Sentences with phrase «for public forest»

«REDD + (acronym for public forest conservation finance), particularly at the jurisdictional level, is still developing, and shouldn't be viewed as a replacement for farm - by - farm filtering that has been demonstrated effective for soy and cattle in the Brazilian Amazon,» she says.

She sees a role for public forest conservation finance in helping governments build up their capacity to monitor the forest — a role that it is already playing, in Brazil and around the world — and adds that the one thing everyone agrees on is that no one has all the answers.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

In practice, this meant more public land was set aside for conservation purposes and, in the areas still open to logging, cut blocks — those strategically shorn sections of forest seen in aerial photos — grew smaller.

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They reduced Airtanker contracts by 5.1 million dollars and cut funding for FireSmart grants that funded projects focused on fire preparedness planning, public education and fire mitigation projects such as creating buffers between buildings and forests.»

Through the Consumer Goods Forum, the CDP / We Mean Business Coalition, and the public - private Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, hundreds of major companies have committed to eliminating commodity - driven deforestation from their supply chains by 2020, including companies that account for 90 percent of the global trade in palm oil.

But you might well be shining your deer in an opening in a forest that has been ravaged by the oil interests — public land doled away for peanuts by conservationists in a state with boggling population and recreation problems.

Even after the two - point line move, Wake Forest currently fits the criteria for our 2014, 2015 and 2016 College Football Betting Against the Public system.

There weren't been any steam moves triggered on Wake Forest, which indicates public perception was solely responsible for that 1 - point line move.

Despite falling to Wake Forest 35 - 30 last weekend, the public is confident that the Seminoles can rebound to take down the Blue Devils by at least a pair of TDs, especially after the news that star QB EJ Manuel is expected to start after battling a shoulder injury for the past two weeks.

The River Forest Public Library and Centennial Park will host kids 12 and under in costume for fun spooky stories and games!

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Board of Commissioners of the Oak Brook Park District, DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois, will conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed budget and appropriations ordinance for the fiscal year commencing May 1, 2018 and ending April 30, 2019, at the Oak Brook Park District, Family Recreation Center, 1450 Forest Gate Road, Oak Brook, Illinois, Monday, April 16, 2018, at 6:30 PM, during the Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, at which time the proposed Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be adopted.

Hundreds of proud citizens wearing forest green, touring all the city «s parks on horseback and all - terrain vehicles, using police powers and good will as part of a giant public relations initiative for the Chicago Park District and its beleaguered chief executive, Jesse Madison.

Mass Audubon promotes conservation of our forest resources, including old growth reserves, for wildlife habitat and public benefit and for the capture of carbon from the atmosphere in forest growth and soils.

The largest part of the property, 134 acres of forest and wetlands, will be owned by the Town of Princeton Conservation Commission and will be open to the public for conservation and recreational activities.

The public is invited to join the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County for a prairie restoration workday from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve in Wheaton.

But a better understanding of public commercial assets — defined as government property that generates profit, such as state - owned firms, real estate, and forests — could help yield significant amounts of wealth for economies struggling to get back on track.

The omnibus extraordinary session package also provides a financial incentives to entice Vernon Downs racino and harness track to remain open; offers $ 55 million in relief for Lake Ontario communities ravaged by flooding; tweaks a law to allow New York City first responders to receive an accidental disability pensions even if they don't receive a federal Social Security disability pension; and creates a 250 - acre forest land bank to allow for certain public utility projects under a constitutional amendment.

Question # 2, «Allowing the Complete or Partial Forfeiture of a Public Officer's Pension if He or She is Convicted of a Certain Type of Felony,» and question # 3 «Authorizing the Use of Forest Preserve Land for Specified Purposes» received unanimous approval at the October meeting.

In return for this temporary use, NYCO will provide New York state with 1,500 acres of Adirondack forestland that will be added to the Forest Preserve and opened for public recreation.

Of the three propositions on the New York state ballot Tuesday, voters rejected the question asking for a constitutional convention but approved public pension forfeiture and a Forest Preserve land bank.

February saw Ms Spelman apologise to MPs for the plans to sell off the forests, after a popular backlash against the proposals which prompted a sustained public campaign against them.

Ghana has received approval for $ 24 million for the first - of - a-kind Private - Public Partnership project to restore degraded forest reserves and double a sustainable forest plantation.

At 8:30 a.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray will deliver remarks at the launch event for UN Women's HeForShe Arts Event with actors Emma Watson and Forest Whitaker and Phumzile Mlambo - Ngcuka, Under - Secretary - General of the United Nations and executive director of UN Women, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., Manhattan.

