Sentences with phrase «for nature conservation in»

In response to pressure from industry, the largest coal company and the largest NGO for nature conservation in Belgium, Natuurpunt, founded Regionaal Landschap Kempen and Maasland (RLKM) in 1990.

Like many foreigners, I have somehow absorbed the idea that the battle for nature conservation in the US has more or less been won.

Peter Lindberg of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation in Stockholm and his colleagues studied three populations of peregrine falcons, two in the wild and one in captivity, between 1987 and 1999.

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Also, in 2013, she created the first index that monitors gender equality and women's empowerment in the environmental arena, the Environment and Gender Index (EGI) for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature reported that in 1985 there were 151,000 - 163,000 giraffes but by 2015 that number had dropped down to 97,562.

On the other hand, it would be overly simple to claim the Hebrew Scriptures in support of our modern study of animal life or the work of environmental conservation, since it is clear that neither priest not prophet thought the order of nature as we now see it to reflect God's intentions, either original or ultimate, for it.

June 4, 2013 — The first amphibian to have been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been rediscovered in the north of Israel after some 60 years and turns out to be a unique «living fossil,» without close relatives among other living frogs.

Supported by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

Created by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

In 1999, a joint workshop in Vignola, Italy, organized by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and IFOAM together with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), was held to exchange ideas and information on organic agriculture and biodiversitIn 1999, a joint workshop in Vignola, Italy, organized by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and IFOAM together with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), was held to exchange ideas and information on organic agriculture and biodiversitin Vignola, Italy, organized by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and IFOAM together with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), was held to exchange ideas and information on organic agriculture and biodiversity.

In Sweden, a working group made up of organic farmer groups, nature conservationists, Government agencies and universities has been working since 1997 to strengthen the links between organic agriculture and biodiversity conservation, and they set up biodiversity plans for organic farms.

Bird - a-thon, Mass Audubon's largest fundraiser, brings together supporters from across the state to raise essential funds for nature conservation, education, and advocacy and to compete in an exciting birding competition.

Finding Your Own Passenger Pigeon - Center for Humans & Nature - January 2015 10 best Chicago museums: Top institutions to visit in Chicago - TimeOut Chicago - December 10, 2014 From prairie and river ecosystems to the biology of Ice Age — mammals, nature and its conservation, the focus at this Lincoln Park museum situated alongside a lagoon is vast and vNature - January 2015 10 best Chicago museums: Top institutions to visit in Chicago - TimeOut Chicago - December 10, 2014 From prairie and river ecosystems to the biology of Ice Age — mammals, nature and its conservation, the focus at this Lincoln Park museum situated alongside a lagoon is vast and vnature and its conservation, the focus at this Lincoln Park museum situated alongside a lagoon is vast and varied.

Since late February, researchers from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Lincoln Park Zoo have been monitoring levels of cortisol (known as the stress hormone) in three species that have been reintroduced or restored by the forest preserve: wood frogs (designated as «in great need of conservation» in Illinois); spotted salamanders, a rare species for northeastern Illinois; and spring peepers, a frog species whose local populations are in decline.

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.

On November 7, the Chicago Conservation Corps and the Nature Museum came together to change that for 3,500 homes in the city of Chicago.

The opening of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in 1999 provided Doug the opportunity to develop a research program around breeding locally imperiled butterflies for conservation purposes.

In addition to protecting critical habitat for native species, Mass Audubon's land conservation efforts provide many quality - of - life benefits, including clean drinking water, locally grown food, and places to learn about and enjoy nature.

Cushing, 30, worked previously for Mass Audubon on Cape Cod and the South Coast, and returns to the respected conservation organization after working for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Vermont since 2013.

«Rough Meadows shows what partners in conservation can accomplish when they are committed to protecting vulnerable open space for people and nature,» Mass Audubon President Laura Johnson said.

«And so I'm both humbled and gratified to join this respected conservation organization in its mission to protect the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife.»

«And this year we are especially pleased to be gathering in Worcester, where for decades we have worked within the city and with other central Massachusetts communities to promote land conservation, nature - based education, and advocacy.»

The species was assessed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2009 after more than two decades of population studies indicated that its numbers had plummeted by more than 99 percent over three generations.

