We thank the California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, USGS Climate and Land Use Change Program, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for supporting a founding Pacific Coastal Fog Project workshop (Menlo Park, Calif., 2012); the Cary Institute for «Fog - as - a System» workshop facilitation (Pescadero, Calif., 2013); and Lisa Micheli (Dwight Center
for Conservation Science at Pepperwood) for sentinel site support and for reviewing earlier drafts of this article.
«As databases coalesce and policymakers have access to greater information, we see real and improving successes
for conservation science,» Gittleman said.
Portland State University professor Angela Strecker says understanding where species may live in the future given climate change impacts is an important consideration
for conservation science.
Jennifer Lavers, of Australia's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in the University of Tasmania, and Alexander Bond, of the United Kingdom's Centre
for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, walked two beaches, methodically counting, collecting, and categorizing the garbage.
Not exact matches
The Company is driving innovations that extract value from material, polymer, chemical and biological
science to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need
for clean water, clean energy generation and
conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity.
Mass Audubon's
conservation and
science teams are not only working to protect our natural resources
for the present, they're also working to protect our natural resources as they respond to a changing climate in the future.
We're sharing
conservation ideas this week
for the Storybook
Science series.
Founded in 1857 to give scientists and nature aficionados a place to study and share the specimens they collected, the Chicago Academy of Sciences developed a national and international reputation
for its leadership in
conservation, its collection and citizen
science.
LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon, New England's largest
conservation organization and a leader in nature - based education
for more than 60 years, this month debuts a new, easy - to - use online program catalog
for teachers,
science coordinators, administrators, and others looking
for educational enrichment programs and field trips.
Shedd Aquarium's
conservation research team launched a citizen
science project this spring in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin - Madison Center
for Limnology and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve aimed at documenting long - term shifts in the timing of fish migrations into Great Lakes streams.
Atwood has been an ornithologist,
conservation biologist, and
science educator
for more than 30 years.
2014 was a big year
for iSeahorse, the citizen
science program
for seahorse
conservation created by Project Seahorse with support from Shedd Aquarium.
«The important thing is that as many schools as possible do something to help their students appreciate the need
for energy
conservation and the
science behind it,» DeBoer said.
Leading scientists from around the world convened this week at the International Congress
for Conservation Biology in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss how to better leverage
science to combat illegal wildlife trade — both within countries and across international borders.
Despite the challenges ahead, Michael Mascia, a senior social scientist at WWF and founder of the Social
Science Working Group
for the Society of
Conservation Biology, finds the new links between conservation and human developmen
Conservation Biology, finds the new links between
conservation and human developmen
conservation and human development promising.
In
science news around the world, scientists march in India to call
for more research funding, a South Korean researcher who was enmeshed in a stem cell scandal a decade ago resigns from a newly created government position, Canada establishes a vast marine
conservation area in the High Arctic, a highly regarded advocate
for science is convicted of financial misdemeanors in Egypt, and more.
AAAS organized the symposium in collaboration with the Carnegie Institution
for Science, with support from the American Meteorological Society and the Linden Trust
for Conservation.
«If we can understand how the landscape has changed over decades and what that does to water quality, human health, and ecosystem health, we can begin to make predictions
for the future,» said senior author Kathleen Alexander, professor of wildlife
conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and a Fralin Life
Science Institute affiliate.
That overlap helps hammerheads to perceive depth as they hunt, says Demian Chapman of the Institute
for Ocean
Conservation Science at Stony Brook University in New York.
Since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations, new opportunities
for research cooperation have opened up quickly in such fields as biomedical
sciences, public health, and agriculture as well as
science related to ocean
conservation and other environmental research.
«These new numbers showing the continuing decline of the African forest elephant are the exact reason why there is a sense of urgency at the United
for Wildlife trafficking symposium in London this week,» said Dr. John Robinson, WCS Chief
Conservation Officer and Executive Vice President of
Conservation and
Science.
Coping with climate change is a key priority
for conservation in the United States, says new
science adviser.
An international team of experts in horizon scanning,
science communication and
conservation recently asked that question as participants in the eighth annual Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biologica
conservation recently asked that question as participants in the eighth annual Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues
for Global
Conservation and Biologica
Conservation and Biological Diversity.
Coauthor Nick Holmes,
science director of Island
Conservation, said the study provides valuable guidance for conservation interventions by his and o
Conservation, said the study provides valuable guidance
for conservation interventions by his and o
conservation interventions by his and other groups.
«It's an important accomplishment and a useful first step,» says Ellen Pikitch, who directs the Institute
for Ocean
Conservation Science at Stony Brook University.
The project makes the case
for the prioritisation of
conservation actions in Peninsular Malaysia guided by
science, in consultation with a wide range of key stakeholders.
«This surprised us,» said Obradivch, who in addition to pursuing his doctorate in political
science at UC San Diego is also a fellow of the Center
for Marine Biodiversity and
Conservation at the university's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Michelle Lee, managing editor of the on - line journal
Conservation Ecology, finds the role allows her to bring her passions
for art and
science together through the technology of the Web.
