Sentences with phrase «marine habitat through»

It is therefore important that we prevent the accumulation of plastic and microplastic debris in marine habitats through better waste - handling practices and smarter choices in the materials we use.»

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At the same time, we engage people of all ages to connect to nature through our dynamic programs that focus on marine life and the surrounding coastal habitats.

However, the researchers point out that seagrass should be looked at holistically, not just through a carbon budget lens, because it also offers ecological benefits including habitat to marine organisms.

Regional studies suggest that marine heat waves may provoke «widespread loss of habitat - forming species such as kelps and corals, drive shifts in species distributions, alter the structure of communities and ecosystems, and have economic impacts on aquaculture and seafood industries through declines in important fishery species,» they note.

There are immediate reasons to study the vocal patterns of cetaceans: these marine mammals are threatened by human activities through competition for fishery resources, entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with vessels, exposure to pollutants and oil spills and, ultimately, shrinking habitats due to anthropogenic climate change.

Thus BiK - F is helping to implement international agreements, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the EU Habitats Directive, the EU Water Framework Directive and the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, through the provision of scientific services and expert opinions to various stakeholders in society.

Simultaneously, more than 150 U.S. Marines Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard volunteers served in the parks over the course of Thursday through Saturday on several projects, ranging from garden projects on Alcatraz to trail work and habitat restoration at Fort Funston.

Monitoring and Restoration Through monitoring and restoration programs, the park and its partners are working to conserve critical nesting habitat and to protect the integrity of island and marine ecosystems that support seabird populations in southern California.

Range Pigeon guillemots are distributed in subtidal and intertidal marine habitats and on rocky shores from the Russian Pacific coast, to Alaska and down through California.

Enjoy gentle giants on our WHALE WATCHING, swim and interact with DOLPHINS IN THE WILD, participate on the National Marine TURTLE CAMP Protection Program, admire marine wonders on our SNORKELING AT LOS ARCOS or visiting MARIETAS ISLANDS, immerse on the different habitats for BIRD WATCHING on this tropical birding paradise, or enter through mangrove channels and a Lagoon at SAN BLAS for more biriding and CROCODRILES IN THEMarine TURTLE CAMP Protection Program, admire marine wonders on our SNORKELING AT LOS ARCOS or visiting MARIETAS ISLANDS, immerse on the different habitats for BIRD WATCHING on this tropical birding paradise, or enter through mangrove channels and a Lagoon at SAN BLAS for more biriding and CROCODRILES IN THEmarine wonders on our SNORKELING AT LOS ARCOS or visiting MARIETAS ISLANDS, immerse on the different habitats for BIRD WATCHING on this tropical birding paradise, or enter through mangrove channels and a Lagoon at SAN BLAS for more biriding and CROCODRILES IN THE WILD.

It is home to one of the largest open - air marine habitats in the world, with some 65,000 marine animals in lagoons and displays including The Lost Chambers, a maze of underwater corridors and passageways providing a journey through ancient Atlantis.

Home also to the ecologically rich natural marine habitat of the Great Sandy Straits Marine Park, this region has forged its reputation through its synergy with the sea, and visitors will be spoilt for choice when it comes to fishing, diving, boating and samarine habitat of the Great Sandy Straits Marine Park, this region has forged its reputation through its synergy with the sea, and visitors will be spoilt for choice when it comes to fishing, diving, boating and saMarine Park, this region has forged its reputation through its synergy with the sea, and visitors will be spoilt for choice when it comes to fishing, diving, boating and sailing.

You can encounter turtles, crocodiles, whales and other marine life in their natural habitat, you can walk through the oldest rainforest in the world and you can learn all about indigenous culture from the Aboriginals themselves.

Today — due to the important, irreplaceable values of its Arctic waters for Indigenous, Alaska Native and local communities» subsistence and cultures, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and scientific research; the vulnerability of these ecosystems to an oil spill; and the unique logistical, operational, safety, and scientific challenges and risks of oil extraction and spill response in Arctic waters — the United States is designating the vast majority of U.S. waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing, and Canada will designate all Arctic Canadian waters as indefinitely off limits to future offshore Arctic oil and gas licensing, to be reviewed every five years through a climate and marine science - based life - cycle assessment.