Sentences with phrase «high conservation»

«Generally, it doesn't have high conservation value,» he says.

The ecosystems of the region are traditionally managed resulting in a living landscape, which has high conservation values and strong traditional and cultural values.

RSPO is still dogged by lack of oversight, lack punishment for cheaters, fundamental conflicts (for example, abiding by RSPO rules on sparing of high conservation value forest technically put Indonesian growers in violation of Indonesian law which requires concession holders to develop all land for plantations) and the perception, among critics, that its primary function is to legitimize continued expansion.

This agreement commits all the governors of Sumatra's ten provinces, along with the Indonesia Ministries of Forestry, Environment, Interior and Public Works, to restore critical ecosystems in Sumatra, and protect areas with high conservation value.

For example, bird conservation professionals» values could guide cat colony management in high conservation priority areas, whereas cat colony caretaker values could guide management in low conservation priority areas.

With only 90,000 breeding individuals sparsely distributed across 15 states in the U.S., the Swainson's warbler is a species of high conservation concern that, for decades, has left conservationists with little confidence that its populations would ever be fully secure.

Divergent p - lncRNAs showed high conservation for the TIR (75 %) and a reasonable amount for the exon (54 %), but remember that their «exonic» portion, by definition, is immediately upstream of an mRNA core promoter.

The National Parks we explore are listed as World Heritage due to their uniqueness and high conservation significance.

These include using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible, implementing no burn policies, sparing high conservation value forests from development, taking measures to reduce air pollution, and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

The Rainforest Action Network has announced that Gucci Group — including high fashion houses — Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and Balenciaga — has pledged to reduce the amount of paper it uses, eliminate fiber from high conservation value forests, and purchase only recycled products — or those certified by the Forest Stewardship Council — by December 2010.

One of the outcomes that grabbed the most headlines was the resolution to give high conservation value to secondary, degraded forest, a move that has been welcomed by many environmentalists and campaign groups, including Greenpeace.

Borneo lacks island - wide forest clearance and logging documentation, making forest conservation planning difficult, especially for selectively logged forests that have high conservation potential but are vulnerable to being converted to plantations.

Finally some, like loggerhead turtles and seabirds, are of high conservation interest.

Because pathogenic mutations should be under strong purifying selection, one would expect them to be extremely rare and to occur at positions with high conservation across evolution.

All our conservation programs and activities work toward the following goals: Protected high conservation value marine and coastal areas, low - impact sustainable fisheries, reduced negative impacts and risks of shipping, doubling of the wild tiger populations of Nepal, responsible development solutions that conserve wildlife, community - level habitat - friendly renewable energy, land - use management to support a low - carbon economy, and one in 10 Canadians caring for nature.

The renewal of Boreal and Great Lakes St. Lawrence Forest will help contribute to maintaining High Conservation Values identified by the proponent and thus provide various species with the contiguous forest habitat they require for survival.

Both of these birds are high conservation priorities in the Northeast, and hybrid identification and monitoring can aid in management and conservation initiatives for Saltmarsh and Nelson's sparrows,» said Walsh, who conducted the study as part of her doctoral research under the mentorship of Kovach.

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.

The designation could increase the area of forest conserved within oil palm plantations provided it has high conservation significance, such as serving as habitat for endangered species like orangutans, Sumatran tigers, and rhinos.

I now serve as executive director for an organization that has protected and now stewards nearly 5,000 acres of land with high conservation values, including farmland, ridge lines and river corridors.

A biologist points to census map of high conservation forests within a forest concession in Bolivia.

Bloom supports environmental conservation efforts by not utilizing wood in their products from intact natural forests, high conservation forests, or protected areas.

John Healey, Professor of Forest Sciences at Bangor University, explained: «Over the past 24 years the severity of this invasion was associated with a decline in the diversity of native tree species, including those species that are found only in Jamaica, which are the highest conservation priority.

Fishing profits can vary hugely in line with fluctuating populations, and high conservation and economic risks are often exacerbated by the relative lack of co-operation and communication among industry participants.

Unilever was also a player in palm oil trader Wilmar's recent agreement to adopt a no - deforestation policy, which prohibits its suppliers from establishing plantations on lands with large amounts of carbon — like peat soils — or lands with a high conservation value (ClimateWire, Dec. 8, 2013).

TSSs of housekeeping (essential) genes showed the highest conservation.

«The finding of such an enormous and presumably old sponge inside the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument underscores the need to protect this area using the highest conservation measures available.»

The Birdhouse is set on 50 private acres of high conservation value bushland with a mixture of rainforest and eucalyptus forest.

Long recognised for their rich biodiversity, the Subantarctic islands lying to the south of New Zealand are World Heritage sites, afforded the highest conservation status and protection by both the Australian and New Zealand governments.

The policy specifically addresses four areas: third party suppliers, high conservation value forests (HCVF) and high carbon stock (HCS) forests, peatland management, and social and community engagement.

(04/21/2014) Plantation giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) continued to source fiber produced by destruction of high conservation value forests in Sumatra right up until it committed to a new forest conservation policy, according to an investigation by Eyes of the Forest, a coalition of environmental groups in Riau.

In the more than three thousand hectares of land that encompass the farm, there are three areas of High Conservation Value (HCV).

The National Petroleum Reserve has five Special Areas, including the Colville River Special Area, that were designated for their high conservation and subsistence values.

Brown used his Goldman Prize money to establish the Australian Bush Heritage Fund, to acquire and protect threatened areas of high conservation value.

To commit to no conversion of primary forests and high conservation value areas, as well as to limit the conversion of natural forests for oil palm plantations to the highest extent possible,

This is not to reject the deeper moral and philosophical project that Sandel describes, but rather to assert that society can not wait for its resolution before even considering adopting alternative means for protecting species of high conservation value.

The growing alliance of leading environmental and social NGOs in consultation with private companies, government, and other stakeholders is together creating a framework of consistent guidance on how to address issues including social (e.g. use of FPIC or free, prior and informed consent techniques) and environmental (e.g. management of High Carbon Stock forests — HCS, or High Conservation Values — HCVs).

Both Asia Pulp & Paper, a paper products giant widely condemned by environmentalists for its destructive forest practices, and Wilmar, a Singapore - based agribusiness giant that accounts for 45 percent of global palm oil production, committed to progressive forest policies that exclude conversion of forests with more than 35 tons of above ground biomass, peatlands, and habitats with high conservation value.

Forest wildlands (forests least affected by human activity) have the highest conservation value

This is High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) in every sense.

The collaboration will see Dogwood and IP working together to map the areas of the South that IP operates in, identifying any endangered forests or high conservation areas.