Sentences with phrase «conservation success in»

Prediction of population dynamics in relation to habitat requirements has led to a conservation success in the UK.

As a sign of the increasing recognition of the role of local people in conservation success in Brazil, when the country's environment ministry was reorganized in 2007, the park agency was christened the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).

«Sry» Daughterless Mice The greatest conservation successes in recent years have come from cleansing entire islands of the most devastating invasive animals, especially rodents.

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What is needed now, if there is to be meaningful success in the conservation (what a fuddy - duddy old word) battle, is a cooler eye.

LINCOLN, MA — More than 650 people pitched in at Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries from Cape Cod to the Berkshires to make the respected conservation organization's annual «Work for Wildlife» Statewide Volunteer Day a grand success.

This position plays a key role in the day - to - day operation and overall success of Mass Audubon's Land Conservation Department.

This new award recognizes an individual for success in the preservation, enhancement, and restoration of a New England species and / or their habitat, as well as an enthusiasm for sharing information about their efforts and a commitment to inspiring future generations of conservation professionals.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said, «The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has been an incredible success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change in New York and the Northeast, while supporting thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investments in sustainable development projects.

Carol M. Browner, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Board Chair of the League of Conservation Voters said: «By building victories in different states and on multiple policies, we can demonstrate strong public support for climate action, demonstrate success that others will want to replicate, and drive down the costs of clean energy».

What looked like a classic conservation success story nearly ended in disaster.

The reserve is one of the largest in the world and has been heralded as a huge success, but this study, led by conservation biologist Leah Gerber of Arizona State University in Tempe, highlights one possible down - side to the reserve.

So there are great success stories, we are developing a national elephant conservation plant for Tanzania in cooperation with the government privately funded, and they were so excited about it, they began to co-fund it through their agencies, as difficult as that is for a country as poor as Tanzania.

Many factors are taken into account when assessing the conservation status of a species: not simply the number remaining, but the overall increase or decrease in the population over time, breeding success rates, known threats, and so on.

«Policy makers must focus greater attention on zoning resource use over entire river basins and include local communities in landscape - scale conservation planning, to ensure their continued success.»

These findings elucidate the long - term success of seagrasses in warm waters and offer new prospects for seagrass ecosystem conservation.

These wildlife captures are a testament to the success of the park's restoration: Some species, like these warthogs, are now so abundant that managers are able to send them to other parks to help in their conservation efforts.

By easing those threats, the park «is likely to be one of the great tiger success stories» in a decade or two, says Dale Miquelle, a world authority on Siberian tigers and director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Russia Program in Vladivostok.

Ganzhorn is particularly worried about smaller, high - risk regions such as the coastal forests and the dry deciduous forests in the west, which he notes tend not to receive the attention of conservation organizations who want to maximize their chances of having success stories to bring back to their donors.

«The Swainson's warbler is becoming a conservation success story in a habitat that was once feared to be a biological desert,» said Graves, curator of birds in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology.

However, in a heart - warming success story for conservation, this native American has made it back from the brink of extinction.

«Success in planning for conservation and adopting remedial management actions can only be achieved if we know what species there are, how many need protection and where,» he says.

Conservation biologists see success in killing invasive gray squirrels to protect a native species

Intrigued by the success of fencing at minimizing conflict with lions in South Africa, Packer decided to take a broad look at the role of fencing in lion conservation.

According to the authors, the earliest migrants have the highest chance of success in reaching the winter home, and these monarchs should be prioritized for scientific studies and for conservation purposes.

Summarizing the key message of the review study, Prof. Bejder stated, «The recovery of the iconic humpback whales of Australia delivers both hope and optimism, as well as an opportunity to celebrate success at two levels: (1) the successful implementation of contentious international management actions to protect marine species; and (2) the wise and significant investment in conservation science, illustrating how society can respond to strong conservation interventions to achieve outcomes that are not simply for immediate, human material gains.

In panel discussions and 12 - minute, TED - like talks, the participants will cover more than two dozen success stories, including the conservation of orchids, Mongolian horses, and maned wolves, as well as efforts to develop stronger ocean policies, productive kelp farms, and more constructive human behavior.

