Sentences with phrase «improve ecosystem function»

Maintain & improve ecosystem function — The current paradigm of forest management has moved away from a debate about managing forests to address one societal need, such as downstream water supply, to recognition that management strategies need to address multiple challenges [29], [57].

He summarizes by saying «In calculating the potential of rangelands to sequester carbon to offset global climate change and improve ecosystem function we can not ignore the superior outcomes achieved by conservation award winning ranchers, those who have restored ecosystem function and productivity on degraded rangeland using adaptively managed multi-paddock, time - controlled grazing, or published research that does not refute the results achieved on these ranches.»

In calculating the potential of rangelands to sequester carbon to offset global climate change and improve ecosystem function we can not ignore the superior outcomes achieved by conservation award winning ranchers, those who have restored ecosystem function and productivity on degraded rangeland using adaptively managed multi-paddock, time - controlled grazing, or published research that does not refute the results achieved on these ranches.

Restoring the natural hydrology to improve ecosystem function is one focus of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.

The impaired functioning and heightened vulnerability of southwestern forests to large - scale disturbances increases the urgency to improve ecosystem functioning, and to measure the effectiveness and trade - offs associated with these management activities using robust adaptive management and monitoring protocols.

Not exact matches

Improved population estimates could help resource managers to weigh up the economic benefits that forests provide in terms of water purification, soil conservation and other functions against those of harvesting or clearing trees for farmland, says ecosystems - services ecologist Becky Chaplin - Kramer of Stanford University in California.

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The 4FRI project provided the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of forest thinning to improve forest resilience and ecosystem functioning at larger scales.

If that's just a bunch of international relations - speak to you, this is why this is important: The idea behind ecosystem services payments is that in exchange for preserving intact (or at least not entirely degraded) ecosystems, which perform valuable social functions such as improving air quality, flood protection, traditional medicines, sequestering carbon emissions, et cetera, nations should be compensated.