Sentences with phrase «develop conservation plans»
That approach is being promoted by a team of climate scientists and biologists, led by Stephanie Pfirman of Barnard College, who have proposed that Arctic nations develop a conservation plan creating a «sea ice refuge» from northwest Greenland west into Canada's Arctic archipelago where thick floes routinely persist through the summer, and are expected to persist through this century.
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Their group - created strategy included these actions: establishing cooperative links with other churches and groups committed to ecology; developing a Center of Ecology Information and a paperback book table at the church; devising methods to reach decision - makers in the community; exploring the development of a coordinating council of all ecology groups active in that community — Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Zero Population Growth, League of Conservation Voters, Wilderness Society, National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, World Population, GASP (Group Against Smog Pollution), Planned Parenthood, etc..
CSWA Farm Plan Template: The CSWA Farm Plan template is based on the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Workbook, Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing, and the LandSmart ® for Vineyards Farm Plan, Version 4.0 developed by the Sonoma Resource Conservation District (RCD), Napa County RCD, Mendocino County RCD and Gold Ridge RCD in collaboration with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), land managers, and environmental agencies.
Mass Audubon's Ecological Extension Service works with land trusts, cities and towns, and state and federal agencies to develop land management and habitat restoration plans, natural resource inventories, and conservation restriction baseline reports.
Trails will be developed and the Conservation Commission is in the process of finalizing a management plan for the land.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY — The Rockland County Legislature voted Tuesday evening to request the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation schedule a hearing on United Water's proposed desalination plant, as well as to reopen proceedings requiring United Water to develop water supply source plans.
NEW CITY — The Rockland County Legislature voted Tuesday evening to request the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation schedule a hearing on United Water's proposed desalination plant, as well as to reopen proceedings requiring United Water to develop water supply source plans.
Those concerns have prompted the state Department of Environmental Conservation to develop a wildlife management plan aimed at greatly reducing populations.
Southold Town's Conservation Advisory Council is urging the Town Board to conduct a coastline study in the hopes of developing a plan for best practices in dealing with coastal erosion, particularly along the Long Island Sound.
In 2016, the Angel Shark Project developed a plan to steer the next 10 years of conservation work to ensure the future of the angelshark and its relatives, collectively (if slightly confusingly) known as the angel sharks.
In addition to guiding all aspects of NISC Secretariat operations, Jamie is currently providing the leadership necessary to develop an Arctic Invasive Alien Species (ARIAS) Strategy and Action Plan under the Arctic Council's Conservation of Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Protection of the Marine Environment (PAME) working groups; produce a documentary on invasive species entitled, Protecting What Matters; establish an annual Innovation Summit to advance U.S. scientific and technical capacities to address the most pressing invasive species issues; and raise the capacity of other governments to more effectively institutionalize invasive species programs.
They note that Indonesia and Malaysia are both currently developing long - term action plans for orangutan conservation.
The authors suggest that these results demonstrate the need to include climate sensitives into current conservation planning and to develop adaptive management strategies that accommodate shrinking and shifting geographic ranges.
Instead, the Administration's plans for energy conservation and using energy sources with less CO2 emission will help in the short - term, he said; down the road, a new National Climate Change Technology Initiative will help develop cutting - edge technologies such as fuel cells and carbon dioxide sequestration, Bush said.
Olam, however, denies the claim, insisting it will only put the plantation on «land that is classed as savannah mosaic, woody pioneer areas, logged or degraded forest that does not support significant conservation priorities,» and it is working with authorities to develop an ape management plan that aims to «safeguard ape populations wherever they are found.»
«This information is crucial, as it allows us to evaluate the status of bat populations and develop a plan of action for conservation.»
The Attoyac Bayou Watershed Protection Plan was developed by the Attoyac Bayou Watershed Partnership in collaboration with the Angelina and Neches River Authority, Pineywoods Resource Conservation and Development Council, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, AgriLife Extension and the TWRI.
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Groundswell Coastal Ecology, California Department of Parks and Recreation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have developed a western monarch butterfly overwintering site management plan that also serves as a template for land...
Other work is on conservation plans, developing and implemented in Mongolia to conserve endangered snow leopards and prey and habitat.
These lesson plans were developed to provide elementary through high school teachers ideas to facilitate classroom instruction of endangered species conservation.
That understanding is helping government and private conservation groups develop monitoring and management plans to help protect not only endangered species, such as the monk seal, but all at - risk marine mammals.»
Specializing in: • Developing exhibitions internationally, securing loans from institutions and private collections • Strategic planning and project management for museums and foundations • Site - specific installations by artists, designers and architects • Building and developing institutional and private collections of contemporary and modern art globally • Creating strategic partnerships between private funding sources, museums and cultural institutions • Initiate and oversee local and global fundraising projects • Collaborate and facilitate with partnering institutions • Serving as active board member in the private and public sector • Historic building preservation and coDeveloping exhibitions internationally, securing loans from institutions and private collections • Strategic planning and project management for museums and foundations • Site - specific installations by artists, designers and architects • Building and developing institutional and private collections of contemporary and modern art globally • Creating strategic partnerships between private funding sources, museums and cultural institutions • Initiate and oversee local and global fundraising projects • Collaborate and facilitate with partnering institutions • Serving as active board member in the private and public sector • Historic building preservation and codeveloping institutional and private collections of contemporary and modern art globally • Creating strategic partnerships between private funding sources, museums and cultural institutions • Initiate and oversee local and global fundraising projects • Collaborate and facilitate with partnering institutions • Serving as active board member in the private and public sector • Historic building preservation and conservation
«I think that Curaçao has been really lucky so far,» we were told by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist who did her doctoral research on fishing practices around coral reefs on the island and now runs the Waitt Institute, a conservation group helping Caribbean islands develop «Blue Halo» marine zoning plans designed to allow communities to «use the ocean without using it up.»
