Sentences with phrase «grasslands provide»

Manning says the report also ignores other services grasslands provide, such as absorbing flood water and filtering runoff.

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

The local marsh grassland provides the perfect habitat for thousands of sea birds, fish, lizards, frogs and even alligators.

Repairing grasslands provides tremendous economic and biological benefits and controllingour carbon footprint can never heal these habitats.

Not exact matches

Milk suppliers in Kerry and Limerick facilitated on farm visits which provided the students with an excellent overview of grassland management techniques and training on grass measurement.

«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.

Supplementing the cows with feed such as corn dried distillers grains with solubles will provide the animals with the extra nutrients they require, according to research at NDSU's Central Grasslands Research Extension Center, near Streeter.

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.

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.

Severe droughts are on the rise in many regions worldwide and are increasingly affecting a wide range of ecosystems — including marshes, mangroves, temperate and tropical forests, grasslands and coral reefs — that provide essential services to humans and the environment alike, Silliman said.

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.

A new University of Illinois study provides video evidence of parental infanticide in dickcissels, small grassland birds of the Midwestern US.

«While retreating rainforests and spreading grasslands did provide a backdrop for ecosystem change 5 - 10 million years ago.

A peat bog in Romania provides a new insight into our knowledge of when the Sahara began to transform from grassland into the desert we know today, and the impact this had on dust deposition within Eastern Europe.

«Based on our results it looks increasingly like sites which were predominantly heathland but are now a combination of heathland, grassland and woodland probably provide a better landscape for pollinators than a landscape with just one habitat type,» she explains.

When grasslands feature a wide array of plant species, they provide a variety of benefits for humans and animals, including enhanced carbon storage capacity that can be quantified economically, according to a new scientific paper co-written by a University of Wyoming researcher.

Based on the results, Hautier is now expanding his research to explore whether the decline in diversity affects natural grasslands» ability to provide multiple ecological benefits simultaneously.

Wildfires that break out during fire deficits can be unnaturally large and severe.10 - 12 In addition, the introduction of non-native species, especially invasive grasses, can have significant impacts on grassland wildfires as these plants can provide fuel for fires.13

And the man behind the Urban Herbivore Trifecta is also providing veggie options at his higher end full - service restaurant on Queen West called Grasslands (formerly Fressen).

Acana Grasslands Regional Grain - free formula made in Kentucky, provides 75 % crude proteins and fats to the total formula.

Acana Grasslands Regional formula provides 70 % of meat proteins and fats, such as lamb, duck, fish and eggs and 30 % fruits and vegetables, helping the cat's digestive system.

The Umhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve, with surviving Stone Age sea shell midden at its lagoon mouth, provides a number of stunning trails and coastal forest boardwalks and the unique Hawaan forest and its neighbouring coastal wetlands, grasslands and dune forest is a beautiful place to visit and the backdrop to a groundbreaking environmental judgement that has limited rights to build houses here.

The whole area is rich with bushveld, mountains, grasslands, dams, and rivers, providing endless opportunities for «second to none» game viewing in Kruger (guided or self - drive), tiger fishing in the Nkomazi river, and even elephant or horse back and micro-light safaris!

Increasing forests and grassland not only cools the local climate but provides habitat.thus I have concluded that the aims of CO2 advocates are often diametrically opposed to good environmental stewardship.

Forests, grasslands, lakes, oceans, deserts, and other natural ecosystems provide a range of natural services that people have often taken for granted, even though they are vital to human welfare.

However, «once commercially available, cellulosic ethanol produced in set - aside grasslands should provide the most efficient tool for greenhouse gas reduction of any scenario we examined,» the report added.

Indonesia's alang - alang grasslands, for example, provide a low - opportunity - cost way of meeting rapidly growing demand for palm oil for food.

But abandoned farmlands typically regenerate into forests, woodlands, or grasslands if left alone, which provide climate benefits that are already assumed and counted in climate change assessments.

The spacious grasslands of the African savanna provide nourishment to over 500 species of animals such as lions, gazelles, zebras, and the world's largest land mammal, the African elephant.

«Research has shown the economic benefit of wildlife provided from grasslands is estimated at $ 63 per acre.

But what makes Plan B significant and timely is that it provides hopeful solutions — a road map that will help eradicate poverty, stabilize population, and protect and restore our planet's fisheries, forests, aquifers, soil, grasslands, and biological diversity.

The grassland and wetlands of North America not only provide vital habitat for a host of wildlife, including migratory birds, but also a rich and resilient forage for livestock, and a significant carbon sink if left uncultivated.

Newly approved by the American Carbon Registry (ACR) and co-authored by project partners DU, TCT, The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund and Terra Global Capital, the Avoided Conversion of Grasslands and Shrublands (ACoGS) carbon offset methodology is the first of its kind and provides real opportunities for achieving a meaningful level of emissions reductions in the agriculture sector.

You need to provide some sort of evidence for saying that, not just evidence they started grassland and shrubland fires.

Grasslands Conservation Carbon Offsets — Similar to forestry, native grasses and other vegetation provide a natural source of greenhouse gas (GHG) absorption and sequestration.

On the whole wind farms will provide more protection to bushland and grassland than cause damage.

Temperate grasslands contain a substantial soil carbon pool, are important for maintaining soil stability and provide fodder for wild and domestic animals.

Average non-Antarctic land area / capita is currently just over 2 hectares of which less than a third is suitable for cultivation (provided we get rid of all forested and grassland in order to cultivate).

All previous breeding attempts in the Zoo had been futile, and the hope was that the climate and rich grasslands of Ol Pejeta, a native habitat for the animals, would provide them with more favourable breeding conditions.