Sentences with phrase «local conservation communities»

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When I traveled with my partner, Chris, across various regions of Costa Rica in late August, I was impressed by how many of our guides and the wildlife experts we consulted with were born and raised in the region and had found work focused on conservation and wildlife preservation in their local communities.

GuateCarbon, a partnership between the government, local forest communities, the Rainforest Alliance, and the Wildlife Conservation Society, exemplifies our innovative, market - based strategy for fighting deforestation.

We are committed to being a sustainable business by working with the best local and global tea, coffee and food artisans and by contributing back to our communities to promote a healthy lifestyle and the conservation of natural resources.

Professional and personable, Mass Audubon naturalists and ornithologists partner with a local guide on all our international tours, creating a wonderful opportunity to support the local conservation organizations and communities.

I was excited to see our zoo educating our local community on conservation and restoration efforts.

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.

Comparing the values of conservation with the advantages of the development for the local community provided a lot of thought provoking discussion which resulted in a fantastic piece of work.

Mayor Matt Alexander pushed and prodded the Department of Environmental Conservation for over a year and won approval and funding for a environmental cleanup that will not only help restore Wappinger Lake, the lifeblood of the community, but provide dozens of jobs to local contractors, construction operators and maintenance personnel.

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Capital Region communities are seeking action from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on two local landfills.

«This unique collaboration of business, labor, conservation, and community leaders demonstrates the broad, diverse, bipartisan support for launching a new local industry that can create thousands of jobs while creating reliable, affordable, pollution - free electricity for New Yorkers.»

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A party for those whose priorities include the Welfare State, workers» rights, trade unionism, the co-operative movement, consumer protection, strong communities, conservation rather than environmentalism, fair taxation, full employment, public ownership, proper local government, a powerful Parliament, the monarchy, the organic Constitution, national sovereignty, civil liberties, the Union, the Commonwealth, the countryside, grammar schools, traditional moral and social values, economic patriotism, balanced migration, a realist foreign policy, and a base of real property for every household to resist both over-mighty commercial interests and an over-mighty State.

Several individual items of legislation did receive A grades from the League of Conservation Voters, including the Community Risk and Resiliency Act — one of its priorities — invasive species mitigation, and incentives for local wine and beer production.

Rob has also been a member of the North Castle Land Trust, a community of members who work with local officials and key organizations to bring about thoughtful land conservation.

A new Division of Planning Advisory Board, which will involve community stakeholders who will be expected to offer advice and input regarding county development, conservation and ongoing local planning efforts.

Intensive community - based conservation awareness work has reduced the local hunting pressure in Myanmar, while the implementation of a trans - boundary agreement between China and Myanmar, signed in 2015, has significantly reduced illegal trans - boundary wildlife trade and illegal logging.

In fact there are likely to be severe setbacks in the total numbers or area of protected areas in many tropical countries, therefore decentralising conservation policies to communities and local stakeholders can be powerful and effective.

«Policy makers must focus greater attention on zoning resource use over entire river basins and include local communities in landscape - scale conservation planning, to ensure their continued success.»

Meanwhile, researchers and community advocates in other parts of Brazil began to realize that conflicts over land and conservation impacted a variety of other local people who led simple lives but were not, strictly speaking, indigenous.

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 cConservation 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 conservationconservation.

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

However, regardless of the conservation strategy, these objectives required the participation of both private landowners and local communities.

Establishment of conservation - security partnerships for protected areas and natural resource management (including NGOs, UN, other international entities) directly improving security for both local communities and wildlife

Yet crucially, parks agencies and local communities have become dependent on tourism funding, and much of it pays for work that keeps poachers at bay — the key conservation concern for Bengal tigers.

Fredriksson says a key task for conservation groups is working with local communities to reduce illegal tree - cutting and hunting.

Actions identified to support snow leopard conservation in Uzbekistan are resolution of herder conflict, public awareness and education programs, introduction of ecotourism income for local communities and increase protection against illegal hunting.

