Sentences with phrase «habitat protection»

This poses challenges for managing land set aside for habitat protection, which may lose its original conservation value as climates shift.

Visitors will walk the trails and learn about the landscape's transformation and the importance of habitat protection.

It remains to be seen how this judgment will influence developing regional strategies in relation to areas which are the subject of special habitats protection.

But without tackling the demand side of the equation, real habitat protection will be difficult if not impossible.

None of this, of course, should ever replace good, old - fashioned habitat protection and other tried and tested conservation measures.

We are also a member of the California Coastkeeper Alliance, a coalition of all 12 California Waterkeepers working to strengthen water quality and marine habitat protections at the state level.

According to the article, approximately $ 50 million per year is spent for habitat protection in the region, with much funding coming from sales of Duck Stamps.

The proposed federal action plan issued pursuant to section 47 of SARA essentially delegates all necessary action on habitat protection to Alberta — which it should since that protection will fall on provincial Crown land.

• In its commitment to protect the natural resources of the Island, staff and volunteers ensure ongoing restoration and conservation of the island ecosystem, including habitat protection for the more than 20,000 sea birds who nest on the island each season.

Protection under the Endangered Species Act would mean habitat protections, recovery planning, prohibitions on harming corals, and most importantly prohibition of federal actions that could jeopardize the corals.

The authors describe a series of «land - sparing mechanisms» that link yield increases with habitat protection, such as land - use zoning and smart subsidy schemes, along with real - world examples that show how they can work — from India to Latin America.

Given that the Fisheries Act has been gutted in response to lobbying by energy companies (they found habitat protection «onerous» and it has been removed), government supporters say the infrastructure to protect fish and freshwater is no longer necessary.

Sure the proposed federal action plan employs strong language to suggest that in the absence of effective habitat protection by Alberta, the federal government may exercise its SARA powers to apply the federal legislation onto provincial lands.

This is more than avoiding pesticides and herbicides; it's about energy and water conservation, pest management, wildlife habitat protection and monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions, among other criteria.

Forty staff members including three full - time staff, 5 sanctuary staff, 30 seasonal staff, and two trainees, installed protective fencing and signage, monitored nesting activity, provided educational opportunities for beachgoers, and engaged land owners in coastal habitat protection.

The ESA can not ensure habitat protection or require other countries to take affirmative conservation action to protect the giraffe.

Although habitat loss caused by human activity still constitutes the main threat to amphibian populations, habitat protection no longer provides any guarantee of amphibian survival.

While keeping the rule — which limits use of the Endangered Species Act to curb emissions of greenhouse gases — Salazar held open the possibility of adding habitat protections for the polar bear later.

Numbers have ticked up recently with expanded habitat protection and antipoaching efforts in Russia and China, as the BNU group, led by ecosystem expert Ge Jianping, reported in June 2015 in the journal Landscape Ecology.

«Can habitat protection save our disappearing bats?

KEY DOCUMENTS 2016 lawsuit for Endangered Species Act protection 2013 proposed federal and critical habitat protection 2010 warranted - but - precluded finding 2005 federal listing petition

Beyond REDD, there are scores of practices designed to incentivize good land stewardship — from carbon - based payments for no - till farming to watershed payments for reduced runoff to mitigation banking that supports habitat protection and restoration.

U.S. District Court judge rules in favor of more habitat protections for jaguars Just this month, U.S. District Judge John Roll ruled that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision not to designate critical habitat for the jaguar and develop a recovery plan for the endangered animal was based on incorrect criteria.

While the cork is growing it is sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and the financial viability of cork growers helps provide long term habitat protection for countless species.

SPECIAL HABITATS PROTECTION As for the courts, on 1 May 2008, the Administrative Court of the QBD gave judgment in Hart District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2008] All ER (D) 21 (May).

At present, a distinction is often drawn between restrictions imposed by European legislation, for example on habitat protection, and that offered by domestic law; European requirements are often shown greater deference by decision makers, and by the courts when discretion to quash (in judicial and statutory review cases) is considered.

These levers include habitat protection, reducing invading prey, and if needed, short - term and focused predator removal.

In this case, as reported in NLJ's last environmental update (see NLJ, 18 April 2008, p 97), the court had to consider the circumstances in which, under the Conservation (Natural Habi - tats etc) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/2716), an appropriate assessment must be undertaken of the effects of any development proposal upon areas which are the subject of special habitats protection.

There are habitat protections in place, along with some areas completely closed off to fishing and trawling.

In consequence, poverty relief has become bitterly disputed in conservation, with some biologists insisting that it is an ineffective and even counterproductive means of habitat protection.

Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, Goodall is a primatologist and world environmental leader who is renowned for her lifelong field studies of chimpanzees and advocacy for habitat protection for the primates.

The latter includes good agricultural practices such as soil erosion prevention, minimizing water use and pollution, responsible use of chemicals, and habitat protection.

Partnered with the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program and The Nature Conservancy to coordinate the creation of BioMap2, the state's second effort to identify the most important areas in the state for habitat protection.

But from the perspective of sustainable land use and habitat protection, the more that growing numbers of people can be persuaded to herd themselves into relatively small areas of urban land, the better for the environment.

«Other provisions within the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 would push for greater energy efficiency, updates to the energy grid, and a grid storage program; ease the permitting of natural gas pipelines; and permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides money for habitat protection.

Tim Preso, attorney for the environmental law firm Earthjustice, said grizzlies have made a comeback in that region thanks chiefly to habitat protections that curb human activities such as logging.

And there was an initial announcement from the Japanese of around $ 500 million specifically for pollution prevention and habitat protection.

The bald eagle was nearly extinct in the continental U.S. by the late 20th century, but the population has since stabilized, primarily due to habitat protection and a ban on DDT, an insecticide that weakened the birds» eggs so much that the eagles could not produce viable offspring.

In the long term, the most effective method of preservation will be habitat protection, says Cross.

As Ireland's pine marten population continues to recover thanks to habitat protection and antihunting laws, a red squirrel resurgence may be less of a nutty idea.

The world's nations also show strong commitments to habitat protection, and countries are now within striking distance of international targets for terrestrial and marine habitat protection.

Nobody knows how to slow Bsal's spread, although Martel, Pasmans, and many others are discussing measures such as trade restrictions, habitat protection, and even enlisting other organisms to fight the pathogen.

The organization's climate science director, Shaye Wolf, said in a statement: «We're thrilled that the ringed seals are getting the habitat protections they so desperately need as their sea - ice home melts beneath them.»

«Taking care of the planet is need of the hour,» writes Rashmi Kathuria (@rashkath), who shares tips to tackle climate change such as setting up a school club with activities related to habitat protection, celebrating «Earth Week,» promoting «Earth Hour» (the time to turn off that undesirable power), and an «Anti-Cracker Campaign» (to create awareness for the environmental risks of burning crackers).

The HSUS is a mainstream voice for animals, with active programs in companion animals, wildlife and habitat protection, animals in research, and farm animals.

SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund provide grants for projects in four strategic areas; species research, habitat protection, animal rescue and rehabilitation, and conservation education.