«This was one of the greatest missed conservation opportunities in the budget this year, and we ask that legislative leaders get behind the proposal for next year's budget,» said Jessica Ottney Mahar, policy director for the Nature Conservancy in New York, which lobbied heavily for the bill.

«Today was a historic day for New York's environment,» said Stuart Gruskin, chief conservation and external affairs officer for The Nature Conservancy in New York.

«There's a big question around whether those are truly wild free ranging herds, or whether there is so much management that's happening around them that they are no longer really wild; they're just like ranched cattle,» says Craig Hilton - Taylor, head of the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List Unit in Cambridge, UK.

For instance, a conservation organization called Arbeitsgemeinschaft Biologischer Umweltschutz (ABU) has more than 100 of their own faux aurochs grazing in various nature reserves in northwest Germany.

Now, an international research team under the leadership of the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission, has published a roadmap for more targeted conservation efforts for Bornean cats and small carnivores in a special supplement of the Raffles BulletinConservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission, has published a roadmap for more targeted conservation efforts for Bornean cats and small carnivores in a special supplement of the Raffles Bulletinconservation efforts for Bornean cats and small carnivores in a special supplement of the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.

The team assessed 61 species of fish according to the criteria used by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Gland, Switzerland, to produce its Red List of endangered species.

I had the opportunity to work as a guest student for three and a half months in the project «Conservation de la Nature intégrée, Est - Zaïre» (Integrated Nature Conservation, East Zaire), which was assisted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).

In conservation, captive breeding has been recommended by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessors for 2199 species to reduce the threat ofconservation, captive breeding has been recommended by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessors for 2199 species to reduce the threat ofConservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessors for 2199 species to reduce the threat of extinction.

«The decline in Madagascan amphibians is not just a concern for herpetologists and frog researchers,» says Dr Franco Andreone from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), who is one of the study authors.

In 1964, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) began tracking the conservation status of species on its «Red Conservation of Nature (IUCN) began tracking the conservation status of species on its «Red conservation status of species on its «Red List.»

Manta rays are classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and are present at this site in surprisingly large numbers.

In 1994, the International Union for Conservation of Nature gave the concept of extractive reserves its stamp of approval, expanding its protected - area classification system to include «Category VI,» defined as «Protected Areas with Sustainable Use of Natural Resources.»

Of the 45,000 species evaluated in the 2008 Red List, issued by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 17,000, or nearly forty percent, may vanish.

One in six shark and ray species are classified as «threatened» by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, but one in three species of open - ocean sharks are threatened.

Scientists, government officials and other interested parties debated the idea last week at the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in Honolulu.

In 2015, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature raised the threat level of swift parrots in response to the new evidence provided by ANU researcherIn 2015, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature raised the threat level of swift parrots in response to the new evidence provided by ANU researcherin response to the new evidence provided by ANU researchers.

It was listed as critically endangered in 1994 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

If the report's conclusions are accepted by the African Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation Nature (IUCN), the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) may be split into two species: L. africana, for those living on the savanna, and L. cyclotis, for those in the forest.

In order to understand the origins of the Iberian Peninsula's most emblematic species and one of the world's most endangered felines according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (UICN), we must first go back in timIn order to understand the origins of the Iberian Peninsula's most emblematic species and one of the world's most endangered felines according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (UICN), we must first go back in timin time.

Today at its quadrennial congress in Barcelona, Spain, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released its long - awaited database detailing the status of all mammals known to humankind since the year 1500.

In 2009, the Polar Bear Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature reported that eight polar bear subpopulations are declining, three are stable and one is increasing.

He replied that the government is now drawing up a management plan for the island, in consultation with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, the Governor of Pitcairn and the Pitcairn islanders.

«There is currently no effective water management strategy to speak of in Pakistan,» says Shah Murad Aliani, country representative for the International Union for Conservation of Nature in Pakistan.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, based in Gland in Switzerland, for example, has an authoritative list of threatened species.

«We estimated that over 28 thousand lemurs are kept illegally as pets in Malagasy cities over the last three years alone,» said Reuter, who has recently been appointed to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission's Primate Specialist Group.

The nonprofit International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which maintains a worldwide «Red List» of at - risk wildlife species, considers 36 of the world's 40 different dolphin species to be in trouble.