Sentences with phrase «national forest management»

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Michael McSweeney, President and CEO, Cement Association of Canada Andrée - Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner, Cycle Capital Management Lorraine Mitchelmore, co-Chair, Smart Prosperity; former President and Canada Country Chair, Shell Canada David Miller, President and CEO, WWF — Canada; Former Mayor, City of Toronto Joe Nemeth, President and CEO, Catalyst Paper Corporation Ken Neumann, Canadian National Director, United Steelworkers Derek Nighbor, CEO, Forests Products Association of Canada Robert Niven, Founder and CEO, CarbonCure Technologies Merrell - Ann Phare, Founding Executive Director, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources John Risley, Co-Founder, Chairman and President, Clearwater Fine Foods Peter Robinson, CEO, David Suzuki Foundation Ron Seftel, CEO, Bullfrog Power Vicky Sharpe, Founding President, Sustainable Development Technology Canada Jean Simard, President, Aluminum Association of Canada; co-Founder and Director, SWITCH Scott Skinner, Executive Director, Clean Foundation Merran Smith, Executive Director, Clean Energy Canada Rick Smith, Executive Director, Broadbent Institute John Stackhouse, Senior Vice-President, Office of the CEO, Royal Bank of Canada Kali Taylor, Founding Executive Director, Student Energy Ilse Treunicht, CEO, MaRS Discovery District Scott Vaughan, President and CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development Annette Verschuren, CEO, NRStor; co-Chair, Smart Prosperity Galen Weston, President and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd..

Chiltepin Preserve Officially DedicatedAfter a decade of waiting, Native Seeds / SEARCH, a Tucson - based seed conservation organization, announced that the National Forest Service has officially designated a 4 - square - mile area in the Coronado National Forest as a Special Management Area for the wild chile pepper, or chiltepin.

Native Seeds / SEARCH has been granted a special use permit from the National Forest Service to initiate permanent marking and mapping of plants, ecological studies, and a management plan proposal.

Using herbivorous tortoise beetle populations in Florida's Apalachicola National Forest — where management areas experience controlled burns on a three - year burn schedule — a team of FSU researchers found evidence that factors like time since fire and population levels in surrounding areas can predict recolonization patterns in patches disturbed by burns.

One confounding factor, cautions geographer Margaret Skutsch of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Morelia, is that many remaining indigenous territories are in remote, humid tropical forests with low population densities, meaning that lack of development pressure, rather than effective management, may explain why such forests have remained standing.

In 2015, the U.S. Forest Service asked the National Academies to convene a committee to propose a decision framework to support the long - term management of risks related to the Spirit Lake and Toutle River system.

Hiking through the wilderness areas of the Dixie National Forest and Bureau of Land Management land, Hacker identified features showing that the Markagunt landslide was much bigger than previously known.

«The Forest Service is accelerating the restoration and management of our national forests, despite budgetary challenges, using innovative and collaborative strategies to work across large landscapes,» USDA Undersecretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Bonnie said in a statement, adding that the 4FRI project «is one of the best examples of this approach.»

«Information on climate change ranges in geographic and temporal scales, and is often hard to relate to forest management and planning,» said Patricia Butler, the report's lead author and a climate change outreach specialist with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, a collaboration of the Forest Service, Michigan Technological University, the Trust for Public Land, the University of Minnesota, and the National Council for Air and Stream Improvforest management and planning,» said Patricia Butler, the report's lead author and a climate change outreach specialist with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, a collaboration of the Forest Service, Michigan Technological University, the Trust for Public Land, the University of Minnesota, and the National Council for Air and Stream ImprovForest Service, Michigan Technological University, the Trust for Public Land, the University of Minnesota, and the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement.

Genetic resource management and climate change: genetic options for adapting national forests to climate change.

The $ 13.31 million project is expected to promote sustainable management of Lao PDRs forests and enhance both carbon sequestration at the national level and livelihood security for forest - dependent communities at the local level.

The federal government, which is administered by several agencies that include the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the U.S. National Park Service, the Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and in some cases the Utah State Department of State Parks, owns approximately 64 percent of the state of Utah The Bureau of Land Management manages approximately 36 percent of the land, making it the largest single landowner in the state.

CLICK HERE to find out more information about the campgrounds, day use areas, beaches and trailheads that are managed by the Parks Management Company in the Los Padres National Forest.

LEAVE NO TRACE: Adheres to «Leave No Trace» principles set forth by the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service.

The Planning page includes information about the Los Padres National Forest Land Management Plan and other planning activities.

John R. Johnson (curator 1986 - present) has built a good comparative faunal collection, and the department serves as a repository for curation of archaeological material from Channel Islands National Park, Los Padres National Forest, and various cultural resource management projects.

The four agencies in charge of 95 % of that land include the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management in the Interior Department, and the U.S. Forest Service.

At COP21 in Paris, many governments included forest management as a principal way to meet their national commitments to this United Nations climate agreement.

In this centennial year of the National Park System, it's been encouraging to see management of the western components of this remarkable ecological patrimony shifting ever so slowly toward incorporating knowledge of natural cycles of fire in maintaining forest health.

Clearly, forests, agriculture, and land governance must be at the center of Myanmar's forthcoming National Land Use Policy to properly address resource management and land conflicts,» said Michael Jenkins, President and CEO of Forest Trends, a Washington - based non-profit organization that released the report.

