Sentences with phrase «monitoring of habitats»

The new law establishes conservation and monitoring of habitats, and aims to bring about better management and more research.

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This is more than avoiding pesticides and herbicides; it's about energy and water conservation, pest management, wildlife habitat protection and monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions, among other criteria.

Two Landscape Management Boards (LMB) will provide participatory forest landscape governance, helping to monitor and control the surrounding 61,190 hectares (151,139 acres) of forest reserves, which are critically important habitat for the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and other species.

«Scientific monitoring consistently shows that environmental water delivered to the Gwydir is providing food, habitat and breeding opportunities for many of the region's unique native fish, waterbirds, plants and wildlife.

We monitor vernal pools that are obligate habitat for a number of salamanders and frogs and have a program to restore and create vernal pools on our sanctuaries.

All across Illinois, citizen scientists are monitoring butterflies and providing scientists with critical data that paints a picture of where butterflies are thriving and how populations and habitats are changing.

A particular emphasis will be on how BASC's Green Shoots programme can be further developed so that its members will be able to contribute to monitoring and conserving habitats and species as part of the Government's Biodiversity 2020 programme.

Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment research published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE shows that private landowners trust conservation agencies more and have better views of program outcomes when they accompany conservation biologists who are monitoring habitat management on their land.

This has become a widespread weed present in 88 per cent of 24,824 of quadrats — small areas of habitat selected at random as samples for assessing the local distribution of plants and animals — monitored by researchers.

He says his vision of a high - tech cluster of habitats would deliver «a new ocean civilization whose most important purpose will be to continuously monitor and protect the global ocean environment.»

The researchers conclude that improved monitoring and access to water withdrawal and streamflow data are needed to ensure protection of streams as drinking water sources and valuable habitat in the future.

They then returned the jellyfish to their habitat of artificial seawater, and monitored the tissue response.

For the coastal horned lizard to survive in this region, he notes, «we not only have to make sure that enough habitat is put aside, we also have to make sure that the remaining habitat is monitored to prevent the invasions of exotic ants.»

The panel will look at an array of issues, including overfishing, biodiversity and habitat loss, compliance, and monitoring, as well as governance gaps.

The report, compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN), shows that well over half the threats to tree species arise from loss of habitat, due to agriculture or human settlement.

To prevent future problems, Ford and his colleagues recommend ongoing monitoring of hybridization in the region and better protection of coastal marsh habitat.

«The current recovery plan doesn't recognize that there are two distinct taxa on the islands; therefore, monitoring of population size and habitat use that treats all Hawaiian bats as a single unit is likely providing measures that are overestimated and not accurate for either taxon.»

• More effective management and protection of large areas outside of formally protected areas; • Increased law enforcement combined with improved legal frameworks and stiffer sanctions for poachers; • Coordination across all sectors on land use and protection of natural resources with a priority on conserving great ape populations; • Conservation advocacy for wildlife and law enforcement to effect behavior change; • An enhanced understanding of diseases such as Ebola to guide conservation actions; • Monitoring of great ape abundance and distribution, habitat loss, and illegal activities.

One of the most interesting areas the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) is currently working on is mapping, monitoring and surveying orangutan habitats around the island using drones.

Volunteer to help monitor habitat restoration on this 1,200 - acre barrier island situated two miles east of downtown Miami and one mile southwest of Miami Beach

Our study provides valuable insights into the quality of habitat maintenance and improves the selection of appropriate microbial monitoring approaches, allowing for the development of efficient and adequate countermeasures.»

For the last decade, scientists have deployed increasingly capable underwater robots to map and monitor pockets of the ocean to track the health of fisheries, and survey marine habitats and species.

The report identified over 40 key actions needed to boost gibbon numbers and ensure their long - term survival, including enhancing monitoring systems to keep track of remaining individuals, creating canopy bridges between forest fragments to expand their habitat range, and limiting disturbance by people in forested areas.

Researchers at the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER site are monitoring and documenting many of these changes among different coastal habitats, including barrier islands, salt marshes, rivers and estuaries.

