Sentences with phrase «important habitat»

These native plant communities will help prevent further erosion and create important habitat for native wildlife.

The more information we collect, the more we learn about this critically important habitat.

They looked at two of the 20 biodiversity targets: preventing extinction and improving the status of declining species, and protecting important habitat.

Thanks to global warming, waterways that make up important habitat for fish are likely to experience an increased frequency of such extreme conditions.

Studies show there are 25 times more fish in areas close to mangroves, which also provide important habitats for birds and mammals.

«We're acting to curb the degradation of important habitats, to curb the disappearance and migration of important species from this site,» the environment minister, Jan Szyszko, said.

Haroldo de Lima, a botanist from the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Gardens, says that some of the most important habitats for the tree are found along the coast east of Rio.

«It is amazing that this world famous location is also important habitat for Andean bears,» said Dr. Isaac Goldstein, Coordinator of WCS's Andean Bear Program.

Today, Katmai National Park and Preserve remains an active volcanic landscape, but it also protects 9,000 years of human history as well as important habitat for salmon and thousands of brown bears.

The research also shows how important habitat in the Midwest Corn Belt is for the monarch; this is the predominant region where the insects breed, the study found.

Mass Audubon often needs funds quickly when a critical piece of property becomes available, or we have an opportunity to protect important habitat where local fundraising alone is insufficient.

He is aware of the vast scale of the threat to our oceans, but standing in the water playing midwife to a large lemon shark is just one of the moments that give him hope that we can turn around our influence on the most important habitat on Earth.

Over 600,000 people shoot and over 2 million hectares are actively managed for shooting in the UK creating proven conservation benefits and preserving important habitats.

Maui is one of the most important habitats worldwide for the magnificent Humpback Whale.

Companies and their customers can choose palm oil that's been grown in a sustainable way — meaning no more forests and other important habitats are destroyed, and the rights of workers and local communities are respected.

Example: Oakland, Calif. - based BrightSource Energy Inc. last month scrapped plans to build a solar power plant on 5,130 acres in the Mojave Desert in southern California after months of protest from environmental groups concerned that the project would threaten important habitat for bighorn sheep.

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

Eighteen Mile Creek — so named because it is 18 miles east of the Niagara River — offers important habitat for trout, steelhead, salmon and other fish as well as a threatened species, the Blanding's turtle.

Results showed that the distribution of ungulate hunters on private lands is highly correlated with predator compensation claims, indicating depredation occurs on private lands that contain important habitat for wildlife.

This information will be used to map distributions, identify important habitats, locate areas of nesting abundance, and detect roadways with high traffic - related mortality.

The dead trees can provide nesting cavities and their logs create important habitat for wildlife, but some scientists fear they may also intensify fires after they topple into desiccated piles.

The immediate offshore sea grass beds are extremely important habitats for the young lobster and young conch.

The Canal de Chiquimulilla supports important habitats for a variety of plant and animal species.

While they provide electric power and a certain level of water security, they can also be the cause of massive levels of environmental degradation, including flooding important habitat and disrupting the riparian life such as fish spawning.

McDonald and co-authors warn that without careful management the sprawl may wreck important habitats and eat into biodiversity.

With whales, WCS employs a range of techniques, including acoustic monitoring, satellite tracking, and conservation genetics to better understand populations, to define their most biologically important habitats.

The 1,377 square - mile (2216.066 sq km) park contains the last remaining tracts of protected lowland forest in Sumatra important habitat for large mammals, including Sumatran tigers, rhinoceros and Asian elephants.

Hawaiian monk seals also find Midway important habitat for resting and raising pups.

The lakes and creek lines of the Hattah Lakes icon site provide important habitat for more than 47 waterbird species listed under international and national agreements, including the Ramsar and Bonn conventions, the Japan — Australia, China — Australia, and Republic of Korea — Australia migratory bird agreements.

The group then evaluated the estuaries, which are a critically important habitat for marine life.

Today, Katmai National Park and Preserve remains an active volcanic landscape, but it also protects 9,000 years of human history as well as important habitat for salmon and the thousands of brown bears that feed on them.

With the support of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Mongabay will launch a special reporting project that looks at opportunities for protecting some of the world's most important habitats on land and in the oceans.

Using empirical data from this monitoring and from ongoing field studies the convention would support, scientists could more thoroughly assess surveys» cumulative long - term impacts on marine life and identify areas where seismic activities should be prohibited or temporarily limited to protect important habitats or vulnerable populations.

Installing a bridge would reduce sediment disturbance, preserve important habitats, and protect endangered and threatened species, like the coho salmon, in addition to providing hikers a safe and dry passage across the creek.

Maui is undoubtably one of the most important habitats worldwide for the magnificent Humpback Whale.

Hawaii is one of the world's most important habitats for the magnificent Humpback Whale.

Kelp forests surrounding the islands provide important habitat for fish and other sea life.

Two Landscape Management Boards (LMB) will provide participatory forest landscape governance, helping to monitor and control the surrounding 61,190 hectares (151,139 acres) of forest reserves, which are critically important habitat for the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and other species.

The Delta represents an important habitat for resident bird species and an excellent resting, moulting and feeding area for many migratory bird species.

During the flooding period, the network of irrigation canals and the organic paddy fields close to lagoons become a crucial link between marine and river environments, and provide an important habitat for many species of fish and amphibians, such as damnbusia (Gambusia holbrooki), carp (Cyprinus carpio), fartet (Lebias ibera - an endemic fish of the western Mediterranean Sea), coruna frog (Rana perezi), and others.

Shade coffee in El Salvador, however, is not only important for birds; it also provides important habitats for a variety of other wildlife, often with a high degree of endemism, including salamanders, beetles, bats and orchids.

Common reed is a non-native invasive grass that displaces native plant species that provide important habitat for wildlife.

Mr. Van Scoyoc criticized the Republican candidates for supervisor and town board, who he said «started very early opposing the wind farm» and are «trying to drive a wedge» between residents over the project's potential to impact the commercial fishing industry, members of which fear that the wind farm's construction and operation will destroy critically important habitat.

But Orlando's fate changed again in 1972, when Congress passed the Clean Water Act, recognizing that wetlands filter the water that flows through them and provide important habitats for fish and birds.

LUSH LAWNS Once dwindling seagrasses and other underwater plants in the Chesapeake Bay have rebounded in recent years, providing important habitat for animals such as this blue crab.

The study took place in Wiltshire on chalk grassland, which is an important habitat for UK pollinator species.

Rising temperatures have reduced the area's sea ice cover, which serves as an important habitat not just for Adelie penguins but also for krill.

Tolson of the Toledo Zoo estimates that 5 to 8 percent of the Cuban iguana population lives on the base, and notes that base regulations protect the iguana, making it an important habitat for the reptile.

The NTNU researchers are also focusing on understanding bog ecosystems and bog restoration, and are drafting protection plans for this important habitat type.