Sentences with phrase «local conservation experts»

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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.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said last week that he expects the advisory committee of experts, local and state officials and environmental groups reviewing the controversial natural - gas extraction process hydraulic fracturing will meet in «the near future.»

In May, a group of Kenyan forestry experts, including the conservation secretary of the country's Environment Ministry, warned that the mathenge tree could be at risk of extinction if the cogeneration plant's need for local biomass leads to overharvesting of the trees.

Scientists know that tapping into local expertise is key to conservation efforts aimed at protecting biodiversity — but researchers rarely give credit to these local experts.

Price Includes Air travel and taxes, all port and conservation charges, 7 - night cruise, full board, excursions, cruise director and local expert guides.

Rich produced a manual on using vegetative erosion and landslide control, with input from forestry and conservation experts and local Public Works engineers.

Tracy Quinn, a water conservation policy expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the new approach could make state - mandated rationing less likely in the next drought, a process many local water agencies bitterly resisted.

The Task Force is the local expert and primary educational resource on the region's forest conservation, policy, and law.