For example, the science of surfing demonstrates hydrodynamics in a fun and interesting way, and the science of skateboarding does the same for Newton's Law's of Motion and Einstein's Principle of the Conservation of Ener
For example, the
science of surfing demonstrates hydrodynamics in a fun and interesting way, and the
science of skateboarding does the same
for Newton's Law's of Motion and Einstein's Principle of the Conservation of Ener
for Newton's Law's of Motion and Einstein's Principle of the
Conservation of Energy.
As that is almost never the case, having studies such as the one presented here is essential to inform sound,
science - based decisions,» according to Pat Deibert, National Sage - Grouse
Conservation Coordinator
for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Its report, Gene Drives on the Horizon: Advancing
Science, Navigating Uncertainty and Aligning Research with Public Values, stresses that although gene drive offers great promise for agriculture, conservation, and public health, neither the science nor the current regulatory system is adequate to address the risks and requirements of gene drive — altered org
Science, Navigating Uncertainty and Aligning Research with Public Values, stresses that although gene drive offers great promise
for agriculture,
conservation, and public health, neither the
science nor the current regulatory system is adequate to address the risks and requirements of gene drive — altered org
science nor the current regulatory system is adequate to address the risks and requirements of gene drive — altered organisms.
Professor of
Conservation Science and Director of the Centre
for Ecology &
Conservation at the University of Exeter's Penryn campus and the lead author warned that as plastic pollution increases more and more turtles are likely to become entangled.
«Plants, animals, and people all depend on forests and may all face additional challenges as temperatures increase and precipitation patterns shift,» said John Shuey, a co-author of the study and Director of
Conservation Science for the Indiana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
«Conserving nature is a long and complicated process and establishing a national park or nature preserve is a first step,» said Dr. Mike Mascia, senior director of social
science for Conservation International.
«This basic belief behind
conservation is no longer the case,» said Emily Pidgeon of Conservation International, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement
conservation is no longer the case,» said Emily Pidgeon of
Conservation International, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement
Conservation International, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of
Science.
Howard Rosenbaum, director of the Wildlife
Conservation Society's Ocean Giants Program, told Live
Science that,
for many marine mammal species, a thick layer of fat called blubber is «first and foremost» in their list of defenses against the cold.
«Knowing, scientifically, that people who have been trained to identify individual bears can do so with a reasonable expectation of accuracy helps us to know that the work we are doing to learn about these bears is based on good
science, not just personal opinion» said Russ Van Horn, Ph.D., a lead researcher on the study and a research scientist
for the San Diego Zoo Institute
for Conservation Research.
«Although it's too early to declare victory, there's a good chance now that
science will not be sidelined as would have been the case had the chair's proposal been adopted,» says Justin Cooke, a mathematical modeler in Freiburg, Germany, who represents the International Union
for Conservation of Nature at the IWC meeting.
First author of the study, William Symes, a graduate student from the Department of Biological Sciences at the NUS Faculty of
Science said, «Protected areas are not static but instead dynamic, shifting institutions that change over time, and it is crucial
for conservation planners to recognise this.
Organized by AAAS and the Carnegie Institution
for Science, with support from the American Meteorological Society and the Linden Trust
for Conservation
These geographic shifts will keep the wine flowing, but may bring new pressures on wildlife and other natural resources such as water, says climatologist Lee Hannah of
Conservation International's Moore Center
for Ecosystem
Science and Economics.
Now, leading conservationists writing in the journal
Science are calling on policymakers to harness the potential of higher - yield farming to spare land
for conservation, instead of solely producing more food and profit.
Previous research from Cambridge and elsewhere has shown sparing land
for nature by producing more food per field is the «least worst option»
for both biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions, says co-author Andrew Balmford, Cambridge professor of
conservation science.
One of the most sophisticated networks of acoustic detectors ever developed
for wildlife
science has documented a devastating 34 percent per year decline of Mexico's critically endangered vaquita porpoise, according to a new study published this week in the journal
Conservation Biology.
Gerard Baumgart and four colleagues from the French
conservation charity Patrons of
Science and Art followed two bugged toads with a hand - held radio antenna day and night
for the whole week.
Froehlich emphasized that it will be crucial
for science,
conservation, policy and industry to work together to proactively ensure fish farms are not just well placed but also well managed, such as balancing nutrient inputs and outputs to avoid pollution and monitoring
for diseases.
«The implications
for the global carbon sink are profound,» said Dr Andrew Marshall from the University's Environment Department and Director of
Conservation Science at Flamingo Land.
Matthew Godfrey, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Brendan Godley, Center
for Ecology and
Conservation, University of Exeter, Nicholas Mrosovsky, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Jeffrey Seminoff, Marine Turtle Research Program, US National Marine Fisheries Service, Kartik Shanker, Centre
for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of
Science, and Grahame Webb, Wildlife Management International, Sanderson, Northern Territories
«They're constantly following the rain patterns,» explains Scott Wilbor,
conservation science director
for the Sky Islands Alliance, a Tucson - based group.
«We hope that this study will highlight the marine species that are most in need of management and
conservation actions under climate change,» said William Cheung, associate professor in the Institute
for the Oceans and Fisheries and director of
science for the Nippon Foundation — UBC Nereus Program.