It will focus on a representative degraded ecosystem surrounded by protected areas and carry out measures to
improve habitats as well as to enhance the conservation status of 47 targeted flora and fauna species.
Not exact matches
Increase forest cover with native species in degraded areas,
improve the climate resiliency of coffee plants
as a result of restoring tree cover, and enhance
habitat value in the coffee - growing landscape.
In addition to
improving flow variability within the river channel, the proposed weir pool manipulation events will provide inundation for fringing wetlands and lakes,
as well
as flows through important flowing
habitat for fish such
as in Potterwalkagee Creek (Mulcra Island) and Lindsay River and Mullaroo Creek, (where regulating structures constructed under The Living Murray program were commissioned this year).
«We will be working together to deliver environmental water to smaller local wetland and floodplain sites to
improve habitat and provide refuges for endangered and threatened native bird and fish species such
as the Regent Parrot and the Murray Hardyhead,» Mr Reilly said.
Birds —
improved wetland
habitat for waterbirds with a total of 52 species of waterbirds observed across 49 survey sites, including threatened and listed species such
as the threatened blue - billed and freckled ducks recorded in wetlands that received Commonwealth environmental water
Stefanie Covino, Coordinator of the Shaping the Future of Your Community program notes, «Our water resources are increasingly stressed, but conserving and restoring the natural landscape with native plants can offer social, environmental, and economic benefits such
as improved air quality, property values, energy savings, and
habitat — both locally and downstream.»
The researchers conclude that
improved monitoring and access to water withdrawal and streamflow data are needed to ensure protection of streams
as drinking water sources and valuable
habitat in the future.
• More effective management and protection of large areas outside of formally protected areas; • Increased law enforcement combined with
improved legal frameworks and stiffer sanctions for poachers; • Coordination across all sectors on land use and protection of natural resources with a priority on conserving great ape populations; • Conservation advocacy for wildlife and law enforcement to effect behavior change; • An enhanced understanding of diseases such
as Ebola to guide conservation actions; • Monitoring of great ape abundance and distribution,
habitat loss, and illegal activities.
The software, which was developed by the team
as part of a knowledge exchange project, identifies the best locations for
habitat creation and restoration to
improve connectivity across landscapes.
This stunning 110 - acre parcel, featuring ocean views from Point Reyes to Pedro Point, has been
improved with new trail alignments, a dramatic stairway to the bluffs, and three ponds dug
as habitat for the snake's preferred prey, the threatened California red - legged frog.
These increases in runoff would likely
improve conditions for water - dependent natural resources, such
as cienegas, riparian areas, and aquatic
habitats, which are vulnerable to low flows that are experienced seasonally, especially in summer months, and also during droughts [5]--[7].
Living walls will face the interior courtyard and will decrease energy loads for cooling, reduce light intensity and
improve interior comfort
as well
as provide
habitat.
Off among farmland in Mehrauli, just outside the city of Delhi proper but still within the city limits, on now - degraded land thousands of trees have been planted in an effort to reestablish forests, providing expanded wildlife
habitat and ecosystem restoration — which
as Indian environment minister Jairam Ramesh (above, talking with students attending the event) is keen to point out at every opportunity means
improved livelihoods for people
as well.
They've also made an effort to
improve the
habitat surrounding the pier, such
as building artificial reefs and installing special nets on the back side of barge moorings to cultivate water - cleaning muscles.