Sentences with phrase «for ocean resources»

Not exact matches

March 9 (Reuters)- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he had formally asked for the state to be excluded from a federal offshore drilling program that he said would threaten its ocean resources and endanger efforts toward a cleaner energy economy.

While the largest component of this extraction is exploration and development of oil and gas resources, the bureau is also responsible for «non-energy minerals» (primarily sand and gravel) excavated from the ocean floor.

Successful bidders who are awarded an OCS lease may then submit an exploration plan to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to obtain approval to explore those leased tracts for oil and gas resources.

The Vision of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is excellence in the management of Outer Continental Shelf energy and mineral resources for environmental sustainability, economic development, and national security.

Travel Market Report today released the second edition of its Ocean Cruise Report Card for Travel Agents, the third in a series of supplier policy report cards designed as a useful resource for travel professionals.

«We are incredibly proud that we have been able to create locally - infused, ocean - linked dining experiences for our guests, in partnership with visionaries like Chef Andrés, who is not only one of the most talented Master Chefs in the world, but also an advocate for the protection and preservation of our country's natural resources.»

Celebrated for his humanitarian efforts as much as his culinary abilities, Chef Andrés» Fish menu serves to underscore The Cove's commitment to flourishing Bahamian ecology and the protection of one of the nation's most precious natural resources, the ocean.

In America, President Akufo - Addo will participate and address the UN Oceans Conference, the high - level UN Conference being held in New York to support the Implementation of SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (Life under WOceans Conference, the high - level UN Conference being held in New York to support the Implementation of SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (Life under Woceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (Life under Water).

Sand, spanning miles of beaches, carpeting vast oceans and deserts, is a visual metaphor for limitless resources.

«It's a way to utilize an available resource instead of discarding it into the ocean, where it's instantly no longer of use as freshwater,» says environmental health scientist Kellogg Schwab, who directs the Center for Water and Health at Johns Hopkins University.

Despite the need for more cooperation, in particular (and as discussed at the 2002 Johannesburg summit on sustainable development) in the sustainable management of natural resources such as water, forests, and oceans, many development and conservation - oriented projects have been cut back in recent years.

Researchers working in Papua New Guinea think they may have been wiped out when the level of oxygen in the oceans rose dramatically, stimulating the evolution of oxygen - hungry fish that simply out - competed the ammonites for resources.

A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine finds that continuity of ocean observations is vital to gain an accurate understanding of the climate, and calls for a decadal, national plan that is adequately resourced and implemented to ensure critical ocean information is available to understand and predict future changes.

Andrew Rosenberg, a scientist who led one of the report's chapters on oceans and directs the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said the report outlines changes that are happening now in various systems from agriculture to water resources to forestry to oceans.

Aliens might want resources from our solar system (Earth's oceans, perhaps, full of hydrogen for refilling a fusion - powered spacecraft) and swat us aside if we get in the way, as we might dismiss mosquitoes or beetles stirred up by the logging of a rain forest.

We still don't know enough about tar sand oil, or bitumen, which takes longer to break down due to its high viscosity, but doesn't spread, we also don't know much about the behavior of oil from a blowout, such as the Deepwater Horizon BP blowout, and we know little of how crude oil behaves in the Arctic Ocean, where there is ice, or how to remediate it,» said Michel Boufadel, director of NJIT's Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection and a member of the panel of experts charged with evaluating the impact of spills in Northern waters.

To test the state of the ocean, researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management in Makati, Philippines, assigned each major food fish a «trophic level,» depending on how high it is on the food chain.

As governments and industries expand their use of high - decibel seismic surveys to explore the ocean bottom for resources, experts from eight universities and environmental organizations are calling for new global standards and mitigation strategies.

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources wound up a week - long meeting in Hobart, Australia, considering proposals for two «marine protected areas» aimed at conserving the ocean wilderness from fishing, drilling for oil and other industrial interests.

But monitoring mercury levels in the oceans has proven a challenge for researchers because the metal is present only in tiny concentrations in seawater, and gathering samples from different oceans requires time and resources.

Led by Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House's Council on Environmental Quality, the task force is currently working to draft a framework for sustainable management of American coastal and ocean resources.

Daniel Pauly and Villi Christensen of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management in the Philippines warn that the oceans can not sustain this level of exploitation.

«New international standards needed to manage ocean noise: Growing use of high - decibel seismic surveys to explore the ocean for resources poses increased risks to vulnerable marine life, experts say.»

«There is a realization that a diversified suite of renewable energy resources will displace fossil fuel,» said Monty Worthington, who is directing a tidal energy project in Alaska for the Maine - based Ocean Renewable Power Co. «To establish a place in the emerging marine renewable market, the time for [U.S.] investment is now.»

