Sentences with phrase «critical bird habitat»

These same standards help conserve critical bird habitat.

The group's current goal is to ensure protection of critical bird habitats threatened by global climate change and other causes.

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There, you can read about Hispaniola's great biodiversity, including 30 endemic bird species; the importance of the island to birds that winter and migrate through the West Indies and breed in North America; and the critical role of shade coffee in preserving habitat on an island with a very high level of deforestation.

Bird Friendly certified organic coffees grow under biodiverse shade that provides critical habitat for migratory songbirds and other wildlife, sequesters carbon and fights climate change.

The prairies of the Upper Missouri River Basin are home to iconic species such as the prairie dog and provide critical habitat for many grassland birds, but they are losing ground to food production and, increasingly, to bioenergy crops.

Saline lakes, which provide critical habitats for migratory birds, are threatened globally and especially in the arid western United States.

The agency will publish a draft critical - habitat proposal in May and will make its final decision on the bird's threatened status by the end of the year.

Its RAMSAR wetlands are an internationally declared feeding ground for migratory birds and a critical habitat for rare and endangered species.

Finally, there's one last critical point that Robert Bryce conveniently ignores: Climate change threatens hundreds of migratory bird species, which are already stressed by habitat loss, invasive species and other environmental threats.

The wooded land not only is important as a critical habitat for birds and other wildlife but sequesters carbon that contributes to global climate change.

Wind farms are now encroaching into critical habitats of the Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagle, Spotted Owls, Ferruginous Hawks, Great Gray Owl and along primary migration routes of all bird species.

His leadership played a critical role in advancing Audubon's legislative, educational, and conservation operations; guiding it to re-establish its science - based mission to conserve birds and their habitats; and strengthening Audubon's place as one of the nation's foremost environmental organizations.

These woodlands serve as critical habitats for Cerulean and Prothonotary warblers and more than two dozen other threatened bird species.

Here are six SFI - inspired projects that are helping birds and the critical habitats they depend on.

This project is designed to work with a broad array of landowners certified to SFI standards to identify priority habitats for bird conservation, improve management scenarios for these habitats, and focus on locations where the lands intersect with critical habitats in North America.

But, as a non-polluting energy source, wind energy is one of the most environmentally benign ways to generate electricity and is far less harmful to wildlife than energy sources it displaces — including to birds, and their critical habitats.