Sentences with phrase «global conservation scientist»

Leading global conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan joined us for the first time as Master of Ceremonies.Congratulations once again to the 2015 Goldman Prize winners, and welcome to the Goldman Prize family!

We are happy to announce that award - winning broadcast journalist Dana King and leading global conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan will be Masters of Ceremonies for the 2015 San Francisco and Washington, DC Goldman Prize ceremonies respectively.

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The company actively promotes the responsible stewardship of global fisheries resources and is a founding member of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)-- a global partnership of scientists, tuna processors and WWF, the global conservation organization.

«In fact, they are already experiencing sharp declines in population and extinction on a global scale, and they have become the focus of several research and conservation programmes in recent decades,» the scientist explains.

A new study by scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups predicts that the effects of climate change will severely impact the Albertine Rift, one of Africa's most biodiverse regions and a place not normally associated with global warming.

In the most thorough study of its kind, scientists have now analyzed global patterns of island vertebrate extinctions and developed predictive models to help identify places where conservation interventions will provide the greatest benefits to threatened island biodiversity.

Scientists conducting the first circum - global assessment of mitochondrial DNA variation in the Southern Hemisphere's humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) have found that whales faithfully returning to calving grounds year after year play a major role in how populations form, according to WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), the American Museum of Natural History, and a number of other contributing organizations.

«While urbanization has caused cities to lose large numbers of plants and animals, the good news is that cities still retain endemic native species, which opens the door for new policies on regional and global biodiversity conservation,» said lead author and NCEAS working group member Myla F. J. Aronson, a research scientist in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

With global collaborations, we can identify strategic future investments in marine protected areas, and track progress towards better outcomes,» said Dr. Emily Darling, Associate Conservation Scientist at Wildlife Conservation Society, who leads a global coral reef monitoring program.

Current position: Keller Family Secretarial Scholar, One Health Scientist, Smithsonian's Global Health Program, Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, D.C.

FIU scientists have become increasingly concerned about the vulnerable populations of sharks and rays around the world and especially in Belize, where Global FinPrint lead scientist and FIU professor Demian Chapman has worked for nearly two decades on shark conservation.

As conservation scientists concerned with global depletion of biodiversity and the degradation of the human life - support system this entails, we, the co-signed, support the broad conclusions drawn in the article «Key role for nuclear energy in global biodiversity conservation» published in Conservation Biology (Brook & Braconservation scientists concerned with global depletion of biodiversity and the degradation of the human life - support system this entails, we, the co-signed, support the broad conclusions drawn in the article «Key role for nuclear energy in global biodiversity conservation» published in Conservation Biology (Brook & Braconservation» published in Conservation Biology (Brook & BraConservation Biology (Brook & Bradshaw 2014).

The signatories of the letter include American Rivers, Center for International Environmental Law, Citizens for Global Solutions, Clean Water Action, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Day Network, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Environment America, Greenpeace, League of Conservation Voters, Native American Rights Fund, National Tribal Environmental Council, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Population Action International, Population Connection, Rails - to - Trails Conservancy, Sierra Club, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Scientists from Stanford University and the Wildlife Conservation Society in Australia have produced a map illustrating the global distribution of climate instability.

Scientists say nature conservation and protecting the planet from global warming can both be achieved if land is used sustainably, not just for immediate profit.

Research on the intersections of gender equality and climate change was brought forward by CIFOR scientists in a couple of sessions arranged together with the Global Gender and Climate Alliance, including UN Women, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).

• Philip Adams, broadcaster • Kirstie Albion, CEO, Australian Youth Climate Coalition • Paul Barratt, former head, Defence Dept • Professor Judy Brett, historian • Dr Stephen Bygrave, CEO, Beyond Zero Emissions • Geoff Cousins AM, President, Australian Conservation Foundation • Mary Crooks, CEO, The Victorian Women's Trust • Professor Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate for Medicine • Ian Dunlop, former chair, Australian Coal Association • Professor Tim Flannery, palaeontologist • John Hewson, businessman and former Opposition leader • Professor Ove Hoegh - Guldberg, marine scientist • Professor David Karoly, atmospheric scientist • Professor Carmen Lawrence, former Western Australia premier • Dr Colin Long, Victorian Sec., National Tertiary Education Union • Professor Robert Manne, political scientist • Bill McKibben, author and co-founder, 350.org • Christine Milne, Global Greens Ambassador • Paul Oosting, CEO, GetUp • David Ritter, CEO, Greenpeace Australia • Professor Peter Singer, moral philosopher • Professor Fiona Stanley, epidemiologist • Dr John (Charlie) Veron, pioneer coral researcher • Mark Wakeham, CEO, Environment Victoria

«These bloggers hope to use polar bears to cast doubt on global warming itself,» said co-author Steven Amstrup, chief scientist for Polar Bears International, a conservation - focused organization.

The response piece, «Role of Scientists» Warning in shifting policy from growth to conservation economy,» includes two key areas for action in policy and science, from introducing a Nobel Prize in Economics for incorporating the limits of the biosphere to introducing a global price on carbon.

They will provide ecologists and land managers with new and better information to support biodiversity conservation, wildfire risk assessment, and timber production while helping climate scientists and others to better understand the role that U.S. forests play in the global carbon cycle.»

James Hansen, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies John Abraham, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas Jason Box, Associate Professor, Department of Geography Atmospheric Sciences Program, Researcher at Byrd Polar Research CenterThe Ohio State University Ken Caldeira, Senior Scientist, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution Peter Gleick, President and Co-founder Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security Richard A. Houghton, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center Ralph Keeling, Director, Scripps CO2 Program Scripps Institution of Oceanography Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs Climate Institute Michael E. Mann, Professor of Meteorology Director, Earth System Science Center, The Pennsylvania State University James McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography, Harvard University Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Louis Block Professor in the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago Steve Running, Professor of Ecology, Director of Numerical Terradynamics Simulation Group, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana Richard Somerville, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography George M. Woodwell, Founder, Director Emeritus, and Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center

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