Sentences with phrase «conservation policies»

Most municipalities have heritage conservation policies in their official plans.

Yet another study warned about the potential adverse impacts of carbon - focused conservation policies on biodiversity.

In some cases, the data needed for effective conservation policy exist but are not accessible because of associated costs, commercial considerations, or intellectual property arrangements.

Over many years our strict conservation policies and successful habitat management have resulted in a rich diversity of fauna and flora.

These details can better inform future conservation policies to protect and encourage their population recovery.

Taken together, the two studies suggest the burgeoning tourism industry has increased demand for old - growth timber, and that official conservation policies displaced logging to sacred areas.

To achieve better conservation policies and practices for our surviving mammals, science must first provide a better platform for decision - making in identifying changes in wildlife populations and ecosystems.

Allowing corporations to buy carbon credits will not reach the levels of investment that are required to enact comprehensive conservation policies, however, it is a step in the right direction.

Brazil has been recognized as a leader in global efforts to reduce deforestation and associated greenhouse gas emissions — mostly due to the successful implementation of forest conservation policies that reduced deforestation in the Amazon by 80 % below historical levels, and prevented more than 5 billion tons of CO2 from reaching the atmosphere over the last decade.

Photographer Annemarie Heinrich's negatives, prints, and archives are in jeopardy due to a lack of conservation policies in Argentina.

Congressman Saxton supported strong ocean conservation policies and was the lead sponsor of the 2000 Oceans Act that created the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.

To name a few, information about relationships between species can be used to guide the classification of biodiversity, inform conservation policies aimed at protecting threatened species, aid in tracking the spread of pathogens, and can even play a role in the discovery of new medicines.

«We are thrilled» that the World Heritage Committee is now considering climate change in conservation policy decisions, report lead authors Scott Heron and Mark Eakin, both coral reef scientists at NOAA, wrote in a joint email to ScienceInsider.

The next step is for the draft list to be debated and ratified by the 194 nations that are parties to the CBD, which helps establish global conservation policies.

«Creating and maintaining successful conservation policy means constantly looking for breakdowns in the system.

«A promising application is the evaluation of fisheries and conservation policies such as fishing moratoria or marine reserves.

«Being pragmatic in whale conservation policy does not mean selling out on conservationist principles.»

Being pragmatic in whale conservation policy does not mean selling out on conservationist principles.

and drafted a set of conservation policies for ecotravel that include proper waste management, energy conservation, and prohibited forms of travel such as helicopter.

Second, this program would need to be coupled with strong conservation policies to ensure that ecosystems were not purposefully degraded for the purpose of then «restoring» them for carbon removal credits.

In fact there are likely to be severe setbacks in the total numbers or area of protected areas in many tropical countries, therefore decentralising conservation policies to communities and local stakeholders can be powerful and effective.

The idea of people living inside a national park and profiting from its biodiversity is at odds with traditional conservation policies.

If market diversification, social class differentiation, and income inequality continue to increase in many areas affected by marine protected areas and other conservation policies, anti-social behaviors could start to dominate and inhibit pro-social behaviors, the researchers said.

«TRAFFIC believes Namibia has demonstrated a sound conservation policy for its rhinos over the years and does not oppose Namibia's legitimate execution of its hunting quota,» Milliken said in an email.

The second was Compact Development, based on possible land use distribution in the region if authorities had implemented growth management and land conservation policies, such as density incentives and urban growth boundaries.

MILILANI, Hawaii ---- Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources chair Suzanne Case «is moving at a hurried pace to kill cats with a lead pellet fired from a high powered pellet rifle to the head or heart,» alleges Carroll Cox ---- who is not just any critic of conservation policies introduced in the name of protecting native Hawaiian birds and other animals, a pursuit to which he has dedicated much of his life.

Nor is Vietnam known for an enlightened conservation policy.

The Cayman Islands is already credited with having one of the most stringent marine conservation policies in the world, a fact which has contributed to a largely pristine reef system.

Whether or not we want to take these cultural variables into account when shaping conservation policy, we need data to support those decisions,» he adds.

Past work has examined conservation policies in Mexico and Costa Rica, air pollution issues along the U.S. — Mexico border, voluntary regulation in Mexico and Colombia, and voluntary efforts to clean up brownfield properties in the United States.

«The new APP Forest Conservation Policy de-links the company from natural forest destruction and recognizes the rights of indigenous and local communities.

Ocean Champions Endorses Congressman Charlie Bass (R - NH) Lawmaker Stands Up for Fishery Conservation Policies That Protect Fishing Jobs Washington, D.C. — October 8, 2012 — Ocean Champions, which works to build political power for the oceans by helping to elect pro-ocean candidates to the U.S....

Tracy Quinn, a water conservation policy expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the new approach could make state - mandated rationing less likely in the next drought, a process many local water agencies bitterly resisted.

Ocean Champions believes it is imperative to work across the aisle in Congress to pass pro-ocean conservation policy.

«As the 112th Congress has relentlessly attacked long standing conservation policies, he has consistently led the resistance.»

Moran has also consistently defended innovative fishery conservation policies, recognizing that sustainable management is necessary for ocean health and long term fishing jobs.

A must read to educate and prevent further misleading great barrier reef hysteria and subsequent ad - hoc and misguided Coral conservation policies...

This is an old refrain; legendary congressman Joe Cannon, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives who frequently opposed President Teddy Roosevelt's progressive conservation policies, once quipped, «Not one cent for scenery.»

Nature conservation policy and practice may not keep pace with environmental change 10.

This video takes a look at the rainforest conservation policy of Conservation International, with a focus on REDD + (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation).

In light of this, the government has enacted conservation policies in an effort to balance preservation of natural resources, sustainable development, and industry, but a growing tourism sector will help ensure that the country's valuable natural ecosystems remain intact.

As one of Indonesia's largest and most prominent forest products brands, APP and its parent Sinar Mas are a powerful force in Indonesian politics (Sinar Mas also owns Golden Agri Resources, one of Indonesia's largest palm oil companies, which in 2011 adopted a similar forest conservation policy).