Sentences with phrase «for wildlife monitoring»

A few thousand rubber ducks, a group of experienced wildlife spotters and a drone have proven the usefulness and accuracy of drones for wildlife monitoring.

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«Scientific monitoring consistently shows that environmental water delivered to the Gwydir is providing food, habitat and breeding opportunities for many of the region's unique native fish, waterbirds, plants and wildlife.

Keeping abreast of the new scientific discoveries and tools related to climate change, designing and implementing our own research and monitoring projects, encouraging scientists to use our wildlife sanctuaries, and sharing lessons learned with our partners are appropriate high impact strategies for a science - based organization like Mass Audubon.

For instance, long - term monitoring of plants and selected animals by Mass Audubon scientists on our wildlife sanctuaries and across the state will allow us to track their response to climate change.

The other wildlife sanctuary (listed below) is conserved land that provides valuable habitats, is ecologically managed, and regularly monitored but not yet «prepared for the public» to visit.

The other 2 wildlife sanctuaries (listed below) are conserved lands that provide valuable habitats, are ecologically managed, and regularly monitored but not yet «prepared for the public» to visit.

The other wildlife sanctuaries are conserved lands that are ecologically managed and monitored, but, for the most part, do not feature trails, signage, or parking.

Our other wildlife sanctuaries are conserved lands that are ecologically managed and monitored, but not yet prepared for the public to visit.

One success story in this regard is the development of Peace Parks — cross-border wildlife reserves that allow for shared expertise in biodiversity, monitoring natural routes of wildlife migration and fighting illegal poaching, and training staff, among other joint activities.

TRAFFIC is the wildlife trade - monitoring programme of the World Wide Fund for Nature and the World Conservation Union and aims to help ensure that wildlife trade is at sustainable levels.

«We feel this type of saliva sampling could become an important tool for wildlife population monitoring.»

You may have heard of plans to use drones for delivering packages, monitoring wildlife, or tracking storms.

These findings support satellite imagery as a tool for monitoring polar bears on land, which could potentially be applied to other Arctic wildlife.

No sure mortality estimates exist for the practice, but a report (pdf) issued by the wildlife trade — monitoring organization TRAFFIC estimates that 30 to 55 percent of all birds that enter the wildlife trade do not survive.

Tom Milliken, leader of the elephant and rhino program for the international wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC, said Namibia had 1,750 black rhino as of the end of 2012 and the population has been steadily increasing under good management and protection.

• More effective management and protection of large areas outside of formally protected areas; • Increased law enforcement combined with improved legal frameworks and stiffer sanctions for poachers; • Coordination across all sectors on land use and protection of natural resources with a priority on conserving great ape populations; • Conservation advocacy for wildlife and law enforcement to effect behavior change; • An enhanced understanding of diseases such as Ebola to guide conservation actions; • Monitoring of great ape abundance and distribution, habitat loss, and illegal activities.

Although total numbers of trade posts are relatively small, the high proportion of wild collected orchids for sale supports calls for better monitoring of social media for trade in wild collected plants and other traded wildlife.

TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network that is a partnership of conservation organizations, found the animals being offered for sale online in Europe.

TRAFFIC, the arm of the World Wide Fund for Nature that monitors trade in wildlife, has claimed that the European Union needs to tighten up controls at its borders and to improve the training it gives to its customs officers.

Long - term monitoring efforts that supported this discovery are vital as we continue to monitor changes in the Arctic and develop tools to support adaptation planning for both wildlife and people.»

Professor Fedy's map predictions can not replace on - the - ground monitoring for potential risk of wind turbines on wildlife populations, though they provide industry and managers a useful framework to first assess potential development.

Herein, we discuss the lack of a data system for monitoring the wildlife aquarium trade and analyze problems that arise when trying to monitor the trade using a system not specifically designed for this purpose.

(B) establishes programs for monitoring the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on fish, wildlife, and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated ecological processes;

It undertakes practical conservation projects, surveys and scientific studies, conducts annual monitoring of seabird populations, rescues wildlife in trouble, publishes guides and information on many aspects of the Falkland Islands environment, and involves islanders of all ages in its activities, including running a WATCH group for children.

The recovery of the wildlife following these pressures will be monitored under the South Georgia Government's science strategy, but there may be opportunity for additional science to run alongside this monitoring and to better understand the impact that humans have in this environment and represents a unique large scale ecological experiment.

Participants will also work to improve collaboration and information sharing across all organisations as well as draw up a strategic plan for monitoring and enforcing wildlife crime.

