Sentences with phrase «first conservation management»

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More than 40 state personnel from the Department of Environmental Conservation, Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, State Police, Office of Fire Prevention and Control, and Office of Emergency Management are assisting local first responders as they battle the fire, Cuomo's office said.

Her research focuses on global change ecology and climate adaptation; she was among the first to propose and study ways to reduce the impact of climate change through new techniques in conservation management.

Conservation scientist Julia Jones of Bangor University in the United Kingdom first became interested in the issue while working on wild game management in eastern Madagascar.

In 2012, CI scientists repeatedly observed this peculiar situation, and in 2015 opportunistically deployed the world's first fin - mounted archival satellite tags on wild whale sharks prior to their release — resulting in a wealth of movement data which has since helped to inform the management and conservation of the species in Indonesia.

That's because for the first time, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, which concluded its annual meeting today in Agadir, Morocco, has agreed to open its treaty for new changes, including to shark management.

The new study included some of the first data on how large smoothtooth blacktips can grow, how many pups they can bear and their habitat usage as well as other information needed for an effective conservation and management plan in the future.

For its 10th Adventure Travel World Summit, the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) has selected Namibia — one of the few countries in the world with conservation and environmental management mandated in its Constitution — to host the 2013 Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS) set for 26 - 31 October in Swakopmund and Windhoek, the first time the ATTA has placed its global gathering in Africa.

First launched in 2006, the Urban Field Station provides a location for this long - term research partnership promoting applied science on urban ecology, conservation, stewardship, and ecological literacy to support ecosystem management and human well - being.

She has worked in the Everglades for over 14 years, first with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) conducting land management on the Everglades Complex of Wildlife Management Areas north of Everglades National Park, and then with the agency's Nonnative Fish and Wildlife Program on invasive animmanagement on the Everglades Complex of Wildlife Management Areas north of Everglades National Park, and then with the agency's Nonnative Fish and Wildlife Program on invasive animManagement Areas north of Everglades National Park, and then with the agency's Nonnative Fish and Wildlife Program on invasive animal issues.

A fantastic sharing of skills as part of a common effort for the management and conservation of the living resources of the high seas: the first observations uncover Walters Bank as a remarkable ecosystem with a summit zone covered with coralligenous algae.

«Senator Soto will bring first hand knowledge of resource conservation, water quality, and wildlife management issues to Congress and work to ensure healthy oceans for the Nation.»

In Bali, negotiators let degradation into the equations for the first time — and left the door open to what later became the «plus» in REDD +: namely, «conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries».

«This report demonstrates what industry first - movers already know, that financing forests» conservation and sustainable management is not just about license to do business, or image,» says Forest Trends President and CEO Michael Jenkins.

«This report demonstrates what industry first - movers already know, that financing forests» conservation and sustainable management is not just about license to do business, or image.

Much of the blame for this can, of course, be attributed to lax regulations; in the U.S., the first (and last) major wave of national legislation addressing ocean and coastal conservation was enacted in the 1970s, with the enactment of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) and Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), amongst others.In recent years, we've seen coastal states taking the initiative in forming regional partnerships aimed at protecting and promoting their dwindling oceanic and coastal resources.

While the shortcomings of this approach are increasingly becoming apparent [25] they are an important first model of the management relationship between Indigenous land holders and a conservation agency.