After a series of mining exploration licenses had been issued for the region, local communities teamed up with our Mongolia partner, the Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, to save this fragile ecosystem.

Communicate to citizens and particular stakeholders, including local communities, youth, governments, civil society, and the private sector, about the value of snow leopards and their ecosystem, and sustain the effort by celebrating 23 October 23 each year as the International Snow Leopard Day with presentation of an annual International Snow Leopard Conservation Award, and 2015 as the International Year of the Snow Leopard.

«Globally important wilderness areas — despite being strongholds for endangered biodiversity, for buffering and regulating local climates, and for supporting many of the world's most politically and economically marginalized communities — are completely ignored in environmental policy,» James Watson, director of science and research initiatives at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York and the study's lead author, said in a statement, adding that we probably have only one to two decades to turn this around.

Reducing the rate of decline will require a commitment to place - based adaptive management strategies which actively engage local communities across a range of representations in conservation planning.

In this presentation, I will explore concepts, methods and applications directed towards effectively engaging local communities in conservation planning in an era of rapid environmental change.

Saw O Moo will be remembered for his life - long passion and commitment to preserving Indigenous Karen cultural traditions, promoting customary land stewardship, and leading local community forest conservation activities as the Luthaw Paw Day Community Forest Coocommunity forest conservation activities as the Luthaw Paw Day Community Forest CooCommunity Forest Coordinator.

As a member of the local SLE conservation fund, she remains very involved in community matters — a source of pride for this active pensioner!

On local level we involve local herders and communities in conservation too.»

He directs the program by catalyzing public - private - partnerships between governments and both the conservation and local communities.

Green Discovery offers unique tours that range from sleeping in a tree to caving to kayaking and coffee tasting, while The Hiker offers treks around the area, and focuses on supporting conservation and preservation efforts of local communities.

The aim of this paper is to show the importance of protected areas to improve the socio - economic development of local communities and environmental conservation through tourism, especially if it is done through community - based tourism and considering the concept of sustainable development.

Most importantly, we are bringing together community members, parents, school principals and vice principals, teachers, local authorities, officials responsible for emergency situations, media and national authorities to discuss the importance of taking joint and coordinated action on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and biodiversity conservation, in a comprehensive manner and towards long - term solutions.

The objective of this research is to analyze the different forms of tourism can contribute to poverty alleviation in developing countries, through socio - economic development of local communities and the conservation of natural resources.

On Saturday, December 15th the Green Belt Movement (GBM) trained 17 teams of university fellows and mentors totaling 45 participants from nine African countries in best practices for participatory conservation work with a local community and the application of mapping and GPS methods to plan, monitor and report progress of reforestation sites.

Today, the National Aquarium builds on a 36 - year history of local, regional and global conservation initiatives that provide real solutions for protecting marine life, ecosystems and aquatic communities.

Nadine has always taken an active role in her community, including environmental conservation, grant application reviews for a local foundation and contributing to tax publications.

Lecture topics focus on local wildlife species and promote wildlife conservation by teaching the community about the beauty and value of our wildlife here in San Diego.

The mission of Project Wildlife is to improve the quality of life for local wildlife and the community as the primary resource for animal rehabilitation and conservation education.

On an incredible journey of discovery through the countries of Latin America you will also have the chance to contribute to both the local community and environmental conservation, spending time helping at a wonderful school in Honduras as well as working on the Frontier Big Cats, Turtles and Primate Conservatconservation, spending time helping at a wonderful school in Honduras as well as working on the Frontier Big Cats, Turtles and Primate ConservationConservation project.

Due to our conservation efforts and our commitment to share the history, our horses, and the local habitat with the public, especially those from under resourced communities, we have earned a ten - year lease from the National Park Service.

On an incredible journey through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica you will also have the chance to contribute to both the local community and environmental conservation.