Sentences with phrase «important conservation value»

While the potential for emissions savings and clean energy may not be as obvious or as dramatic as in some of the other Bioregional projects, this scheme has an important conservation value, and it has shown how tapping into local pride and tradition can help reengage people with each other, and with the natural world around them:

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Banrock Station is a Ramsar site (a wetland of international importance) because it is a model or demonstration site for the Ramsar Convention's fundamental principle of «wise use», combining private enterprise with wetland conservation and rehabilitation and with raising awareness of the important values and functions of wetlands.

In 2003, a number of important researchers debated the conservation value of promoting shade - grown coffee in the pages of the journal Conservatconservation value of promoting shade - grown coffee in the pages of the journal ConservationConservation Biology.

And just as important, says ResponsibleTravel.com, which promotes community based tourism in a partnership with Conservation International, the communities become «aware of the commercial and social value placed on their natural and cultural heritage through tourism,» thus fostering a commitment to resource cConservation International, the communities become «aware of the commercial and social value placed on their natural and cultural heritage through tourism,» thus fostering a commitment to resource conservationconservation.

The property makes a critical contribution to the conservation of the natural values within the Great Rift Valley, as an integral part of the most important route of the African - Eurasian flyway system where billions of birds are found to travel from northern breeding grounds to African wintering places.

Selected for its outstanding nature conservation values, Lady Elliot Island is one of the most important sites in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area for seabird nesting and an important habitat for marine turtles, manta rays, dolphins, sharks and coral reefs.

They studied conservation values like wilderness protection and restoration processes as well as a number of variables, including how much human modification the land has experienced, how important the land is as a natural linkage between protected areas, how well the land's ecosystems are represented within existing protected areas, and whether a place is rich in rare and endemic species.

On 23 June, UNESCO decided to put the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) Conservation Area in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on the World Heritage List, acknowledging it as one of the world's most important and significant natural habitats for conservation of biological diversity, containing threatened species of outstanding univConservation Area in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on the World Heritage List, acknowledging it as one of the world's most important and significant natural habitats for conservation of biological diversity, containing threatened species of outstanding univconservation of biological diversity, containing threatened species of outstanding universal value.

To facilitate good decision - making, and to help make the case for the value of sustainability, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) began work in 2015 to quantify the conservation benefits of its work, and the connection between sustainable supply chains and important conservation outcomes.

Global Director of IUCN's Nature based Solutions Group Stewart Maginnis said, «SFI's work on measuring conservation values in working forests will be an important contribution to the delivery of global conservation and nature - based solutions.»

Adding to important announcements from dozens of internationally renowned conservationists, IUCN member SFI launched a new effort to measure conservation values, quantifying the benefits that accrue from well - managed forests.

Jim DiPeso, policy director for the newly christened ConservAmerica, says, «We thought it was important to hammer home the connections between conservation and traditional conservative values.»