Sentences with phrase «environmental resource conservation»

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Through water conservation, reduced emissions, program activation, and partnerships with environmental organizations, Coke Consolidated supports the safeguarding of the planet's natural resources for future generations, says Brett Frankenberg, senior vice president of supply chain planning.

He leads the Organic Valley sustainability department's efforts in natural resource conservation, renewable energy production, environmental research and employee engagement.

The increased population size was likely a response to conservation efforts by the Natural Resources South Australian Murray - Darling Basin, including delivery of Commonwealth environmental water.

The goals of the new certification program are to enhance transparency, encourage statewide participation and advance the entire California wine industry toward best practices in environmental stewardship, conservation of natural resources and socially equitable business practices.

The «Coffee Growing — Environmental Leadership» section covers water body protection, including criteria for width and type of vegetated buffer zones along permanent and seasonal water bodies, and use of chemicals or waste storage near water bodies; protection of soil resources, including measures to control and prevent erosion and use of organic mulches and cover crops; conserving biodiversity, including maintaining a shade canopy, protecting wildlife, and establishment of conservation areas; and environmental management, including pest and disEnvironmental Leadership» section covers water body protection, including criteria for width and type of vegetated buffer zones along permanent and seasonal water bodies, and use of chemicals or waste storage near water bodies; protection of soil resources, including measures to control and prevent erosion and use of organic mulches and cover crops; conserving biodiversity, including maintaining a shade canopy, protecting wildlife, and establishment of conservation areas; and environmental management, including pest and disenvironmental management, including pest and disease control.

«This is a proven environmental initiative by Cadia that demonstrates its concern to optimize conservation of water as a resourced shared with the broader community,» said CST Waste Water Solutions Managing Director Michael Bambridge.

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service awards a two - year, $ 607,500 grant to CSWA to evaluate environmental services accounting tools and increase their use (2007 - 2009)

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.

The Sanctuaries 100th celebration on April 9 will present an opportunity to look back on how they've evolved as community resources for conservation, nature - based education, and environmental advocacy, and how they are positioned to inspire even more people to forge their own bonds with the natural world.

«I'm thrilled to be part of this extremely talented team of biologists, land protection experts, conservation advocates, and environmental educators, all of whom are so committed to protecting our wildlife resources,» he said.

The state's largest conservation nonprofit has worked with local landowners, the Housatonic River Natural Resource Damages Fund (HRNRDF), and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to add almost 120 acres to the wildlife sanctuary in Sheffield, which will now total more than 360 acres.

Implementation of invasive shrub and vine control has been accomplished on a number of Mass Audubon sanctuaries with the assistance of funding support from the Natural Resources Conservation Service Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, and the Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife Landowner Incentive Program.

They belong to all Americans and the public wants them preserved and protected, not sold off to multinational oil companies,» read the statement, which was signed by leaders of the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, League of Conservation Voters and other environmental groups.

Since five communities in the Hudson Valley path of the Pilgrim Pipeline project have passed resolutions opposing it, further review by New York's Thruway Authority and Department of Environmental Conservation is a waste of resources, he said.

«State - regulated wetlands and other resources that the (state Department of Environmental Conservation) is responsible for protecting and is better equipped to ensure a full and adequate evaluation of environmental imEnvironmental Conservation) is responsible for protecting and is better equipped to ensure a full and adequate evaluation of environmental imenvironmental impacts.»

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has purchased a 38 - acre parcel in the pine barrens that expands public lands and recreational green space while helping to preserve Long Island's drinking water resources, officials announced Wednesday.

DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the release of the final Ocean Action Plan, the first - ever comprehensive 10 - year blueprint to guide the protection and conservation of New York's ocean resources from environmental threats such as ocean acidification due to climate change.

«If the governor is going to go ahead and green light this anyway, then the Department of Environmental Conservation needs the resources and the staff to oversee the state's laws and regulations,» says Katherine Nadaeu, with Environmental Advocates, who says without the additional staff the new rules would be just «words on paper».

He says Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation needs to take historic resources into account when it finally issues well drilling permits, to determine when the number of wells reaches a tipping point, and then place limits if the concentration of industry will damage a region's historical character.

Multiple state agencies deployed additional resources to assist with local enforcement efforts, including a total of 20 watercraft and 42 law enforcement officers from the Department of Environmental Conservation, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Division of Military and Naval Affairs, and State Police.

The resolution was adopted one day after Rosendale passed a similar request for the state Department of Environmental Conservation to be lead agency, noting that impacts are also possible on significant state resources.

get involved with and / or donate funds to national environmental advocacy organizations like the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund, and 350.org; and local groups like Environmental Advocates of New York and the NY League of Conservenvironmental advocacy organizations like the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund, and 350.org; and local groups like Environmental Advocates of New York and the NY League of ConservEnvironmental Defense Fund, and 350.org; and local groups like Environmental Advocates of New York and the NY League of ConservEnvironmental Advocates of New York and the NY League of Conservation Voters.