The first polar bear cub born in the UK for 25 years is being monitored at a Scottish wildlife park.

Veterinarians may work for federal or regional agencies that watch over the health and welfare of domesticated animals or monitor populations of free - ranging wildlife.

She belonged to the the late Steve Irwin who described her as «the love of his life» For 16 years she was by his side as he wrestled with crocodiles, captured snakes or swam with water monitor lizards while making his wildlife documentaries.

«Regular opportunities for predatory play and exercise, feeding with foraging toys, safe opportunities to monitor wildlife from window seats, plenty of vertical space and hiding spots,» she explains, «should all be part of a cat's environment.

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

The island is famous for its wildlife including 350 bird species, Australian's most pure strain of dingo, sand monitors, snakes and numerous mammal species.

They can then take to their four wheel drive for a trek on the «beach highway» to Rainbow Beach, along which travellers will have the chance to see abundant wildlife including whales, dolphins, birds of prey, kangaroos and monitor lizards.

But the panoramic views and abundance of nature on the mainland also offer plenty to do and see for honeymooners, including touring animal sanctuaries, wildlife conservation areas (including the world's only jaguar monitoring program), and enjoying activities like bird watching, spelunking (exploring caves), hiking, and horseback riding.

The Street View images not only show elephants and other wildlife, but also take you to Save the Elephant's headquarters, as well as two other partner organizations: the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy where all elephant GPS collar activity is monitored and park rangers are alerted if trouble is detected and to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust where orphan elephants are cared for and reintegrated back into the wild when they're ready.

Last year, some 24 tons of ivory was seized around the world — the product of an estimated 2,500 elephants — making it the worst year for elephant poaching since an international ban on commercial ivory trading began in 1989, according to Traffic, a wildlife trade monitoring network.

First Wind has followed that ethic in New England, said Ted Koffman, executive director of Maine Audubon, a nonprofit wildlife conservation group that has monitored large wind developments for more than a decade.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish the National Climate Change Wildlife Science Center within USGS to: (1) assess current physical and biological knowledge and prioritize scientific gaps in such knowledge to forecast the ecological impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing such data.

(B) establishes programs for monitoring the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on fish, wildlife, and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated ecological processes;

The EPA has extensive monitoring protocols in place for safeguarding the river, people's health, drinking water and wildlife.

With scientists rapidly adopting and using a range of remote sensing tools for monitoring environmental change, tracking wildlife and measuring biological processes,...

The use of small autonomous flying vehicles — model airplanes to hobbyists — is revolutionizing the field of conservation, enabling researchers to track wildlife, monitor for poachers, and survey inaccessible...

The USFWS justified lifting the 2014 ban by arguing that well - managed trophy hunting can benefit conservation «by generating funds to be used for protecting wildlife habitat, monitoring populations, wildlife management programs and law enforcement efforts».

Between training sessions with us, they would return to their villages, with specific tasks: To teach village members about the regulations that applied to the timber companies; to map their communities» traditional land use and boundaries; to learn about their village's indigenous knowledge and management of wildlife; to help organize a system for monitoring the timber companies; to develop a series of wildlife management scenarios acceptable to their communities; etc..

Unfortunately, it appears necessary to go beyond the current LBWEG's recommendations in order to establish and consistently apply pre-construction and post-construction monitoring procedures for industrial wind power projects that are capable of improving the understanding of risk to wildlife posed by industrial wind power projects.

The AutoNaut is a little different, packing solar - powered sensors for monitoring marine wildlife and ocean conditions and getting to where it needs to be using energy harvested from the waves it rides on.

Potential applications include robotics, home automation, wildlife monitoring and, based on the responses on the forums, the world should be prepared for lots of aerial photography.

«While the issue of whether sales should be allowed to proceed or not has dominated much of the discussions here in Qatar, WWF and TRAFFIC believe the key driving force behind the ongoing elephant poaching is the continued existence of illegal domestic ivory markets across parts of Africa and Asia,» said Steven Broad, executive director of TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of WWF and International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN.

At this point, there is no definitive evidence that the rhinos are being farmed for their horns, but wildlife monitoring groups are concerned at the increase in purchases of the animal by China.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS * Field Operations Management - continental scale ecology * Practical field experience researching, compiling and managing collected data * Professional wildlife surveys, investigations and observations * Biological compliance monitoring - Responsible for field surveying (pre / post construction bio-sweeps of T&E flora and fauna), contractor coordination, active construction monitoring and technical...