(B) establishes programs for monitoring the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on fish, wildlife, and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated ecological processes;

Evaluate and map the current status of key snow leopard populations and habitats to set baselines and indicators against which to assess future change, conduct economic valuation of snow leopard habitats, and intensify scientific research and monitoring to support future policy and action.

World Wildlife Fund is contributing with acoustic monitoring and the retrieval of lost or abandoned «ghost» nets from vaquita habitat.

Nationally recognized goat and cattle graziers will discuss management and marketing of meat goats; grazing and browsing principles; fencing, water and mineral needs; use of guard dogs; contract vegetation management; fee grazing; range monitoring; and creating wildlife habitat at the conference, which will be held in Room 216 of the Consolidated Information Center Building.

What shapes the biodiversity and biogeochemical processes of these tiny organisms provides a scientific basis for habitat mapping, developing conservation strategies, guiding long - term monitoring efforts and predicting the possible responses of these organisms to future environmental changes in Antarctica.

«We have also been monitoring the population of key snow leopard prey such ibex and argali continuously for the last several years», Gustaf explains, «but we have never before tracked such prey animals to gain a detailed understanding of how they use the habitat.

Our science programme involves research, monitoring and management of threatened endemic wildlife and their habitats

You should monitor both the temperature and humidity of your beardies tank to make sure it matches their habitat as closely as possible.

Whilst recording manatee sightings and behaviours, in relation to human disturbance and various environmental factors, you will explore, map and monitor vast seagrass beds for the benefit of the manatees and other species that rely on these habitats.

Students accomplish a variety of restoration projects, from planting natives to monitoring habitat for the endangered Mission blue butterfly at Milagra Ridge and Mori Point.

In Marin, the Conservancy has restored habitat and trails, engaged youth and volunteers, and managed a variety of wildlife and plant monitoring programs.

Channelkeeper monitors the health of marine habitats in the Santa Barbara Channel, including kelp forests, eelgrass meadows and Marine Protected Areas.

The preservation of this essential habitat along with the monitoring of this species is critical for the continued health of the California brown pelican population.

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 CMonitoring 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 Cmonitoring 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.

We also monitor marine debris in the sandy beach and tidal habitats of our coastal MPAs to gauge whether human use of these areas may have negative impacts.

We utilize rigorous scientific monitoring techniques and equipment to track the status and trends in recovery or decline of marine species and habitats, and to identify sources of impacts to these species and habitats.

Your contributions help Channelkeeper monitor local waterways, protect and restore marine habitats, educate citizens and youth about the importance of water quality, and advocate for clean water and healthy watersheds in our community.

Channelkeeper is also supporting biological monitoring of nearshore underwater habitats such as kelp forests and rocky reefs in partnership with scientists from UCSB to track how fish populations and marine communities associated with these habitats respond over time to the protection provided by MPAs.

Post-release monitoring of three stranded Guadalupe fur seals: movement, dive behavior, and habitat use.

A network of hydrophones, positioned around the orcas» «core habitat» helps us monitor their movements all year round.

Gili Shark Foundation monitors the shark population around the waters of the Gili Islands in Lombok, Indonesia and is dedicated to the protection and conservation of the sharks themselves as well as their habitat.

Five national wildlife refuges host of programs by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect and restore monarch butterfly habitat, monitor their transcontinental migration, and teach thousands of children about their unique migration patterns.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish the National Climate Change Wildlife Science Center within USGS to: (1) assess current physical and biological knowledge and prioritize scientific gaps in such knowledge to forecast the ecological impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing such data.

(B) establishes programs for monitoring the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on fish, wildlife, and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated ecological processes;

The Forests and Fish Law set in motion an adaptive management program to monitor and take steps to reduce the impact of forestry on fish, water and wildlife habitat, while maintaining a viable forest products industry.

With whales, WCS employs a range of techniques, including acoustic monitoring, satellite tracking, and conservation genetics to better understand populations, to define their most biologically important habitats.