Advocates from the Natural Resources Defense Council, the New York League of Conservation Voters and Environmental Advocates of New York all laid in to the governor for his decision.

«The department must... take into account the cumulative impact to water quality of the full complement of affected water resources in making any determination in connection with any license, order, permit or certification,» state Department of Environmental Conservation officials wrote.

It consists of a variety of stakeholders including haulers, recycling coordinators, a geologist, businesses and several legislators, who use the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and other experts as resources, and who are committed to doing the research needed to make the best recommendation to the RRA Board, which the Legislature appoints on a rotating basis.

The coalition also includes Earthjustice, Environmental Advocates of New York, Municipal Art Society of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York League of Conservation Voters, Pace Energy and Climate Law Center of Pace Law School and Riverkeeper.

New regulations from the State Department of Environmental Conservation are out this week, aimed at protecting natural resources.

The groups supporting the agreement include American Electric Power, Conservation International, Duke Energy, El Paso Corp., Environmental Defense Fund, Disney Corp., Marriott International, Mercy Corps, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, PG&E Corp., Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy, Union of Concerned Scientists, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Woods Hole Research Center.

An important remit of UNESCO's natural sciences programme is promoting environmental sustainability, including nature conservation, ocean monitoring, renewable energy, and water resources.

On the contrary, measures to enhance social equity in a societal and macroeconomic sense may strengthen nature conservation,» stresses Stefan Baumgärtner, Professor of Environmental Economics and Resource Management at the University of Freiburg and director of the study.

According to a study published in the journal Conservation Biology by a group of scientists from the University of Notre Dame, Resources for the Future, U.S. Forest Service, University of Michigan and the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Laboratory, if bighead and silver carp were to establish in Lake Erie, local fish biomass is not likely to change beyond observations recorded in the last 3 decades.

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.

«We can use the beryllium - 10 erosion rates as a target for successful resource conservation strategies; they can be used to develop smart environmental policies and regulations that will protect threatened soil and water resources for generations to come.»

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

Or so Devries and David Ainley of the environmental consulting firm H. T. Harvey Associates reported this year to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.

She is talking about Brazil's environmental regulators, including the national park agency, known as the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBIO), and the Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm, known as the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA).

In the report, Gracia, Sabaté and Nadal highlight that management strategies adapted to environmental changes are crucial to the conservation of Iberian forests and the resources they provide to society.

As environmental groups turned their attention to Zinke, many described the 55 - year - old House Natural Resource Committee member's record on public lands and conservation as a mixed bag.

Brunner, who is based in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation and is affiliated with the Fralin Life Science Institute, contributed her knowledge of genetic mechanisms, development processes, and function of genes to the study.

OARE provides more than 3,200 institutions access to up to 11,000 journals, up to 22,000 e-books, and up to 55 other information resources in a wide range of disciplines contributing to our understanding of the natural environment, including environmental toxicology and pollution, zoology, botany, ecology, environmental chemistry, geology, hydrology, oceanography, meteorology, climatology, geography, environmental economics, environmental law and policy, conservation policy and planning, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, energy, and many other disciplines.

If bighead and silver carp were to establish in Lake Erie, local fish biomass is not likely to change beyond observations recorded in the last three decades, according to a study published in the journal Conservation Biology on Thursday (Aug. 6) by a group of scientists from the University of Notre Dame, Resources for the Future, U.S. Forest Service, University of Michigan and the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Laboratory.

Because I don't know enough science to debate contrarians scientifically, I usually fall back on: Suppose the mainstream climate scientists are wrong & the contrarians right, and we act as if the scientists are right, then we have nothing to lose & something to gain in terms of reducing other environmental harms (acid rain, local pollution), resource depletion, and increasing national security (re oil wars & protection), and lots of money to save from energy / resource efficiency & conservation, and increasing from alternative energy.

We recruited Tom Maloney as Director of Conservation Science, who brings to this role twenty years of conservation experience as environmental advocate, natural resource planner, anConservation Science, who brings to this role twenty years of conservation experience as environmental advocate, natural resource planner, anconservation experience as environmental advocate, natural resource planner, and ecologist.

K - State researcher to discuss conservation biology, biodiversity for students of natural resources and environmental sciences

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) dictates that organic foods must be produced by farmers who «emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance the environmental quality for future generations.»

I'm currently a student at SNHU studying Environmental Science: Natural Resources and Conservation.

Kahn rips a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report that lists a representative sample of 175 academic institutions that regularly violate the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know Act, the Resource Conservation Recovery Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, to name just a few.

Our new Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Disasters and Debate resource empowers secondary pupils to consider themes of environmental conservation and evolution.

Fifth grade students travel to NatureBridge in Olympic National Park, engaging in a number of adventure activities and studying environmental science and conservation of natural resources.

Available in three gasoline - powered models, as well as the fully - electric smart fortwo coming later this year, the smart provides a solution for environmental efficiency including conservation of material, space and natural resources.