Sentences with phrase «effective conservation measures»

The answers to some of these questions have helped shape effective conservation measures over the last years.

Since then, in areas with effective conservation measures, jaguar populations have stabilized and in a number of cases, bounced back.

Not exact matches

«If we are going to achieve effective and lasting protection of wildlife and resources such as water, mountains have to be pre-eminent in our thinking and implementation of conservation measures.»

«We hope that this study and similar ones will help wildlife managers and government agencies to anticipate where conservation measures to protect the region's unique primates, such as the mountain and Grauer's gorillas, birds, reptiles, and other unique species will be most effective,» said Sam Ayebare of WCS Uganda and lead author of the paper.

Identify metrics and report on the contribution of «other effective area - based conservation measures (OECMs) make toward the target.

In 2011, 193 countries committed themselves to the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi Targets, including a goal of «effectively and equitably» managing 10 percent of their coastal and marine areas within MPAs and «other effective area - based conservation measures» by 2020.

It is in moderately complex landscapes that it is most effective to deploy local conservation management measures to enhance biodiversity, such as flowering border zones.

Utilize performance contracts to help meet energy efficiency and management goals while deploying life - cycle cost effective energy and clean energy technology and water conservation measures.

Further, the conservation measures currently being highlighted by National Geographic's Big Cat Initiative and Panthera's Project Leonardo are minuscule compared to the scale of the problem and it's not clear they could ever do anything effective to conserve an area as large as the Selous (which is the size of Switzerland).

Adaptive measures that may prove particularly effective include rainwater harvesting, conservation tillage, maintaining vegetation cover, planting trees in steeply - sloping fields, mini-terracing for soil and moisture conservation, improved pasture management, water re-use, desalination, and more efficient soil and irrigation - water management.

(Sec. 154) Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to report to Congress on development and implementation of an integrated energy strategy to reduce utility expenses through cost - effective energy conservation and efficiency measures and energy efficient design and construction of public and assisted housing.

This document provides wildlife and conservation biologists with a technical summary that they can use as an information resource for assessing the vulnerability of Maine's wildlife habitats, plant communities and species to climate change, which will aid in the development of effective adaptation measures.

However, he noted that for the plan to be effective, other changes across the board have to be made, citing the example of free electricity given to farmers who add to the problem by overdrawing the supply of groundwater through electrical pump sets.On top of privatization measures, Singh encouraged local governments to take an active role in determining local needs and strategies for water conservation, drawing on the large South Indian metropolis of Chennai as a prime example: «We have the impressive example of Chennai city that had a city - based, neighbourhood - based strategy.

The bipartisan - sponsored law promises to align the interests of building owners and tenants with regard to investments in cost - effective energy efficiency and water conservation measures, create studies that will examine successful sustainable practices, enact data - tracking systems and provide ways to promote voluntary tenant compliance.