Sentences with phrase «grassland for»

The Virgin Lands Project between 1954 and 1960 centered on plowing an area of grassland for wheat that was larger than the wheatland in Canada and Australia combined.

This would require the clearing of forest and grassland for food production, with associated emissions from land conversion.

The aim is to increase yields on existing farmland, to avoid the need for clearing additional forest or grassland for agriculture.

Looking down from space Kenyan herders no longer have to rely on instinct or rumour to find the best grassland for their livestock.

These include food production, alongside supporting services such as soil development, regulating services such as pest control and climate regulation and cultural services such as the use of the grassland for recreation.

Other farmers are turning to native grasslands for economic alternatives.

On a larger scale, communities and even corporations are doing their part to create areas of restored prairies which in turn will store organic carbon in the soil and help maintain the biodiversity of 3000 plus species that count on the grasslands for food and shelter.

A UW College of Business researcher has helped quantify the economic value of biodiversity in grasslands for the purpose of carbon storage.

I can imagine Grok roaming the grasslands for nuts, bugs, roots, shoots, and small game.

«All these ecosystem services add up to societal relevance in the region, where around half a million farmers rely on these grasslands for their main activity: cattle and sheep production.»

A study in Environmental Research Letters found that converting grasslands for ethanol production generated as much carbon emissions as 28 million cars.

Not exact matches

A pilot program on offsetting for native grassland perennials was established in southeastern Alberta.

What the people needed most was water for themselves, their grasslands and their crops, and canals and reservoirs were developed with much engineering skill to drain off the flood waters and irrigate the land.

All food for human consumption, and for many other species as well comes either directly or indirectly from four biological systems: croplands, grasslands, forests and fisheries.

Indeed, language may be THE most important ingredient in why and how we changed from just another band of hominids on the African grasslands to a truly global species that has dominated the environment, for good and ill, like no other species in history.

Timmermans, B.G.H. and Eekeren, N. van (2014) Organically grown grassclover in nature areas to remove soil phosphate for development of specious rich grasslands.

Timmermans, B.G.H. and Eekeren, N. van (2014) Organic farmers grow grassclover in nature areas to remove soil phosphate for development of specious rich grasslands.

Keeping native vegetation such as natural forests or grasslands as fragments within production areas or along streams and rivers can make a lot of difference for conservation.

The advantages of grassland - based animal production without concentrated feed are that pastures, which can not be used for arable crops, are used for food production.

What occurs in the semi-arid woodlands of New South Wales, for example, may not be obtained in the Mitchell grasslands of Queensland.

«Ireland's rich soils and lush grasslands provide favorable conditions for its traditional, low - intensity pasture - based dairy production system.

Meanwhile, new reports in the United States showed that two million acres of native grasslands have been converted to corn and soy monocultures in the past five years alone, driven in part by government subsidies and targets for the ethanol industry.

The rates of payment vary according to the crop produced: 700 Litas / ha (US$ 175) for fruit and berry crops, 350 Litas / ha (US$ 88) for vegetable crops and 150 Litas / ha (US$ 38) for cereals and grassland.

The plant community structure in organic grassland is more even and more typical for a specific site than in conventional agriculture32.

Known for its mild, coastal climate, pristine coastal grassland, and fresh marine air — with virtually no pollution from traffic or factories — the area is a quiet escape from city life.

Work with private landowners, universities, and state and federal agencies to promote effective conservation practices for grassland sites, coastal barrier beaches, and other high - priority habitats.

Results led directly to control activities focusing on protection of habitat for grassland nesting birds.

With the restoration nearly complete, Mass Audubon has the opportunity to establish a wildlife sanctuary on 479 acres of wetlands, woods, and grasslands and to partner with the Town of Plymouth to protect an additional 139 acres, for a total of 618 acres conserved.

This includes consideration of the value of open lands for grassland and shrubland - dependent wildlife, many of which are in decline in the state and are of high conservation concern.

«We've identified Canoe Meadows as one of Mass Audubon's best opportunities for providing high quality grassland habitat for birds and other wildlife,» said Berkshires Sanctuaries Director Becky Cushing.

PITTSFIELD, MA — Mass Audubon's Berkshires Sanctuaries will be working this fall to improve habitat for bobolink and other grassland birds in a field at its Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Pittsfield.

Grasslands and shrublands provide critical habitat for a wide range of plant and animal species, yet they are among the most rapidly declining types of habitat in Massachusetts.

«Arcadia's natural diversity combined with our active management of important grasslands and shrublands provide habitat for a wide range of bird species,» said Keane.

Mass Audubon's Bird Conservation team has developed an informative document that outlines best management practices for nesting grassland birds for fields owned by municipalities, land trusts, private landowners, and conservation groups.

Grasslands mixed with south coastal shrublands and forests dominate Ghana, with forest extending northward from the south - west coast of Ghana on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean 320 kilometres (200 miles) and eastward for a maximum of about 270 kilometres (170 miles) with the Kingdom of Ashanti or the southern part of Ghana being a primary location for mining of industrial minerals and timber.

At 9 a.m., Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Regent Judith Johnson will tour Career and Technical Education programs at the Center for Career Services, followed by a tour of Pocantico Hills Central School, 65 Grasslands Road, Valhalla.

The de Blasio administration has selected three private developers for the buildings, which will be erected in parking lots and grasslands of existing housing projects.

If we can conserve that forest or wetlands or grasslands that are being lost and emitting CO2 into the atmosphere, we are also conserving habitat for the wildlife of the Earth; so Congo basin, Amazon rainforest, the wetlands of Southeast Asia, the peat forests of Southeast Asia and on and on — and also the Alaskan frontier.

And once a national carbon market is established, farmers could sell credits for storing carbon in grassland soil.

Subsidies for crops are generally higher than subsidies for grassland conservation, making the choice simple for most growers.

Half the world's tropical rainforests are gone, and large areas of grasslands once open to wildlife are now fenced in for livestock

But moves towards more traditional farming methods, particularly in the Inner Hebrides, have encouraged the growth of rough grassland, which is rich in insects, providing a feast for the choughs.

This shows that the expansion of grasslands isn't solely due to drought, but more complex climate factors are at work, both for modern Africans now and ancient Africans in the Pleistocene.

Andean bears are frequently blamed for cattle losses in the remote grasslands of the Andes, and although they are known to very occasionally prey upon cattle, there is no doubt that they receive the blame for more losses than is the case.

Ecologist John Orrock, who studies how animals balance the need to protect themselves from predation with other needs, such as eating and mating, hatched the idea for this research when he was studying snails in a California grassland.

A mammoth, for example, would already have a home — Pleistocene Park in Siberia, tundra turned to fertile grassland by Sergey Zimov of the Russian Academy of Science.

For decades anthropologists have argued the «savanna hypothesis»: that bipedalism evolved on the savannas of Africa as spreading grasslands forced our ancestors to walk increasing distances across open territory.

The prairies of the Upper Missouri River Basin are home to iconic species such as the prairie dog and provide critical habitat for many grassland birds, but they are losing ground to food production and, increasingly, to bioenergy crops.

Wind developers that cooperate with the guidelines will avoid dividing important habitats like forests and grasslands, thus maintaining their suitability for wildlife.

According to Fredrickson, cattlemen do not want to be blamed for turning grasslands into dust - choked desert.