Sentences with phrase «in ecological conservation»

Approximately 25 % of the country's land has been set aside in protected areas, earning Costa Rica a reputation as an environmentally sensitive country and leader in ecological conservation.

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In the area of the environment, the Party is committed to improving air quality, ensuring clean drinking water, and greater conservation of sensitive ecological areas.

In «Four Forms of Ecological Consciousness Reconsidered,» he first distinguishes «resource conservation,» «wilderness preservation,» and «moral extensionism.»

Mass Audubon's Ecological Extension Service (EES) is a program through which Mass Audubon shares with conservation partners (land trusts, cities and towns, state and federal agencies) the considerable expertise we've developed in managing 35,000 acres.

* Beginning in 2015 the Bird Conservation Team included the following: Gerald A Bertrand Chair, Ecological Management, Bird Conservation, Salt Marsh Science and Important Bird Areas.

«Whether a natural resource professional, land trust volunteer, or local conservation advocate, users will find MAPPR to be an efficient and effective tool for gaining valuable insights into targeted land conservation in the 21st century,» said Jeff Collins, Mass Audubon Director of Ecological Management and project lead.

I participated in an integrated study of the Lama Forest that considered ecological and socio - economic aspects and contributed to the conservation of the forest and the rehabilitation of degraded areas.

As of May of this year, I have been working as a research scientist at the Botanische Staatssammlung München, and I remain co-director of the Taï Monkey Project, coordinating ecological and conservation - oriented research in the Taï National Park.

She has previously covered agriculture, fisheries and biofuels, with a focus in scientific research and ecological conservation.

Seamlessly intertwining lyrical travelogue with ecological science, journalist Emma Marris explores conservation efforts worldwide, venturing from fragile island ecosystems in Hawaii to a seemingly primeval forest in Poland and Belarus.

Whether the newcomer will fill the dorado's ecological role or prey on different fish and thus skew species assemblages is unclear, says Carlos Cañas, a river ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society here, who plans to monitor the migration of large catfish in the watershed.

Proposing conservation and ecological restoration on a scale previously unimagined, rewilding has become a principal method for designing, connecting, and restoring protected areas — the ultimate weapon in the fight against fragmentation.

Ecological restoration has worked wonders in Nepal's Terai Arc, where monsoonal lands are recovering from intensive human use as people are persuaded to manage forests for conservation and supplement their income with ecotourism and sustainable native crops.

«Adopting an R - SEA planning process is a way of building consensus around where, when, and in what form development is appropriate as opposed to our current processes that ask communities — social and ecological — to bear the long - term impacts of new development,» said Cheryl Chetkiewicz, Associate Conservation Scientist with WCS Canada.

«It's a large feast table of eggs that would never have hatched,» says Glenn Gauvry, director of Ecological Research & Development Group Inc., a wildlife conservation organization based in Milton, Delaware.

This course emphasizes applied ecological research conducted in partnership with local conservation agencies.

The findings appear in the current issues of the journals Conservation Biology and Ecological Applications.

The results also indicate that resource managers will have sufficient time to complete extensive biological surveys of ecological communities in mountain streams so that conservation planning strategies can adequately address all species.

A new in - depth analysis of global bycatch data provides fisheries and the conservation community with the best information yet to help mitigate the ecological damage of bycatch and helps identify where mitigation measures are most needed.

It demonstrates that a combination of techniques can do much to illuminate causes of population declines, improve decision making for conservation management and possibly prevent similar developments in populations of other species of similar ecological standing.

The study, «Beneath the Canopy: Tropical forests enrolled in conservation payments reveal evidence of less degradation,» recently was published in the current issue of Ecological Economics.

According to Dr. Biju Kumar, one of the study's authors, the discovery of this crab is very important in the context of conservation of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotpot as they can serve as ecological indicators, reflecting the health of the ecosystem.

This image by Hara Woltz, a conservation biologist from Columbia University (US), was taken while researching ecological interactions between species and landscapes in the archipelago, and depicts a Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) on Santa Cruz Island utilizing a human road.

«Conservation on this scale,» said Pew's Kallick, «helps assure that growth can not overdraft ecological balances, that an ample reserve of natural resource capital will remain in the bank for future generations to use.»

International efforts are currently underway in Antarctica to build long - term monitoring systems for land and coastal organisms from an ecological conservation standpoint.

Although the study is interesting, says Eric Dinerstein, a biologist with the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C., he argues that information about the ecological roles of subspecies may be an even more important criterion than genetic makeup in designing conservation strategies.

