Sentences with phrase «environmental restoration efforts»

But the process, which took nearly two years of study and meetings, provides a promising template not only for other island communities but also for any region where environmental restoration efforts have to mesh with local economic concerns.

Such monetary awards would have major implications for environmental restoration efforts around the country and could severely undermine the ESA, Echeverria and others predict.

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Since the storm hit, Puerto Rico's 3.3 million residents have been forced to endure an agonizingly slow power restoration effort, suffering health and environmental harms as bureaucracy, logistical difficulties, and potential corruption hampered progress.

This presented an ideal opportunity to translocate a sub-population of Murray hardyhead from the Riverland sites to Brickworks Billabong in the Mallee Wetlands area of Victoria, where restoration efforts also include the delivery of Commonwealth environmental water.

Taken together, the maps showing intensity of recreational use as well as environmental stress provide federal and regional officials with an unprecedented scientific foundation upon which to sustainably manage the Great Lakes, where current restoration efforts exceed $ 1.5 billion, the researchers conclude.

Partners in this monitoring effort included the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program and the California Institute for Environmental Studies.

The map is intended to help government, environmental agencies, and donors identify where to best invest in various eco-friendly activities, such as restoration efforts and establishing protected areas.

«While we believe that the lagoon restoration effort will enhance the wetland ecosystem, it will not improve surf conditions, which requires different actions,» says Dr. Chad Nelsen, Environmental Director for the Surfrider Foundation.

Environmental Defense has also joined the effort, and has provided a carbon calculator to help determine how many tons of CO2 your lifestyle creates each year — the average American household checks in at about 10 tons, according the Environmental Defense — and from there, it's up to you as to which project you want to fund: a solar - irrigation project in Benin; forest restoration in Nicaragua; or helping the Brazilian ceramics industry switch to renewable biomass fuel.