Sentences with phrase «local biodiversity as»

Human habitats could do a lot more than provide shelter for humans; future sustainable, low - carbon buildings could also incorporate design elements to boost local biodiversity as well.

They have begun to identify the communities most vulnerable to flooding, the hazards to local biodiversity as forests and grasslands begin to feel the heat, and the cities most at risk from routine coastal flooding as sea levels rise.

Not exact matches

Today, Rolando Soto and his brothers work as skilled carpenters, earning a better income, conserving vital forestland and protecting local biodiversity.

Palsgaard has been a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since 2008, and sees the topic of sustainability as an essential issue for protecting the global environment, upholding biodiversity and providing suitable working conditions for local plantation workers.

Projects would be ranked on a scale of one to five according to their likely effects on biodiversity, ecology, hydrology and erosion as well as on broader issues regarding regional planning, cultural heritage and effect on local inhabitants.

As a sign of the increasing recognition of the role of local people in conservation success in Brazil, when the country's environment ministry was reorganized in 2007, the park agency was christened the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).

Coastal ecosystems store carbon, conserve biodiversity and help protect local economies such as fishing for a nominal cost

Of course, as he acknowledges, an increased local species - count might go hand in hand with lost biodiversity at the global level.

They have just launched a $ 6 million effort to study the impacts of BECCS on such things as local food production, water use, and biodiversity.

Invasive species or successful colonists or weedy generalists — think kudzu and rats — may be spreading into new places, keeping the local species tally up, even as the planet's overall biodiversity is degraded.

Better application of science and technology, empowerment of local communities in decision making, integrating biodiversity conservation into other key sectors, scenario planning that is sensitive to economic and cultural diversity, private sector partnerships in financing biodiversity protection, as well as better cross-border regional collaboration, are some of the many important approaches the report identifies.

The authors also emphasize the relevance of reconciling biodiversity conservation and human rights standards through rights - based instruments, as well as capacity building for indigenous peoples and local communities.

Andi Rusandi, Director of Marine Conservation and Biodiversity at MMAF, shared the importance of this study, «As we strive to develop whale shark ecotourism in Indonesia to benefit our local communities and these majestic animals themselves, it is important to highlight conservation.

The study confirms experience from European heathlands and other REDD + projects in the tropics, that ecosystem services such as timber production and carbon sequestration often compromise other services, such as biodiversity and local livelihoods.

Tree mortality can radically transform ecosystems, affect biodiversity, harm local economies, and pose fire risks, as well as further increase global warming.

The purpose of the project was to help reverse natural resource degradation and conserve biodiversity so as to benefit local people.

The authors hold up the United Nations program REDD + (an extension of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation program) as an example of such a win - win solution: It protects forests while also creating benefits for local communities and biodiversity.

The researchers further recommend that, given that many human influences are driving both climate change and biodiversity loss, conservationists should aim for win - win solutions such as the United Nations program REDD + (an extension of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation programme)-- an initiative that protects forests while also creating benefits for local communities and biodiversity.

«EbA is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall adaptation to help people and communities adapt to the negative effects of climate change at local, regional, and global levels.»

Local fisheries in countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and East Timor (the six countries forming the Coral Triangle, the world epicentre of marine biodiversity) feed hundreds of millions of people and are under growing stress from development, overfishing and climate change.

The project has been developed as a long - term integrated research and educational program to build local capacity for biodiversity conservation.

It is in moderately complex landscapes that it is most effective to deploy local conservation management measures to enhance biodiversity, such as flowering border zones.

Using livestock to combat desertification and restore grasslands is one example, and the ongoing efforts of people in places such as Madagascar and Haida Gwaii to find win - win solutions that restore and enhance marine biodiversity and support local food security is another.

Last year's event was the company's first, with many schools attending local solar farms, seeing the dual usage of agricultural farming as well as generating electricity, discovering the biodiversity measures that many farms use to attract insects and birds through use of wildflower meadows as well as learning how solar is a home - grown solution to the UK's energy crisis.

