precise conditions.

His plan was opposed by the local council, residents and conservation authorities because the first two holes will be built over an environmentally sensitive stretch of sand dunes.