Sentences with phrase «conservation value»

«Generally, it doesn't have high conservation value,» he says.

1.2 the ecological and conservation values of the asset (s) including those recognised by international agreements.

There are hints that the park could have extra conservation value in a warming world.

This poses challenges for managing land set aside for habitat protection, which may lose its original conservation value as climates shift.

Produced with respect for conservation values and the natural environment, and without negative impact on it.

The solar collectors can be placed where the existing vegetation has little conservation value.

The authors concluded that agricultural areas have high potential conservation value, which can be enhanced with even modest increases in tree cover.

To determine biological conservation value for their model, the researchers used two main sets of criteria developed by environmental organizations.

These projects provide the science - based data needed by resource professionals to improve forest management and to assess conservation values.

The ecosystems of the region are traditionally managed resulting in a living landscape, which has high conservation values and strong traditional and cultural values.

(04/21/2014) Plantation giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) continued to source fiber produced by destruction of high conservation value forests in Sumatra right up until it committed to a new forest conservation policy, according to an investigation by Eyes of the Forest, a coalition of environmental groups in Riau.

Selected for its outstanding nature conservation values, Lady Elliot Island is one of the most important sites in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area for seabird nesting and an important habitat for marine turtles, manta rays, dolphins, sharks and coral reefs.

Mapping the potential for multiple benefits, such as biodiversity conservation value, can help in REDD + planning, informing the selection of locations for REDD + activities.

Scientists combined maps of established conservation qualities, such as wildness, connectivity and habitat representation, to create a composite wildland conservation value to each region of the 48 contiguous states.

Global Director of IUCN's Nature based Solutions Group Stewart Maginnis said, «SFI's work on measuring conservation values in working forests will be an important contribution to the delivery of global conservation and nature - based solutions.»

Of most promise for long - term agricultural sustainability was evidence that certain groups of farmers were found to be realising the potential of these and other alternative markets, in terms of their risk reducing capacity, and diversifying to include various conservation values into their agricultural enterprises.

Conservation restrictions (CRs), also known as conservation easements, are legally binding agreements that permanently protect certain conservation values of a property while allowing the land to remain in private ownership.

So poor is the condition of many native woodlands that 19th - century plantations of Scots pine, with their young self - seeded offspring, are often of greater conservation value: «These self - sown pine woods tend to have a much more varied structure and condition than the genuinely native pinewoods, which generally have no structural diversity and consist of mature trees with little or no regeneration,» say MacKenzie and Callander.

«When grazing was abandoned, there was limited flora or fauna conservation value,» says Ostendorf.

Most of the land we are still working on is previously cut and of little current conservation value,» says Robert Stockdale of Fisons» horticulture division.

All our conservation programs and activities work toward the following goals: Protected high conservation value marine and coastal areas, low - impact sustainable fisheries, reduced negative impacts and risks of shipping, doubling of the wild tiger populations of Nepal, responsible development solutions that conserve wildlife, community - level habitat - friendly renewable energy, land - use management to support a low - carbon economy, and one in 10 Canadians caring for nature.

The Birdhouse is set on 50 private acres of high conservation value bushland with a mixture of rainforest and eucalyptus forest.

But if natural forests are to be protected, it is becoming increasingly vital to calculate precisely those values of ecosystem services, and the wider conservation value of protecting intact and biodiversity - rich habitats.

They studied conservation values like wilderness protection and restoration processes as well as a number of variables, including how much human modification the land has experienced, how important the land is as a natural linkage between protected areas, how well the land's ecosystems are represented within existing protected areas, and whether a place is rich in rare and endemic species.

To commit to no conversion of primary forests and high conservation value areas, as well as to limit the conversion of natural forests for oil palm plantations to the highest extent possible,

The first states that the least conflict will occur on sites that are the most ecologically degraded and therefore have low conservation value.

This ballot initiative is a notable test of whether hunters and the outdoorsy set, with their old - style conservation values focused on open lands, can find equal footing with the boomtown machinery in a state that is going through a remarkable phase of development.

The renewal of Boreal and Great Lakes St. Lawrence Forest will help contribute to maintaining High Conservation Values identified by the proponent and thus provide various species with the contiguous forest habitat they require for survival.

While the potential for emissions savings and clean energy may not be as obvious or as dramatic as in some of the other Bioregional projects, this scheme has an important conservation value, and it has shown how tapping into local pride and tradition can help reengage people with each other, and with the natural world around them:

I too see conservation value in both practices.

«These new findings suggest that in order for small forest patches or narrow corridors to be of long - term conservation value in oil palm landscapes, their sizes and widths need to adequately account for the considerable influence of edge effects,» Benoît Goossens, director of the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, who was involved in the study, said in a statement.

IPAs are generally larger areas of land with high biodiversity and cultural heritage conservation values and therefore have a greater capacity to be able to withstand climate change impacts and allow for natural adaptation processes.

These include using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible, implementing no burn policies, sparing high conservation value forests from development, taking measures to reduce air pollution, and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

Despite relatively low species diversity compared to many other coral reef environments, the property is thus of very high in situ biodiversity conservation value.

The scientists found a significant challenge in areas that had high marks in both wildland conservation values and climate vulnerability — and which «may experience substantially new conditions as climate changes,» including eastern Maine, central Oregon and parts of Nevada, Missouri and Arkansas.

Adding to important announcements from dozens of internationally renowned conservationists, IUCN member SFI launched a new effort to measure conservation values, quantifying the benefits that accrue from well - managed forests.

The vulnerability and conservation value of sub-tropical reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef — regarded as climate change refuges — has been highlighted in a new study.

RSPO is still dogged by lack of oversight, lack punishment for cheaters, fundamental conflicts (for example, abiding by RSPO rules on sparing of high conservation value forest technically put Indonesian growers in violation of Indonesian law which requires concession holders to develop all land for plantations) and the perception, among critics, that its primary function is to legitimize continued expansion.

Critics question whether the conservation value of some investments matches the size of the deductions tied to them.

At the same time, the conservation value is questionable, Looney said, particularly when it comes to the construction of golf courses.

One of the outcomes that grabbed the most headlines was the resolution to give high conservation value to secondary, degraded forest, a move that has been welcomed by many environmentalists and campaign groups, including Greenpeace.

In 2003, a number of important researchers debated the conservation value of promoting shade - grown coffee in the pages of the journal Conservation Biology.

Mass Audubon will also hold a «no development» covenant on another 29 acres that will further reinforce the conservation values of the 1700 - acre Rutland Brook sanctuary.

«Working with the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Connecticut Audubon, this project — and everyone it engages — will benefit from our combined expertise and conservation values,» she added.

John Thornley OBE, BASC vice-chairman, said: «The West Pennine Moors is a spectacular upland area of national significance and its conservation value is thanks to centuries of sustainable land management by local communities.

I now serve as executive director for an organization that has protected and now stewards nearly 5,000 acres of land with high conservation values, including farmland, ridge lines and river corridors.

Even small fenced reserves have conservation value, according to Peter A. Lindsey, a researcher at the conservation organization Panthera who was not involved in the study.

He found that the only fish species in the Grace Lake system are non-native, hybridized trout with no conservation value, so that isn't a concern.