«This is going to be a tremendous resource for scientists and for people interested in studying ocean, climate, food webs and the evolution of life.

Local pressures, in particular overfishing, destructive fishing, and pollution from nearby land - based human activity, are paramount, but global warming has caused increased bleaching and ocean acidification, which makes it harder for corals to grow, compounding the problems, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and 24 other organizations concluded in «Reefs at Risk Revisited,» an update of a 1998 report.

One large study of America's ocean waters, published in May by the Pew Oceans Commission, noted that U.S. policies have for decades focused on developing ocean resources rather than emphasizing conservation.

CMIP was established as a resource for climate modelers, providing a standard protocol for studying the output of coupled atmosphere - ocean general circulation models so that these models can be compared and validated.

The main reason that companies aren't finding the workers they seek in an ocean of available ability, Cappelli believes, is that in recent decades, for reasons he explains, those companies have allowed their traditional human resources (HR) departments and training programs to atrophy.

Funding for NEPAN has been provided through competitive research grants and various programs within the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), the U.S. Navy's Living Marine Resources Program (LMR) and the Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (N45), with some funding provided by the NOAA Ocean Acoustics Program, and the NOAA Office of Protected Resources.

Bacteria and small organisms like crabs and mussels brought in on ships coming from warmer oceans could spread disease and compete with native species for resources.

The maps could also be useful resources for deciding where to place instruments to monitor ocean oxygen levels in the future to get the best picture of climate change impacts.

«The results of this paper demonstrate that it is possible to use acoustic technologies to generate information about marine resources inside MPAs in a faster and less expensive way, reducing the costs for governments in ocean conservation.»

A different group of bacteria, also relying on the phytoplankton for food and energy, appear to compete with the diatoms for the precious vitamin, and all three groups of microbes are competing for iron, which, due to the extreme remoteness of the Southern Ocean, is a scarce and consequently invaluable resource.

«The whaling ships provide a rich resource for us to use for the region north of Bering Strait,» said project leader Kevin Wood, a research scientist at the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and the Ocean, a partnership between the UW and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which manages wind resources off the U.S. coast, held the country's largest offshore wind development lease auction in January for 742,000 acres of open water 12 miles off the shore of Martha's Vineyard.

In Darwin's day, the prevailing ethos of so - called free - market capitalism treated the planet as a limitless resource, and its atmosphere and oceans as an equally limitless repository for waste.

The committee for the Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences 2015 (DSOS) will develop a list of the top ocean science priorities for the next decade in the context of the current state of knowledge, ongoing research activities, and resource availabiOcean Sciences 2015 (DSOS) will develop a list of the top ocean science priorities for the next decade in the context of the current state of knowledge, ongoing research activities, and resource availabiocean science priorities for the next decade in the context of the current state of knowledge, ongoing research activities, and resource availability.

(1) establish programs for assessing the current and future impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources within the department's or agency's, respectively, jurisdiction, including cumulative and synergistic effects, and for identifying and monitoring those natural resources that are likely to be adversely affected and that have need for conservation;

OW is responsible for implementing the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, and portions of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Ocean Dumping Ban Act, Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, Shore Protection Act, Marine Plastics Pollution Research and Control Act, London Dumping Convention, the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and several other statutes.

(E) establishes performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of adaptation strategies intended to improve resilience and the ability of natural resources in the coastal zone to adapt to and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and of adaptation strategies intended to minimize those impacts on the coastal zone and to update those strategies to respond to new information or changing conditions; and

(4) identifies decision tools necessary to develop strategies for assisting natural resources to become more resilient and adapt to and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification.

(4) establish methods for assessing the effectiveness of strategies and conservation actions taken to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification, and for updating those strategies and actions to respond to new information and changing conditions;

(8) a process for guiding the development of detailed agency - and department - specific adaptation plans required under section 478 to address the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on the natural resources in the jurisdiction of each agency.

The blue economy is the concept for sustainable use of ocean resources, aiming for economic growth, livelihoods improvement, and ocean ecosystem health.

We believe in integrated approaches for managing plastics resources that allow us to enjoy their benefits, without trashing our oceans.

Afterwards there was a discussion between Dr. Sven Petersen, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Dr. Christian Reichert, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) and member of the International Seabed Authority ISA and Dr. Gerd Schriever from Biolab Research Institute under the moderation of Philip Bethge, «Der Spiegel».

The formation of lasting and effective partnerships through the fostering of international relations form one of the three pillars of IOI's institutional architecture and underpins the delivery of training and capacity development for the sustainable management of ocean resources and services.

applications to improve management of marine resources, mitigate coastal hazards, and raise public awareness of ocean issues; government affairs for marine and coastal sciences

Data collected on every expedition are of high value, given the high cost and increasingly limited resources for ocean exploration.