For the sake of the Adirondack Park and its «Forever Wild» public Forest Preserve, we urge readers to vote «no.»

City Council candidate Heidi Harrison Chain's announcement last week that she will decline public matching funds has prompted others in the race for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat to criticize the move, saying she is ditching a program meant to level the financial playing field and could now far outspend her opponents.

The final legislation renames the Tappan Zee Bridge after former Gov. Mario Cuomo; provides a financial incentive package to entice Vernon Downs racino and harness track to remain open; offers $ 55 million in relief for Lake Ontario communities ravaged by flooding; tweaks a law to allow New York City first responders to receive an accidental disability pensions even if they don't receive a federal Social Security disability pension; and creates a 250 - acre forest land bank to allow for certain public utility projects under a constitutional amendment.

Towns, villages and counties with «no viable alternative» to using forest preserve land for those public projects could make withdrawals of small parcels of needed land.

Former Hillary Clinton political strategist Howard Wolfson, who joined the Bloomberg administration in March as deputy mayor for governmental affairs, listed investments totaling $ 250,000 to $ 935,000 — including stock in Forest City Enterprises worth $ 5,000 to $ 39,999 — in a city financial disclosure report made public today.

The state later bought most of the land from OSI for the state Forest Preserve, opening the area to the public.

The complaint said Bruce Bender, at the time Forest City's vice president of governmental affairs and public relations, had asked Kruger for the funds, with the firm eventually having to settle for $ 4.5 million for the Prospect Park skating rink, according to the Times.

The 50 - mile «corridor,» as it was called in a news release, will be developed to lure companies that test the drones for applications «including agriculture and forest management, transportation and logistics, media and film development, utilities and infrastructure, and public safety.»

Ultimately, what is needed is a pheromone treatment cheap and effective enough to be practical for both small, privately held acreage and for the vast stretches of public forest that are rapidly transforming from vibrant green to that disturbing shade of brown.

Because the ban has an exemption for public safety, State Forests switched to cutting dead and dying trees near roads and trails, where it says they could fall and cause accidents.

The continued marketing and use of experimental stem cell - based interventions inside and outside the United States is problematic and unsustainable, according to a new paper by science policy and bioethics experts at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and Wake Forest University.

With over 80 percent of forests already degraded by human and industrial activities, today's findings underscore the immediate need for international policies to secure remaining intact forests — including establishing new protected areas, securing the land rights of indigenous peoples, regulating industry and hunting, and targeting restoration efforts and public finance.

Besides working for eight years to overturn the Clinton administration's «Roadless Rule» that prevented road building (and the logging that usually follows) on 58.5 million acres of national forests, the Bush White House has opened up 45 million additional acres of public land across the American West to oil and gas drilling during its tenure.

Also, although forest birds are in trouble in general, the situation for species such as the golden - winged warbler and the oak titmouse is improving thanks to public - private partnerships setting aside forests.

«This type of collaborative research focused on specific management and conservation objectives provides important information for resource managers and policy decision - makers who manage public resources,» said Eric Forsman, a coauthor on the study at the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.

«Information on climate change ranges in geographic and temporal scales, and is often hard to relate to forest management and planning,» said Patricia Butler, the report's lead author and a climate change outreach specialist with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, a collaboration of the Forest Service, Michigan Technological University, the Trust for Public Land, the University of Minnesota, and the National Council for Air and Stream Improvforest management and planning,» said Patricia Butler, the report's lead author and a climate change outreach specialist with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, a collaboration of the Forest Service, Michigan Technological University, the Trust for Public Land, the University of Minnesota, and the National Council for Air and Stream ImprovForest Service, Michigan Technological University, the Trust for Public Land, the University of Minnesota, and the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement.

As part of this partnership, and partnerships with the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, Xerces staff scientists are surveying public lands in several states for monarchs and milkweeds.

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, today called for a full Natural Resources Committee hearing to determine whether a high - ranking Department of the Interior (DOI) official received outside payments from a conservative group that seeks to influence federal policy.

The Japanese have a national practice called «Forest Bathing» or shinrin - yoku which has been a national public health practice for them since the 1980s.

The loss of Irish public forests and lands to developers is but briefly mentioned, as is Adam's role as a «conservationist» for a private company; greater insight into both of these plot points could have added depth to the script.

Next in order of publicity was Forest Grove School District v. T. A., a case from Oregon in which the Court held 6 to 3 that parents could receive reimbursement for private school tuition even when their disabled child had never enrolled in a public school special education program.

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