Real world contexts and problems — such as designing sustainable energy systems, bio-medical engineering, maintaining biodiversity in areas where conflicts arise between local and global needs — demand knowledge, concepts and skills from several disciplines.

Explain to students that they will be going into part of their local ecosystem to look at its biodiversity by observing as many different types of organisms as they can find.

With the destruction of these cultures and the introduction of new values, local biodiversity is no longer valued or protected and as a result, it is quickly degraded and disappears.

As I was growing up, I witnessed forests being cleared and replaced by commercial plantations, which destroyed local biodiversity and the capacity of the forests to conserve water.

We will rise early to begin our walk through the Lluskamyo valley without others on the trail, enjoying the biodiversity — rich textures, colours, birds and wild parrots as we pass by local farms.

Its vision of reforestation and rehabilitation means that each guest is invited to participate in our biodiversity conservation efforts, as well as engage and meet the local community — in addition to learning about and making a far - reaching positive impact on an iconic Critically Endangered species: the mountain gorilla.

The conference will address a number of critical issues such as how sustainable tourism and local communities can better engage with climate change and biodiversity conservation initiatives.

There was another lesson that struck me as I read the recent DO blog about mahogany and Peru: in Sri Lanka, mahogany is an invasive species, and where it is planted or grows local biodiversity is impoverished.

Because the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, with grave consequences for local biodiversity and cultures, and for low - lying communities around the world at risk from climate change.

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal also stated that the government would establish a National Tiger Conservation Authority as well as a Wildlife Crime Control Committee saying, «The solutions will be area specific, but the future of conservation will depend upon how we act now and how we make tiger conservation and overall biodiversity much more valuable to the livelihoods of local communities.»

For example, in species - poor, sub-Antarctic island ecosystems, alien microbes, fungi, plants and animals have been extensively documented as causing substantial loss of local biodiversity and changes to ecosystem function (Frenot et al., 2005).

As those in development or public health are aware, local initiatives have been developing for years, despite the lack of international agreements to address climate change and other impacts on natural resilience and biodiversity.

«Climate change is now recognized as a major threat to global biodiversity, and one that is already causing widespread local extinctions.»

Land cover information is critical for local, state, and federal managers and officials to assist them with issues such as assessing ecosystem status and health, modeling nutrient and pesticide runoff, understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity, land use planning, deriving landscape pattern metrics, and developing land management policies.

Some of his suggestions for local planning initiatives include: Preserve wetlands by passing local wetlands protection laws; maintain biodiversity in the Hudson Valley by protecting sensitive lands through land acquisition; refrain from building in flood plains; require all new building to be «green» and sustainable and, ideally, change local building codes to require LEED certification; switch all public and government buildings to energy suppliers that provide wind and solar options as alternatives; implement smart growth communities by keeping construction in areas that are already developed thus preserving green corridors; and support cap - and - trade laws to decrease CO2 levels.

He proposed a list of new tasks for the water research and management community: develop global water assessment capabilities on a par with the current IPCC assessments for climate; expand monitoring and models; introduce a regular reporting system similar to that of the IPCC; carry out a comprehensive freshwater biodiversity survey to act as a benchmark; provide technical tools such as databases, scenarios and conflict research to reconcile competing water uses; and expand the focus on local basics and watersheds to a global basis.

Once one learns about their storied past, the breathtaking possibilities of their restoration to New York become crisp and clear: a step back in the right direction toward biodiversity, local food production and consumption, as well as perhaps becoming the jewel in the crown of remediation on America's most polluted waterway Newtown Creek.

That's the word from the Ecosystems Climate Alliance, which says several key safeguards, as well as explicit language protecting intact forests, are missing: According to ECA, safeguards for transparent forest government structures, for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, for conservation of biodiversity all have not been finalized — considering that many of the countries which will benefit from REDD have weak governance to start with, ECA describes these as «gaping holes» that need to be closed.

Qat» muk is vital to Ktunaxa as well as local wildlife populations and biodiversity and must be protected.»

programmes to strengthen synergies between indigenous knowledge and science should be developed to empower indigenous peoples in processes of biodiversity governance and assessment of impacts on territories, as part of the intersectoral project of UNESCO on Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems.