Sentences with phrase «for endangered wildlife»

That's why WWF helps countries, like Myanmar and Belize, assess the value of their natural resources and the services they provide, such as forests that absorb carbon and provide habitat for endangered wildlife.

Renowned for its history, natural beauty, spectacular landscapes and fishing, Dirk Hartog Island is an «ark» for endangered wildlife and a great place for an island adventure.

Captivating cuisine: regionally sourced menus and partnership in the Gulf of Maine's Research Institute's Culinary program; Green by Design; features that range from recycled flooring and sheet rock to solar panels; Habitat Restoration: collaboration with the Department of Conservation around restoring habitat for endangered wildlife; and Indigenous Landscape: which supports local wildlife as well as fun and educational classes for guests.

It is the global hub for endangered wildlife trafficking.

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The messages are backed by surveys and studies arguing, for example, that paper made from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-- certified wood actually protects wildlife, flora and «the increasingly endangered North American manufacturing job.»

The country is renowned for its diversity of tropical plants and wildlife, like three - toed sloths, endangered white - faced capuchin monkeys and hundreds of different bird species.

The budget calls for more enforcement money for the FDA to step up drug safety rules, more for the EPA to crack down on industrial polluters, additional funds to protect endangered species and land and water conservation and to protect wildlife from climate change.

Reflect for a moment on a few familiar facts: The endangered wildlife list now stands at a record 101 species in the United States — mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles facing extinction.

By funding scientific research, conservation programs and community outreach efforts, its mission is to protect the waters and its vast marine wildlife, ensuring that The Bahamas will remain a haven for a myriad of one - of - a-kind, rare and endangered species for generations to come.

Rare Illinois Turtles Making Comeback With Help From Chicago Museum - DNAinfo.com Chicago - March 10, 2016 Twenty years of collaborative efforts between several wildlife organizations are starting to pay off for an endangered turtle hunted by poachers, run over by cars and eaten by a multitude of predators.

Members enjoy free admission to our wildlife sanctuaries, which provide people with much - needed places for recreation and relaxation, and are home to more than 150 endangered and threatened native species.

At about the same time that the U.S. House of Representatives was readying legislation to combat poaching and wildlife trafficking for President Obama's signature, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) delivered 90 finger - length giant Thai catfish, a critically endangered species, to Shedd Aquarium.

For every rare, exotic, or endangered species, there's someone willing to break wildlife protection laws.»

Quinn is a lawyer for a wildlife nonprofit and works every day to protect endangered animals in Oregon — like wolves, orcas, and sea otters.

The lands also will be managed for improved wildlife habitat for seven species of national importance, like the New England cottontail, and four hawk species listed by the New York State Endangered Species Act — Cooper's hawk, red - shouldered hawk, broad - winged hawk and northern goshawk.

Coastal martens were petitioned for listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 2010, but withdrawn for consideration by the fish and wildlife service in 2015.

The study, published today in the online journal PeerJ, will be available to federal and state wildlife agencies for their consideration to determine whether distinct geographic population segments of the coastal marten warrant state or federal listing as threatened or endangered, said Katie Moriarty, a certified wildlife biologist and lead co-author on the study.

Furthermore, as more populations are declared protected, and more and more species are listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the demand for forensic testing in wildlife cases is sure to increase.

The success could make it easier for wildlife conservationists to help such endangered species as the African painted dog or the Ethiopian wolf, says study coauthor Alexander Travis, a...

From a statement by Obama spokesman Nick Shapiro: «After over 30 years of successfully protecting our nation's most endangered wildlife like the bald eagle, we should be looking for ways to improve it, not weaken it.

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.

Most of the federal agencies responsible for managing public lands and wildlife are housed within the Department of the Interior, including the National Park Service; the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages lands for recreation, mining and energy development; and the Fish and Wildlife Service, which works to recover endangered species.

«Together we can save the endangered wildlife of Central Asia», says Sabir Atadjanov, Director of the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and host of the workshop.

What may appear unusual for a wildlife biologist is only natural for Charu: «The people who share the habitat of snow leopards and other endangered species can be a threat to these animals, but they are also our most important partners in protecting them», he explains.

Yet, I believe there is hope for snow leopards and other endangered high altitude wildlife if we work together.

Since then he has worked together with many local and international researchers and conservationists and been a consultant for more than 10 international TV programs on Mongolian endangered wildlife.

Often photographed clinging to Arctic ice floes as its habitat melts away into warming waters, the polar bear is the poster child for U.S. efforts to save wildlife on the brink of extinction using the Endangered Species Act.

Current stated priorities for the NRDC include curbing global warming, reviving the world's oceans, defending endangered wildlife and ensuring safe and sufficient water supplies.

Revive & Restore, a project of the Long Now Foundation based in San Francisco, is a nonprofit organization with a mission to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered species — acting as a catalyst to encourage the responsible use of genomic technologies for wildlife conservation.

Plus I love the fact that part of the proceeds from this bracelet go towards The World Wide Wildlife Federation for Nature, which is a charity that works to protect endangered wildlife and ecosystems, and a cause that I full heartedly support.

About Blog Act for Wildlife help's in saving and protecting endangered animals and wildlife.

She spent 7 years as publications director for a national endangered species advocacy organization, and she continues to write, edit, and design communications for nonprofits working to create more locally sustainable communities and protect wildlife and wild places.

Today, wildlife professionals must work under higher standards than ever before; there is no substitute for of Natural Resources, and wildlife professionals from Canada and Japan) have attended these classes to hone their skills to the level required when working with wildlife that may be dangerous, endangered or high profile.

If we are serious about saving native wildlife and birds, we should take a good look at ourselves; humans are vastly more responsible for the destruction of endangered species than feral cats are.

[43] Hatley's argument for violations of the Endangered Species Act is similarly speculative: ``... persons who release cats into the wild or who maintain feral cat colonies could be found liable for a take under section 9 of the ESA if maintenance of feral cats in the wild is found to kill or injure wildlife by degrading habitat.»

Morris Animal Foundation is currently working with wildlife scientists to determine needs for wildlife health research that will result from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and is prepared to grant money to research the long - term effects a disaster such as this could cause to native and endangered wildlife.

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida has determined that feral animals within the City limits can create a nuisance disturbance, prey on common and rare species of native wildlife in Florida, including species listed as threatened or endangered by the state and federal governments, carry and spread diseases, destroy property, compete with native wildlife for food and shelter, as well as copious fecal deposits made by said feral animals; and,

Finally, the return of feral cats to the wild must be balanced against the impacts these cats can have on wildlife, including on threatened and endangered species, habitats, and food sources for native predators.»

This would eliminate subsidized predator control for ranchers, consisting chiefly of killing coyotes, but would not interfere with killing wildlife under contract from other government agencies — for instance, to protect airports, endangered species, and golf greens on public land.

«In addition to maintaining cats in an inhumane lifestyle, sacrificing local wildlife, and endangering the health and welfare of Albuquerque's citizens, TNR simply does not work,» says the letter from Grant Sizemore, Cats Indoors Program Manager for ABC.

The FWCC itself acknowledges the following: cats are the most common carriers of rabies among domestic animals, and can transmit rabies to wildlife such as raccoons, skunks an foxes; feline leukemia virus, a leading cause of death due to infectious disease in cats, has been reported in a mountain lion, a close relative of the endangered Florida panther; domestic cats were identified as one possible reservoir host for feline panleukopenia, which has been discovered in the Florida panther.

Help restore and monitor critical natural areas and create wildlife corridors for threatened and endangered species.

The Endangered Species Act is an essential tool for conserving the nation's most at - risk wildlife, as well as the land and water on which they depend for habitat.

Also visit Ranthambore wildlife sanctuary for observing the endangered Asiatic loins at the close quarters in their own vicinity.

It's renowned for its vast diversity of tropical plants and wildlife, from three - toed sloths and endangered white - faced capuchin monkeys to hundreds of bird species.

As well as the reopening of Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, established in 1975 by the Royal Society for the conservation of Nature as a breeding centre for endangered or locally extinct wildlife.

With more than 700 square miles of wetland and saw grass prairies, Everglades National Park is a magnificent and important habitat for Florida wildlife, including endangered species like the manatee, American crocodile and Florida panther.

Look out for the variety of wildlife and plant species at Fort Baker, including the endangered Mission Blue butterfly and its host plant, the silver lupine.

Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; draft recovery plan for four subspecies of island fox.

Kids enjoy a chance to visit with wildlife at Wildhaven Ranch, a sanctuary for endangered and indigenous species.