Sentences with phrase «most critical habitat»

Riau was chosen for the study because it is home to vast peatlands estimated to hold Southeast Asia's largest store of carbon, and contains some of the most critical habitat for Sumatran elephants and tigers.

Military ships were also given permission by NMFS to drop bombs and shoot torpedoes in the whales» most critical habitat.

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What is disappointing to me here is that even under the NDP reign, the Alberta government still pretends it is serious about protecting and recovering endangered species but refuses to do just about anything meaningful in relation to the most important step in the process — which is to protect critical habitat.

RENO, Nev. (AP)-- Newmont Mining Corp. officials signed an agreement Tuesday with the U.S. government and the state of Nevada to protect some of the most critical sage grouse habitat in the West in exchange for assurances it will be allowed to develop...

The most significant shortcoming in the Plan may be that it allows for significant continued industrial logging in already excessively disturbed critical habitat for woodland caribou in the boreal forest.

Grasslands and shrublands provide critical habitat for a wide range of plant and animal species, yet they are among the most rapidly declining types of habitat in Massachusetts.

«By quantifying where and to what extent habitats reduce the exposure of vulnerable populations and property, our analyses are, to the best of our knowledge, the first to target where conservation and restoration of coastal habitats are most critical for protecting lives and property on a national scale,» the paper says.

«Interestingly, while some individuals that we tagged left the Red Sea and headed into the Indian Ocean, most remained relatively close to where they were tagged, suggesting that the area represents a critical juvenile habitat for this population,» Thorrold added.

The department's proposal said that «at this time» the lands and waters most critical to the bears» protection, called critical habitat in the law, were «not determinable.»

Not only are the zones inhospitable to most sea creatures, they squeeze critical upper ocean habitat as they enlarge, said Sarah Moffitt, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis» Bodega Marine Laboratory.

The immediate negative effects of palm oil plantations are clear: loss of critical land and water resources for forest - dependent communities; increased conflicts between customary land owners and palm oil companies; and mass deforestation resulting in habitat loss for some of the world's most engendered species.

But, as a non-polluting energy source, wind energy is one of the most environmentally benign ways to generate electricity and is far less harmful to wildlife than energy sources it displaces — including to birds, and their critical habitats.