Sentences with phrase «land use practices»

Business is instrumental in transforming land use practices to stop deforestation.

All of the characteristics noted are a function of land use practices and building - related requirements that affect the energy sustainability of a community.

Poor land use practices can and have caused massive releases of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from carbon stocks.

Evidence that local land use practices influence regional climate and vegetation patterns in adjacent natural areas.

Emerging land use practices rapidly increase soil organic matter.

But another source is from the earth itself - from land use practices such as deforestation.

On average, corn ethanol can reduce emissions about 20 percent, though there is uncertainty due to differing land use practices.

His growth management and land use practice includes filing applications and organizing, preparing and presenting land use cases.

Also, living close to some energy production facilities might be more dangerous than living away from drilling, construction and aggressive land use practices.

Working closely with surrounding communities, this project aims at transforming the wide - spread unsustainable land use practices in the area.

Meanwhile, Pascal Baltussen, Vice President of Commercial at Mars Chocolate said, «We have high expectations that this merger will result in a positive transformation of farmer livelihoods and land use practices on a greater scale, which is urgently needed.»

Moreover, unsustainable land use practices, coupled with the effects of climate change, lead to land degradation, falling agricultural yields, rise in rural poverty, land abandonment, forced migration and conflict.

Visser is a partner in the construction, environmental, real estate and land use practice group in the Los Angeles office.

Our sophisticated real estate land use practice focuses on representing local, regional and national developers throughout Connecticut in all aspects, including related appeals and litigation, of their real estate projects such as regional shopping malls, big box stores, golf courses and village concept projects.

The Cabinet will review state agency spending and policies to determine how best to discourage sprawl and promote smart land use practices.

The wider landscape around the National Park forms an enterprise zone where land use practices that support the forest are encouraged from natural forest restoration to agro-forestry and commercial reforestation.

McLean said a complete picture of the diversity of arsenate - reducing bacteria in a particular environment could lead to improved land use practices and awareness of human activities that may exacerbate the problem.

They initiate biodiversity conservation actions and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land use practices for soil, water and natural forest with the aim to increase land productivity and improve water flow.

But if you want to get serious about Indonesia you need to talk about corruption and about the fact that Jakarta basically doesn't govern much of the country — including huge swaths where deforestation and other perverse land use practices are rampant.

«Sustainable Maya Nut harvesting within the rainforest is a robust, long - term economic alternative to the destructive land use practices which threaten the region, such as vast mono - crop plantations, clear cut logging and cattle grazing,» adds Vohman.

With one of the most diverse land use practices in the country, Sheppard Mullin lawyers bring to coastal development issues legal expertise that spans the entire spectrum of federal, state and local regulation.

By moving rapidly to a zero - carbon energy system — replacing coal, oil and gas with wind, solar, geothermal and other zero - carbon energy sources, drastically reducing emissions of all other climate altering pollutants and by adopting sustainable land use practices, humanity can prevent catastrophic climate change, while cutting the huge disease burden caused by air pollution and climate change.

IISD and the Prairie Climate Centre conducted a high - level quantitative analysis of the sequestration potential of land use practices in Agro-Manitoba that are additional to business as usual.

«Poor land use practices and many years of intense drought contributed to these heat waves by depleting soil moisture and reducing the moderating effects of evaporation.»

Ms. Guerra has joined the Firm as a Shareholder in the Real Estate and Land Use Practice Groups in San Francisco.

The Rainforest Alliance celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2017, marking three decades of transforming land use practices, business practices and consumer behavior to help ensure strong forests and thriving communities.

Jim's land use practice focuses on municipalities in Northern Bergen County.

To achieve sustainability even greater impact and assurance is required, therefore we have high expectations that this merger will result in a positive transformation of farmer livelihoods and land use practices on a greater scale, which is urgently needed.»

The country was already facing incredible challenges — from a dictatorship to unsustainable land use practices to economic mismanagement — but a severe drought, made worse by climate change, was almost certainly a factor in pushing people over the brink.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Devin P. McComb has joined the firm's Seattle office as a partner in the Real Estate & Land Use practice

«Finding solutions to address the wide range of factors that may affect bee health... will be a complex undertaking that may take many years and require advances in science and changes in agricultural and land use practices.»

This study suggests our land use practices that promote high deer numbers might be changing local ecosystems — with implications for declining songbirds and the people who enjoy them.

Our research goes to show that we should be more prudent in labeling a species «invasive» or non-native when the evidence for anthropogenic introduction is poor», says Pfenninger and adds: «Perhaps the rapid increase in Spanish slugs we have seen in the last decades is caused by changes of land use practice.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Devin P. McComb has joined the firm's Seattle office as a partner in the Real Estate & Land Use practice

But there is the beginning of people starting to think about changing crops and animal varieties and land use practice.

Funds from the ACR purchases contribute to seed investments for Nike's innovative Mata no Peito projects, such as reforesting degraded land, establishing sustainable land use practices, or help provide green - alternative incomes in Brazil's rainforests.

Our mission — to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods — is achieved by working with partners and stakeholders of all kinds and around the world, including farmers, foresters, businesses and citizens, to transform land use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.

The rich not only expeditiously shift to safe energy and land use practices, but also provide financing to the poor for the costs of adapting to climate change;

The dust storms themselves resulted from a combination of dry conditions, poor land use practices, and large scale crop failures that exposed easily erodible bare soil to the strong winds of the Great Plains.

Soils grouped into one map unit will have a great deal of variation in reality, and land use practices will alter soil characteristics from their originally mapped condition (USDA NRCS, Soil Survey Division Staff [1993]-RRB-.

Undaunted by these facts, the authors of the Vatican text propose «moving rapidly to a zero - carbon energy system — replacing coal, oil and gas with wind, solar, geothermal and other zero - carbon energy sources, drastically reducing emissions of all other climate altering pollutants and by adopting sustainable land use practices.»