Sentences with phrase «land conservation initiative»

Scenic Hudson is leading the way with its bold land conservation initiative and by creating spectacular family friendly parks like Harrier Hill.

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Proceeds from the event benefit a wide array of Mass Audubon initiatives in addition to its wildlife sanctuaries and programs (which engage a half - million visitors annually), including land conservation, endangered species protection, and renewable energy outreach.

The state has identified the Butterworth property as «Critical Natural Landscape» and its Division of Conservation Services is committing $ 85,000 in Conservation Program Grant funding to the land preservation initiative

Trainings will showcase water and land management best practices, successful examples from other communities, and will provide resources, advice, and support for local conservation, restoration, and sustainable development initiatives.

Beside the climate change mitigation goal, the initiative contributes to many other challenges as biodiversity conservation, food security, governance and fight against land degradation.

In 2014, four public land agencies (National Park Service, California State Parks, Marin County Parks, and the Marin Municipal Water District) teamed with the Parks Conservancy to form the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative — an initiative that brings together their resources, talents, and philanthropic efforts to support the stewardship, conservation, and enjoyment of Mt. Tamalpais.

The FHHH initiative is specifically tailored to address this link between forest conservation and health care, which is not addressed by existing federal and state programs that promote forest stewardship private lands.

People can also learn about local conservation initiatives and the Ecological Gifts Program, which allows Canadians with ecologically sensitive land to protect nature.

The San Francisco - based billionaire first gained notice in politics by bankrolling a series of California ballot initiative campaigns that boosted state energy efficiency actions, promoted land conservation, and defended the state's cap - and - trade law against industry rollback.

It is simple in principle to take the initiative on the broad front of population, development, energy technology, land degradation, conservation and restoration of agricultural lands and ecosystems and building resilient communities.

Such compensatory actions can include initiatives largely unrelated to the specific risks posed by specific projects, such as the donation of land to conservation trusts or to land conservancies.

This ballot initiative is a notable test of whether hunters and the outdoorsy set, with their old - style conservation values focused on open lands, can find equal footing with the boomtown machinery in a state that is going through a remarkable phase of development.

It is simple in principle to take the initiative on the broad front of population, development, energy technology, multiple gases and aerosols across sectors, land use change, conservation and restoration of agricultural lands and ecosystems and building resilient communities.

Brazilian rubber tapper and land rights leader Chico Mendes pioneered the world's first tropical forest conservation initiative advanced by forest peoples themselves.

He currently represents and advises First Nations dealing with major mining, forestry and energy developments, and is also involved in several leading First Nation conservation and land use planning initiatives across Canada.

Key Highlights: • Oversaw all permitting initiatives for Oil Conservation Division and Bureau Land Management.

Indigenous people are fully supportive of land and biodiversity conservation and this is evidenced by the constant efforts of Indigenous people to engage in land management and caring for country initiatives.