One example is the conservation success story of the recovery of the humpback whales that breed in both East and West Australian waters.

Conservation biologist John Hogg of the Montana Conservation Science Institute in Missoula and colleagues set out to evaluate the strategy's success.

At its heart, however, this million - dollar conservation success story is being written the women of Uch Koshkon and more than 40 similar communities in Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan.

The white - footed mice's success is encouraging from a conservation perspective, since the urban mice were starting with a limited gene pool — only half the genetic diversity of country mice, noted Max Lambert, an urban ecologist and doctoral candidate at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, who was not involved in the study.

Brilliant Energy Lesson - various different activities Success criteria for lesson Recall the different ways in which energy can be transferred and stored Describe the law of conservation of energy Describe energy transfer chains for given situations Includes energy transfer Energy transformation Calculating efficiency and sankey diagram Lots of cool relatable scenarios Quiz Odd one out Splat Energy transfer circus - depends on equipment available to you

SALT LAKE CITY — A states» rights, public lands movement with its genesis in Utah was blasted by former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Thursday as an effort that threatens to undo the successes of American conservation policy.

Delfines Hotel & Casino opened its doors on 15 July 1997 with the vision of being the preferred place in our country for business travelers by providing the best environment and facilities for the success of their work and the rest they need, with the possibility of joining the experience of cohabitation, harmony and conservation.

«The Island Fox recovery is an incredible success story about the power of partnerships,» US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said in a press release, «and the ability of collaborative conservation to correct course for a species on the brink of extinction.»

The country has been a rare conservation success story in the past couple of years, and an estimated 534 greater one - horned rhinos remain in Nepal.

In 2006, A.D. «Pete» Correll, retired chairman and CEO of Georgia - Pacific, and his wife, Ada Lee, helped ensure the success of Georgia Aquarium's aquatic animal medicine and aquatic conservation programs by giving a gift to name The Correll Center for Aquatic Animal Health.

The Eastern North Pacific Gray has been touted as one of the success stories in US whale conservation history.

RGGI has been a success inasmuch as it has successfully demonstrated how a cap and auction program can be run, has contributed to the observed CO2 reductions and has provided worthwhile investments in energy efficiency, energy conservation, and ratepayer direct bill assistance.

Our success to affect widespread action to protect our coasts comes in part by motivating ordinary young people to take action in local coastal conservation.

A great testament to its success in forging collaboration, the Foodshed Conservation Plan was key to securing $ 20 million in state funds from Governor Andrew Cuomo for farmland protection in the region.

The ideas do not reflect sufficient understanding of either Conservation of Energy or the Second Law to even begin to address success or failure in violating them.

(06/02/2010) Radical, controversial, ahead - of - his - time, brilliant, or extremist: call Dr. Glen Barry, the head of Ecological Internet, what you will, but there is no question that his environmental advocacy group has achieved major successes in the past years, even if many of these are below the radar of big conservation groups and mainstream media.

Especially noteworthy in its success, Audubon New York secured passage of legislation creating the state's Bird Conservation Area program.

This proposed legislation would gut the Lacey Act, a global conservation success that curbs trade in illegal wildlife and forest products.

Jim Steele draws on 25 years of research and habitat restoration in California's Sierra Nevada to provide thought provoking analyses that contrast the success of conservation science with the deceptive claims of global warming advocates.

In Part 2, I documented how Parmesan hijacked the conservation success story of the Large Blue and the detailed conservation science of Jeremy Thomas in order to again blame global warming for expanding the range of endangered UK butterflieIn Part 2, I documented how Parmesan hijacked the conservation success story of the Large Blue and the detailed conservation science of Jeremy Thomas in order to again blame global warming for expanding the range of endangered UK butterfliein order to again blame global warming for expanding the range of endangered UK butterflies.

The measure of success or failure in California is the number of tons of carbon no longer emitted once significant energy conservation measures have been taken and after carbon emitting energy resources have been substantially eliminated in favor of green energy resources.

As conservation successes span centuries, the world is paying attention; a park that integrates human communities is serving as a model for protected areas in other places.

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MARTI has had great success implementing sustainable conservation programs in hotels and diving companies throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.