Sentences with phrase «conserve endangered»

or «how do we conserve this endangered species?»

In Brazil, the best - known form of PES is REDD — an acronym for programs that conserve endangered forest by harnessing carbon finance to «Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation», but the most advanced programs cover water — often by restoring forests that regulate rivers.

The main idea behind the formation of the park was to conserve the endangered species of fauna.

Other work is on conservation plans, developing and implemented in Mongolia to conserve endangered snow leopards and prey and habitat.

Rapid advances in genome sequencing have provided promising new techniques to help researchers conserve endangered species, but efforts to resurrect extinct animals raise complex legal, ethical and environmental questions, experts said at a 4 November event at AAAS.

Given that leatherback turtle populations have declined by 98 % in the past 40 years (mostly due to being caught in fishing nets), this migration map is crucial in helping to save leatherback lives: thanks to this map, the scientists have already singled out 11 countries that can be invited to help conserve this endangered species.

«Obviously environmental protection and [halting] fishing is the best solution... [but] we need some backup system to conserve endangered species.»

Simon is on the advisory boards of charitable organizations such as the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, which works to conserve endangered sea turtles in Canadian waters and worldwide and Level, which combats injustice and supports projects that advance equality in rights and opportunities worldwide.

This panel will discuss the intersection in which natural history museums and science centers are arenas for shaping and guiding science diplomacy as it pertains to working with nations of conflict, tackling STEM education, and conserving endangered species.

Exotic plantations can not serve as habitats for indigenous birds and animals, and «monocultures have limited value in conserving endangered species,» the authors point out in the paper.

It concludes that the government's own guidelines for conserving endangered ecosystems, through the designation of sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs), require that peat cutting should halt.

Mingzhen Lu, first Princeton author and a graduate student in Hedin's research group, said that if root traits do in fact determine a plant's ability to withstand a particular environment, these findings could be valuable in conserving endangered species or projecting how plants might adapt to climate change.

We do not believe that breeding for the pet industry in any way conserves an endangered species because it simply does not consider most of these critical ingredients.

This is a major accomplishment, and we hope our success will stimulate more interest in studying and conserving endangered equids around the world.»

Not exact matches

Environmentalism, for example, no longer is content to conserve resources for posterity and protect pristine areas and endangered species, but seems increasingly dedicated to actively impeding human flourishing in the name of «saving the planet.»

Our mission is to conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants.

We conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered garden and food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants.

The findings may help conserve this and other endangered species in the future.

We should be conserving nature's dynamism and adaptability, not endangered species.

Says biologist Richard Mace of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, «We have a federal law called the Endangered Species Act, and [under this law] the federal government is supposed to help identify and conserve threatened species.»

Similar drones have been used around the world to help conserve other endangered species.

But many others think the proposal should be even more rigorous — among them David Wheeler, executive director of the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, who argues the knot population is precarious enough to merit an «endangered» listing rather than a «threatened» one.

«This study is exciting because it gives us a clearer view of their evolution and provides us with new context that highlights the importance of conserving these remarkable and endangered seals.»

As a result, the species was listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 2006 to help protect and conserve these species that form the foundation of the biologically rich coral reef habitats.

If SolarCoin succeeds, the model could even be applied to other environmental projects, such as conserving the rainforest or endangered species.

Such certifications, among other voluntary corporate sustainability programs, can help conserve tropical forests by providing — on paper, at least — some level of protection for forests and areas with rare or endangered species.

Focusing on 575 threatened species, he found that prioritising just 113 locations could conserve 60 per cent of the most endangered evolutionary distinctness in birds.

In order to create effective conservation programs to help protect and conserve populations of endangered snow leopards, whose estimated population is between 4,500 - 7,500 in the wild, University of Delaware researchers are studying their scat to try and understand what the large cats are eating.

This unprecedented five - year effort, led by the Department of Interior, resulted in land - use plans with new measures to conserve sage grouse and potentially prevent the need to list the species as endangered.

The mission of Revive and Restore: preserve and conserve endemic and endangered species, like the American black footed ferret, but also to try to revive the some extinct breeds such as the passenger pigeon, the woolly mammoth, or even our Dodo using new biotechnologies.

You can even get involved with local or regional efforts to conserve water and protect our planet's endangered supply.

On December 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a law in which the United States «pledged itself, as a sovereign state in the international community, to conserve to the extent practicable the various species of fish or wildlife and plants facing extinction.»

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The moral responsibilities of being good stewards of the Earth mean the protection of endangered species, the preservation of natural habitat, conserving resources, reducing pollution and so on.

In adopting the Florida Endangered and Threatened Species Act, (ETSA) the Legislature declared that the «State of Florida harbors a wide diversity of fish and wildlife and it is the policy of this state to conserve and wisely manage these resources, with particular attention to those species defined by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the United States Department of Interior as being endangered or threatenEndangered and Threatened Species Act, (ETSA) the Legislature declared that the «State of Florida harbors a wide diversity of fish and wildlife and it is the policy of this state to conserve and wisely manage these resources, with particular attention to those species defined by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the United States Department of Interior as being endangered or threatenendangered or threatened.»

The Endangered Species Act is an essential tool for conserving the nation's most at - risk wildlife, as well as the land and water on which they depend for habitat.

The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American Tribal governments with their conservation efforts.

Pak Boulong is a local person who dedicated himself to conserve and start breeding turtles which are endangered and protected animals on the islands, He starts from eggs collected, and after hatching and the turtle babies are old enough and ready to start their new life on the open seas they are released, with many travelers who come to Gili Meno for this special occasion.

A permit is required to access Levera beach (in northern Grenada), so they can control the environment and conserve this key nesting site for endangered Leatherback turtles.

Their best option: declare the bear endangered, and announce a $ 20M program to conserve / preserve it.

The Endangered Species Act gives us some important tools to conserve and recover those corals most in need of protection.

8 November 2013 The last five years have been busy ones for Leslie Durchinger, Mike Korchinsky, and hundreds of others «green entrepreneurs» scouring the planet for endangered or degraded forests to conserve.

The designation could increase the area of forest conserved within oil palm plantations provided it has high conservation significance, such as serving as habitat for endangered species like orangutans, Sumatran tigers, and rhinos.

Blue Trails, Conserving Clean Water, Discover Rivers, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Damaged Rivers

«While petty politics continue to prevent progress, no concerted international action can be taken by the IWC to conserve the world's endangered whale populations.»

A nursery manager has an important role in conserving the nature and as a nursery manager I aim to do my bit my growing and nurturing more plants of rare, endangered species of plants.