Sentences with phrase «conservation policy decisions»

Predictive models of biodiversity change are required to inform conservation policy decisions

Not exact matches

Robin Marshall - Ball, a BASC council member and conservation specialist, said: «We expect notice to be taken of the committee's report in future policy decisions.

While the SSC doesn't manage the conservation of endangered species per se, its job is to provide governments with assessments and recommendations based on the best available science on which they can make sound policy decisions.

Policy makers and managers could use the index to guide decision making — for example, about whether offshore wind energy should be expanded in the U.S., whether land or ocean conservation measures will benefit coral reefs in Fiji and how marine - zoning plans in Brazil might affect overall ocean health.

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

«This type of collaborative research focused on specific management and conservation objectives provides important information for resource managers and policy decision - makers who manage public resources,» said Eric Forsman, a coauthor on the study at the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.

These results are important because they may eventually influence policy decisions on watershed protection and species conservation.»

How hybridization affects fitness and what level of hybridization is permissible pose difficult conservation questions with little empirical information to guide policy and management decisions.

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.

Climate Change: Current climate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - over, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conservation.

Current climate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - wide, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conservation.

[Parties [are encouraged to][may][support and] implement][The [mechanism][framework] for] policy approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks [and associated non-carbon benefits]; as well as [the [mechanism][framework] for] alternative policy approaches such as joint mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests; [and also the associated non-carbon benefits]; [which] consist of the decisions, methods and guidance already adopted under the Convention; [Parties are encouraged [to support their effective implementation][to implement] the [mechanism [s]-RSB-[framework [s]-RSB--RSB-.

As such Forest Trends has developed new policies, initiatives, and institutions that bring environmental conservation into business and governmental decisions.

In closing, we thank you for your pledge to restore scientific integrity to policy development and specifically to decisions impacting the environment — including the conservation of our public lands.

Paragraph 2: Parties are encouraged to take action to implement and support, including through results - based payments, the existing framework as set out in related guidance and decisions already agreed under the Convention for: policy approaches and positive incentives for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries; and alternative policy approaches, such as joint mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests, while reaffirming the importance of incentivizing, as appropriate, non-carbon benefits associated with such approaches.

«President Obama's decision to include revenue from an auction is the right policy decision and a very important political statement that they are committed to getting a cap on global warming pollution,» said Gene Karpinski, president of the League of Conservation Voters.

As defined by the FAO, a forest policy is «a set of orientations and principles of actions adopted by public authorities... to guide future decisions in relation to the management, use and conservation of forest and tree resources for the benefit of society.»