Working with professionals at Vision Forestry, Delaware Wild Lands has developed a management and restoration plan that meets all the tests of sustainability and biodiversity protection that the SFI standards demand, while meeting their conservation - driven objectives.
-- The United States - based amphibian conservation organization Amphibian Ark is developing a response plan for the worst - case scenario — if the pathogen arrives and spreads and causes widespread salamander die - offs.
(As I've noted, scientists have wisely been proposing that special conservation plans be developed in that region for polar bears and other wildlife dependent on sea ice.)
They are hoping that Canada and Denmark, which still partly governs Greenland, will develop a particularly aggressive conservation plan for a coastal region in the Arctic, stretching from northern Greenland west to Banks Island in Canada, that is likely to be a haven for bears should sea ice continue its summertime retreat elsewhere up north.
The course was jointly developed by the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Society, Germany (BMUB) as part of the National Adaptation Plans (NAP - Ag) Programme.
Directs HUD to require new or substantially rehabilitated housing that receives certain financial assistance from HUD to develop a green plan that provides for: (1) siting of housing and improvements in a manner that provides for energy efficiency and conservation; (2) minimizing the effects of the development on the condition of existing trees; (3) the use of indigenous plants; (4) caring for and maintaining plantings; and (5) establishing a goal for minimum greenspace or tree canopy cover for the housing site.
The Central Government also plans to focus on promoting water conservation through the use of drip irrigation, among other efforts, and by developing drought - resistant crops, along with mitigating methane emissions from rice production and controlling farm waste through the creation of large - scale biogas digesters.
Companies can also receive credit for conservation projects in the least - developed, relatively low - emitting countries while they prepare their national plans.
Instead of advocating for more offshore drilling, Congress should develop a comprehensive and sustainable energy plan that includes conservation.»
The IWC, charged with the global conservation and sustainable use of whales, introduced a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986 as a temporary strategy to conserve depleted whale stocks while a more long - term plan was developed to manage whales.
Rader's biggest concern is that a draft Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) study too severely limits the areas where that much wind can be developed.
The Cancun agreements call on developing countries planning to undertake such efforts to develop: a national strategy or action plan; a national forest or forest emission reference level; and a transparent national system for monitoring and reporting of conservation and emission - reduction efforts.
geothermal, EE & C and NRSE; Develop transparent legal, regulatory and technical frameworks in various energy projects, in particular on the cross border interconnection projects 7 Progress Energy Efficiency and Conservation 8 Progress on ASEAN Energy Efficiency & Conservation Activities under ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy / as in 2006 - 2007 in different 3 Countries (1) Follow - up Survey / Energy Audit (2) Local Seminar - Workshop for Dissemination (3) Development of Technical Directory (4) Development of Local /
Title I: Energy Efficiency - Subtitle A: Federal Programs -(Sec. 101) Directs the Architect of the Capitol to develop and implement a cost - effective energy conservation and management plan for all facilities administered by Congress.
FOBC works on conservation projects in the area now, and will soon embark on assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the United States Forest Service (USFS), and Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPW) in developing the Resource Management Plan that will guide management of Browns Canyon National Monument for years to come.
In her administrative order, Palin instructed the sub-Cabinet group to develop recommendations on «the opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Alaska sources, including the expanded use of alternative fuels, energy conservation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, land use management, and transportation planning.»
«The Erie County Green team, representing all branches of county government as well as every county department, has been at the forefront of a complete overhaul of county energy issues as we develop a future energy plan that is sustainable, effective, and conservation - minded.»
As part of implementing the Executive Order, the agencies are developing the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, a road map for renewable energy project development that will advance state and federal conservation goals while facilitating the timely permitting of renewable energy projects in desert regions oConservation Plan, a road map for renewable energy project development that will advance state and federal conservation goals while facilitating the timely permitting of renewable energy projects in desert regions oconservation goals while facilitating the timely permitting of renewable energy projects in desert regions of the state.
Now, organizations working in developing countries can apply for support from the United Nations QIAO Plan on Climate Change and Nature Conservation as part of a partnership between the UN Office for South - South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and the Beijing Qiaonyu Foundation.
Just last September, an acoustic monitoring program was established by the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in alliance with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for this very reason: to track whales» seasonal migration patterns and provide information to New York state policymakers who develop strategies and management plans to protect these threatened mammals.This listening system originated with the thirteen high - tech buoys deployed around Massachusetts Bay which sounds an alarm to ship captains warning them of the presence of whales so that they will reduce the sped of their vessels to 10 knots.
• Securing financial and technical assistance available to owners and their communities seeking to redevelop brownfield properties or complete clean energy and conservation projects • Establishing cleanup criteria, institutional controls, financial assurance mechanisms, and other measures required under CERCLA and RCRA • Developing strategies to meet TSCA remediation and disposal standards for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and authorization to use encapsulation and similar abatement methods for PCBs, asbestos, and other building materials • Completing the analysis and application proceedings required for projects» regulatory requirements, including wetlands and other EH+S permitting • Scoping and completing impact assessments and reviews required under the National Environmental Policy Act • Completing surveys and identifying mitigation plans addressing Endangered Species Act concerns
Instrumental in developing sales team's knowledge in the areas of building science and energy conservation in order to provide customers with the information to successfully plan for, and utilize, spray foam insulation.
Soil conservationists are responsible for planning and developing various practices for soil erosion control and for moisture conservation.
Responsible and hard - working candidate with eight years of experience in planning and developing various practices for soil erosion control and for moisture conservation; with solid knowledge in agriculture, forestry and soil science and with exceptional multi-tasking abilities