Sentences with phrase «fund nature conservation»

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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 biodiversity.

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.

The coalition includes the Accabonac Protection Committee, Concerned Citizens of Montauk, the Dark Sky Society, the Garden Club of East Hampton, Group for the East End, New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Northwest Alliance, Quiet Skies Coalition, Amagansett Springs Aquifer Protection, the Surfrider Foundation, and the Third House Nature Center.

The groups supporting the agreement include American Electric Power, Conservation International, Duke Energy, El Paso Corp., Environmental Defense Fund, Disney Corp., Marriott International, Mercy Corps, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, PG&E Corp., Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy, Union of Concerned Scientists, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Woods Hole Research Center.

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.

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

The findings will be used in part by the Nature Conservancy to help direct federal funding toward ecosystem restoration and conservation projects that protect the most people and property, Arkema said.

After leaving the government in 1977, he became the director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)- U.S.. Under his leadership, the organization grew rapidly and innovated conservation ideas, such as debt - for - nature swaps.

He also helped set up the World Wide Fund for Nature and has been involved with several other conservation organisations, including Flora and Fauna International and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Appreciate the support of the Global Environment Facility, Global Tiger Initiative, Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Snow Leopard Conservancy, Snow Leopard Trust, United Nations Development Programme, United States Agency for International Development, World Bank, World Wildlife Fund, and others for the cause of snow leopard conservation, and invite all interested stakeholders to expand partnerships to enhance Conservation Union (NABU), Snow Leopard Conservancy, Snow Leopard Trust, United Nations Development Programme, United States Agency for International Development, World Bank, World Wildlife Fund, and others for the cause of snow leopard conservation, and invite all interested stakeholders to expand partnerships to enhance conservation, and invite all interested stakeholders to expand partnerships to enhance the Program.

«This conservation over millennia could be because these proteins are vastly beneficial in nature,» says Chakrabortee, who is currently Research Development Officer for European and International Funding for the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

His work for the Nature Conservancy and for the Conservation Fund, in North Carolina, Arizona, and New Mexico, has led to the permanent... (more)

World Wildlife Fund's mission is the conservation of nature.

WWF may refer to: World Wide Fund for Nature, a nature conservation organization previously named World Wildlife Fund (and still using the former name in some markets) World Wrestling Federation, the name used from 1979 to 2002 by the professional wrestling company now known as WWE Welded wire fabric, a reinforcing material typically used in poured concrete slabs Working Women's Forum, an organisation in India World Water Forum, an international forum for water issues Windows Workflow Foundation, Microsoft's workflow management framework Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, a former 2 foot gauge railroad in Maine, United States WWF (file format), a campaign to produce PDF electronic documents that forbid printing Words with Friends, a game for Apple and Android platforms Waterside Workers» Federation, a former Australian trade union, now the Maritime Union of AusNature, a nature conservation organization previously named World Wildlife Fund (and still using the former name in some markets) World Wrestling Federation, the name used from 1979 to 2002 by the professional wrestling company now known as WWE Welded wire fabric, a reinforcing material typically used in poured concrete slabs Working Women's Forum, an organisation in India World Water Forum, an international forum for water issues Windows Workflow Foundation, Microsoft's workflow management framework Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, a former 2 foot gauge railroad in Maine, United States WWF (file format), a campaign to produce PDF electronic documents that forbid printing Words with Friends, a game for Apple and Android platforms Waterside Workers» Federation, a former Australian trade union, now the Maritime Union of Ausnature conservation organization previously named World Wildlife Fund (and still using the former name in some markets) World Wrestling Federation, the name used from 1979 to 2002 by the professional wrestling company now known as WWE Welded wire fabric, a reinforcing material typically used in poured concrete slabs Working Women's Forum, an organisation in India World Water Forum, an international forum for water issues Windows Workflow Foundation, Microsoft's workflow management framework Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, a former 2 foot gauge railroad in Maine, United States WWF (file format), a campaign to produce PDF electronic documents that forbid printing Words with Friends, a game for Apple and Android platforms Waterside Workers» Federation, a former Australian trade union, now the Maritime Union of Australia

But the announcement by the bank of a $ 10 million «Save Our Species» fund, with the United Nations Global Environmental Facility and International Union for Conservation of Nature, seems quite piddling in a world where money flows in the trillions.

World Wildlife Fund - For more than 45 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature and is the largest multinational conservation organization in the world.

Many of the funds he secured were new funding sources for nature conservation and sustainable development that had not yet been utilized.

The course was jointly developed by the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Society, Germany (BMUB) as part of the National Adaptation Plans (NAP - Ag) Programme.

In 1997, the Bank joined forces with the World Wide Fund for Nature to form the Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use; by 2005 they had helped designate 55 million hectares of new forest protected areas and certify 22 million hectares of forest.

Socio (s): CBD, IAEA, UNCCD, UNCTAD, UNDESA, UNECLAC, UNHCR, UNU, United Nations Secretary General Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, Gender and Water Alliance, Global Water Partnership, International Association of Hydrogeologists, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, International Hydropower Association, International Water Association, International Water Management Institute, Public Services International, RAMSAR — Convention on Wetlands, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, Stockholm International Water Institute, The World Conservation Union, Aquafed, WaterAid, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Women for Water Partnership, World Business Council on Sustainable Development, World Water Council, World Wide Fund for Nature

Inputs from Climate Advisers, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Forest Trends, International Emissions Trading Association and The Nature Conservancy regarding views on the guidance referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Paris Agreement

The passage cites a report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an organization that includes more than 1,000 government and NGO member organizations, and nearly 11,000 volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries.

Joint Submission by the Center for Carbon Removal, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Forest Trends, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Woods Hole Research Center, regarding views on APA Item 6: Matters relating to the global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement: (a) identification of the sources of input for the global stocktake; and (b) development of the modalities of the global stocktake, in particular the role of the land sector and its potential for enhanced action, including Intact Forest Landscapes

The World Wide Fund for Nature, an international non-governmental organization promoting conservation and biodiversity, stresses that climate change «will impact some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people, disrupting food production, and threatening vitally important species, habitats and ecosystems.»

Debt - for - Nature Swap Protects Forest in Cameroon Debt - for - Nature Swap Protects Forest in Cameroon World Wildlife Fund June 22, 2006 Further conservation needed to protect forests from destruction France and Cameroon signed...

This course was made possible by the generous funding of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) through its International Climate Initiative (IKI).

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — population policy Horn of Africa — joint position statement from civil society organizations on population growth and climate change IAP — statement on population and consumption International Planned Parenthood Federation — policy on climate change and sexual and reproductive health Nature Conservation Council of NSW — population policies Save the Children — policy on population Sierra Club — Global Population and the Environment Program Sustainable Population Party of Australia — population policies Various — extracts of references to population in selected policies Wildlife Trusts — position on population, resource use & consumption World Wildlife Fund — policy on population

At the same time, Julie Church, a Kenyan, was leading a marine conservation and development project at the Kiunga Marine National Reserve for the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Mark Bittman writes that the bill doesn't address the public policies it should, such as «encouragement and support for would - be new farmers and small farmers; «conservation» in the form of agriculture that doesn't seek to defeat nature; increased funding for research into sustainable agriculture.»

Ideal Companies: The Nature Conservancy, Gates Foundation, Pew Charitable Trust, WWF, audubon, Conservation Fund

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