Sentences with phrase «conservation projects protect»

Many of our bird conservation projects protect carbon - rich tropical forests.

Life on land: This forest conservation project protects habitats for an irreplaceable wealth of animal and plant species, many of which are threatened by extinction.

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This project would cross lands that Mass Audubon assisted the Department of Conservation and Recreation in protecting in 2007 at Otis State Forest in Sandisfield.

As Shedd Aquarium's Director of Marine Research, Kessel will oversee a suite of marine conservation research projects aimed at protecting commercially important Caribbean species, such as endangered Nassau grouper and threatened queen conch.

The grants are funded through the Farmland Protection Implementation Grant program, and the projects will support the preservation of farmland for agricultural use and protect it from degradation through the use of perpetual conservation easements.

«We can't protect our own ecosystem if we're not protecting Cuba's,» said Fernando Bretos Trelles, director of the Ocean Foundation's Cuba Marine Research Conservation Project, which has facilitated collaborative research between U.S. institutions and the University of Havana and the Cuban Ministry of Science Technology and Environment since 1998.

It is surprising that members of Tanzania Wildlife Conservation Monitoring, a joint project of different governmental wildlife protection authorities and the Frankfurt Zoological Society, which has been carrying out aerial surveys in Tanzania's protected areas since 1986, were apparently not consulted.

The group notes that streams that have the optimal combination of several imperiled mussel species, low chance of a significant temperature swing with projected climate change and being in a protected area are few, but are a good bet to start conservation efforts.

This can bring benefits for its conservation, and help protect great crested newts from major construction projects.

The authors suggest steps that the federation and government can take to reaffirm their positions on providing an ecologically - friendly World Cup, such as promoting the «Parques da Copa» project, protecting areas of the Caatinga, and instituting a conservation plan for the Tolypeutes tricinctus species.

The findings will be used in part by the Nature Conservancy to help direct federal funding toward ecosystem restoration and conservation projects that protect the most people and property, Arkema said.

The team used the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classification of protected areas in order to evaluate the influence of potential factors on deforestation and project future deforestation.

This World Wildlife Day, we promised participants of the Big Cats Team Challenge we would donate funds to conservation projects that protect endangered big cat species.

Indiana's record - setting conservation program took another step forward today with the introduction of a unique project that will showcase the compatibility of conservation and farming, and protect more than 300 acres at Lilly's Elanco manufacturing facility in Clinton.

St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary: September 2012: 64 - 65 Houston Zoo, Saving the Orangutan: October 2012: 64 - 65 Saving the Lions: November 2012: 62 - 64 Saving Lives in Central America: December 2012: 60 - 61 Saving Sea Turtles: Jan / Feb 2013: 62 - 63 Saving the Borneo Elephants: March 2013: 64 - 65 Conservation Corner: April 2013: 64 - 65 Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative: May 2013: 62 - 63 Conservation Corner: June 2013: 64 - 65 Protecting the Ethiopian Wolves: July 2013: 66 - 67 Saving Rhinos from Extinction: August 2013: 62 - 63 Saving Animals from Extinction: September 2013: 64 - 65 Conservation of the African Painted Dog: October 2013: 64 - 65 Conservation of Chimpanzees: November 2013: 64 - 65 Conserving Attwater's Prairie Chickens: December 2013: 64 - 65 Traveling to See Animals in the Wild with the Houston Zoo: Jan / Feb 2014: 64 - 65 Blue Billed Curassow Conservation: March 2014: 62 - 63 Houston Toad Conservation: May 2014: 60 - 61 Lion Conservation: June 2014: 58 - 61 Giant Armadillo Conservation Project in Brazil: July 2014: 58 - 59 Conserving the Gorillas: August 2014: 58 - 59

As the Gili Islands have increased in popularity as a tourist destination, both locals and vistors alike have recognized the importance of protecting the coral reefs which surround the islands, and an number of conservation projects have been set up.

Working on a manatee conservation project not only offers you the chance to get up close and personal with these docile creatures, but also perform crucial work in monitoring and protecting their natural habitats to make a genuine contribution in the ongoing conservation effort.

This project has two main focuses, to protect nests and to raise public awareness surrounding marine conservation.

Trekking in the Nam Ha National Protected Area: Trekking is why most people come to Luang Nam Tha — your money goes to employing the local community and to park fees that fund wildlife / forest conservation projects and maintenance.