Organisation and dynamics of biocoenosis; biodiversity patterns at various scales; hydrobiology of running and standing waters and wetlands; ecological effects of climate and land use changes; conservation biology and restoration ecology; new plant resources; natural vegetation in Hungary; maintenance of the Botanical Garden.

The den visit was part of the ongoing long - term ecological study on snow leopards in Mongolia's South Gobi province that's been conducted by the Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, Snow Leopard Trust, and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences since 2008.

We are unique in our efforts to bring the role of private lands to the forefront of ecological conservation.

(2015) Conservation in a social - ecological system experiencing climate - induced tree mortality.

De-extinction of the Heath Hen will not only galvanize public interest in the conservation of the sandplain grasslands, but the revived Heath Hen would also fill a needed ecological role in this unique ecosystem.

One of the main challenges to the scientific community involved in biology conservation is to demonstrate that the loss and damage of habitats, ecological interactions and species generates a prejudice (present and future) that far exceeds the profits from the exploitation of natural resources and agricultural production.

CREECS engages family and community in the commitment to nurture the whole child in preparation for a global society by emphasizing ecological conservation and sustainability.

``... the ecological and conservation significance of these kill tallies is difficult to contextualise, because (1) there are no reliable estimates of the total population of birds in Australia; (2) predation may fall disproportionately on some bird species; (3) some bird species may be able to sustain high mortality rates and maintain viable populations but others may not; and (4) as demonstrated here, there is substantial spatial variation in the numbers and proportion of birds killed across Australia.»

Additional Notes: The National Park charges a visitor fee of USD100, payable on arrival, which funds park maintenance and supervision in the Galápagos, as well as ecological study, conservation, and infrastructure development in Ecuador's other National Parks.

Their primary goal is to continue to maintain the «Blue Flag» ecological Recognition Award received in the past years by endorsing and conducting ecological practices for the conservation of nature.

Costa Rica has made it to # 1 on the Happy Planet Index for two years in a row (2012 & 2011), based on its national conservation policies, small ecological footprint, high quality of life and life expectancy rate all being «exceedingly above par», states Forbes Magazine.

All Splash Dive Instructors are also registered with the Belizean Tour Operators association, and Splash is a leading member in the local community for ecological conservation and founder of several community projects.

Although the waters and islands are in two countries, many of the ecoregion, habitat, conservation, and ecological issues are shared.

Since the motto behind geocaching is «cache in, trash out», encouraging participants to clean up any trash along the way, this activity also fosters ecological and conservation awareness.

Our main goal is to continue to maintain the «Blue Flag» ecological Recognition Award received in the past years by promoting and conducting ecological practices for the conservation of nature.

The new flamingo officer will work alongside Baha Mar's Chief Scientist, Vanessa Haley - Benjamin, who runs the Baha Mar Ecological, Aquatic Conservation Habitat Sanctuary (BEACH Sanctuary) at the resort, which is dedicated to preserving and protecting wildlife in the Bahamas.

We will continue to provide complimentary trips to conservation organizations and continue to support local NGO's that support sustainable ecological practices in Belize.

Previously informed, and only imagine that in all USA territory there are only 13 hummingbirds species, and in the 15 hectares hotel forest exists 16 species, in addition of other 141 birds species, 111 of butterflies, it was spectacular only to imagine how conservation projects and the excellent ecological treatment has allowed this great biodiversity concentration.

The lodge's earnest, resourceful and devoted efforts at preserving its ecological wonders has been noticed by the World Tourism Organization, which has marked it as a fine example in eco-tourism and conservation practices.

First launched in 2006, the Urban Field Station provides a location for this long - term research partnership promoting applied science on urban ecology, conservation, stewardship, and ecological literacy to support ecosystem management and human well - being.

I have found that no creature is impossible to make appealing, and perhaps that is partly the role of the illustrator in the service of conservation education: to entice the viewer to re-examine old prejudices and thereby better appreciate the ecological and aesthetic value of each and every form of life.

The Wildlife Conservation Society spent nearly $ 50 million over six years to create a small patch of Madagascar in the city, and to draw attention to the plight of an island with an extraordinary ecological bounty that has been relentlessly destroyed by a struggling, poor population trying to expand rice farming and find wood for fuel and construction.

Researchers Flee Stranded Bear - Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society had their field research on ecological impacts of eroding Arctic coasts near Prudhoe Bay interrupted by a polar bear that was stuck ashore because the sea ice in that part of Alaska was far offshore.

John C Mittermeier from Oxford University and co-lead author of the study explains, «There is a debate in conservation as to whether the fact that we as humans like a particular species justifies conserving it, regardless of its importance from an ecological point of view.»