The Amigos conservation team comprises biologists, oceanographers, anthropologists, development workers and volunteers and its projects range from wildlife research to an environmental services payment program for protecting the jungle, water studies and sustainable development.

It also runs a turtle conservation project that removes delicate eggs from the beach and places them in a protected area for safe hatching.

Community - based coastal management International conservation and development Participatory project design and management Fisheries Management Marine Protected Areas / Coastal Protected Areas

According to de Boer, the fund is intended to finance climate change projects including sea walls to guard against expanding oceans, early warning systems for extreme events, improved water supplies for drought areas, training in new agricultural techniques and the conservation and restoration of mangroves to protect people from storms.

«In essence, REDD may simply end up resembling other types of conservation project that promote the establishment of protected areas, where conservation funds help finance monitoring and law enforcement within protected area boundaries.»

«Our study suggests... [the] initiative will not significantly reduce deforestation in northern Sumatra and will have little impact on orangutan conservation,» David Gaveau of the University of Kent, UK, and the Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program told environmentalresearchweb, «because firstly a large amount of forest inside the proposed REDD project area is protected de facto by being inaccessible; and secondly much of northern Sumatra's lowland forests will remain outside of REDD and will be exposed to the combined expansion of high - revenue oil palm plantations and road netwconservation,» David Gaveau of the University of Kent, UK, and the Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program told environmentalresearchweb, «because firstly a large amount of forest inside the proposed REDD project area is protected de facto by being inaccessible; and secondly much of northern Sumatra's lowland forests will remain outside of REDD and will be exposed to the combined expansion of high - revenue oil palm plantations and road netwConservation Society Indonesia Program told environmentalresearchweb, «because firstly a large amount of forest inside the proposed REDD project area is protected de facto by being inaccessible; and secondly much of northern Sumatra's lowland forests will remain outside of REDD and will be exposed to the combined expansion of high - revenue oil palm plantations and road networks.»

To test the REDD project's effectiveness, Gaveau and colleagues from the University of Kent, UK, Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program, Great Apes Trust of Iowa, US, Conservation International, US, and Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia, examined satellite maps and modelled future deforestation for two scenarios — the current plan of implementing REDD within a new upland protected area, and an alternative arrangement that uses REDD across landscapes outside protected areas.

Combining the numbers from Ecosystem Marketplace's latest Forest Carbon Markets report, which identifies 168 conservation projects under carbon management that protects over 25 million hectares of forest, with the business sector's rising interest in REDD and other forest carbon initiatives indicate incentives - based schemes for conservation are working.

There isn't a lack of «conservation capital» to flow into so - called sequestration projects, which pay countries to protect trees through carbon credits.

Through this collaboration, the two companies are joining forces to take on the conservation of unique forests in the form of two outstanding REDD + projects in Zambia, thus protecting some of the most diverse natural habitats in the world.

Nine leading non-profit conservation organizations — 5 Gyres Institute, Algalita, Californians Against Waste, Clean Production Action, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Responsible Purchasing Network, The Story of Stuff Project, Surfrider Foundation, and UPSTREAM Policy — joined together to produce the Plastics BAN (Better Alternatives Now) List, a series of reports that identify the world's most dangerous plastics in order to better protect our oceans and environment.

The project is one of nine groundbreaking climate change initiatives selected and funded by the NRCS's 2011 Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program, and is focused on greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation for one of the least protected and most imperiled ecosystems in the world.

Since its 1972 launch, the Trust for Public Land has completed more than 3,500 land - conservation projects in 47 states, protecting more than two million acres that define America's communities and are central to its ecosystems.

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«The Healthy Planet Foundation «s Guardian project is about connecting people with conservation by using the World Database of Protected Areas in Google Earth and Google Maps as the canvas for conservation organizations to present projects in particular protectProtected Areas in Google Earth and Google Maps as the canvas for conservation organizations to present projects in particular protectedprotected areas.

Become my neighbour & support conservation in the Great Fen Project by adopting a hectare there, or in any of Healthy Planet's 77,000 protected parks around the world.»

Some of the most interesting projects are applications for the Internet, including one dubbed The World Database on Protected Areas, a joint project of the United Nations Environment Program and the International Union for Conservation of Nature.