The participants in the research workshop were: Joseph Aldy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Dallas Burtraw, Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Denny Ellerman, Part - time Professor, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies; Michael Greenstone, 3M Professor of Environmental Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Lawrence H. Goulder, Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, Stanford University; Robert Hahn, Director of Economics, Smith School, University of Oxford; Paul L. Joskow, President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Erin T. Mansur, Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College; Albert McGartland, Director, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Brian J. McLean, Former Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; W. David Montgomery, Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting; Erich J. Muehlegger, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Karen L. Palmer, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; John Parsons, Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT Sloan School of Management; Forest L. Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Richard L. Schmalensee, Howard W. Johnson Professor of Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management; Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Harvard University; Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Thomas Tietenberg, Mitchell Family Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Colby College; and Jonathan B. Wiener, William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Professor of Law, Duke University Law School.

It defines six key work areas for Programme support: measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) and monitoring; national REDD + governance; stakeholder engagement; multiple benefits of forests and REDD +; management of REDD + payments; and REDD + as a catalyst for transformations to a green economy.

This activity report presents some examples of the IFAD - GEF partnership from around the world by using brief case studies to highlight certain aspects of various projects, which includes over 43 national and regional projects, covering areas of biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation and sustainable forest management.

Title II: Planning For American Energy - Planning for American Energy Act of 2013 -(Sec. 2002) Amends the MLA to direct the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) with regard to lands administered by the Forest Service, to publish every four years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy to direct federal land energy development and department resource allocation in order to promote the energy and national security of the United States in accordance with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mission to promote the multiple use of federal lands.

Based on a methodology developed in a previous study that estimated wood supply on four National Forests in northern Arizona [33], we subtracted from the total area of ponderosa pine in the watersheds — 0.68 million ha (1.68 million acres)-- those areas that are typically excluded from mechanical thinning projects due to steepness, restrictions in land management, previous treatments, or considerations of soil, habitat, or wildlife conditions (Table 1).

GFI has convened a series of dialogues at both national and local levels that are designed to stimulate dialogue between government, civil society, and forest communities about ways forward to improve natural resource management while respecting community rights.

Areas under forest management for timber extraction make up 40 % of the national forest area, while protected areas including national parks, forests reserves, and hunting zones currently cover 20 % of the national forest area.

Upon a successful pilot test and completion of the national certification system documentation, sustainable forest management and forest certification will be well positioned to expand throughout Nepal.

With the demand for sustainable forest management growing in the Balkans, the 2014 PEFC Collaboration Fund supported a project in Macedonia to develop the country's national forest certification system.

A working group was formed to develop the sustainable forest management standard, along with the other documents making up a national forest certification system.

In addition to meeting the international and social demands for forest certification, the development of a national system is vital for realizing the government's policy for domestic sustainable forest management.

National forestry and energy goals should reflect the principles of sustainable development and sustainable forest management.

In Ghana, Forest Trends and our partners convened a multi-year effort on investments in watershed services with a Technical Working Group composed of nine national agencies that contribute to water resources management.

FOBC works on conservation projects in the area now, and will soon embark on assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the United States Forest Service (USFS), and Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPW) in developing the Resource Management Plan that will guide management of Browns Canyon National Monument for yearManagement (BLM), the United States Forest Service (USFS), and Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPW) in developing the Resource Management Plan that will guide management of Browns Canyon National Monument for yearManagement Plan that will guide management of Browns Canyon National Monument for yearmanagement of Browns Canyon National Monument for years to come.

1 / CP.15 Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long - term Cooperative Action under the Convention 2 / CP.15 Copenhagen Accord 3 / CP.15 Amendment to Annex I to the Convention 4 / CP.15 Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries 5 / CP.15 Work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention 6 / CP.15 Fourth review of the financial mechanism 7 / CP.15 Additional guidance to the Global Environment Facility 8 / CP.15 Capacity - building under the Convention 9 / CP.15 Systematic climate observations 10 / CP.15 Updated training programme for greenhouse gas inventory review experts for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention 11 / CP.15 Administrative, financial and institutional matters 12 / CP.15 Programme budget for the biennium 2010 - 2011 13 / CP.15 Dates and venues of future sessions

Peru's largest organization representing indigenous peoples from the Amazon region, AIDESEP, is moving forward with a bold new proposal for indigenous forest oversightand management: el Sistema Nacional de Veedurías Forestales or National Forest Monitoring Initiatforest oversightand management: el Sistema Nacional de Veedurías Forestales or National Forest Monitoring InitiatForest Monitoring Initiative...

Prior to joining Forest Trends, Susan's experience with wildlife management and invasive species include internships and biological technician positions with the Central Pine Barrens Commission, the Nature Conservancy, Fire Island National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the SCA.

The National Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the United States Department of Energy (DOE), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), in cooperation with the Departments of Commerce and Defense, to designate new right - of - way corridors on federal lands for electricity transmission and distribution facilities, and oil, gas, and hydrogen pipelines.

The monument includes 11,836 acres of the San Isabel National Forest and 9,750 acres of Bureau of Land Management land.

The Indonesian Ecolabel Institute is facilitating rainforest destruction by issuing «sustainable forest management certificates» to companies that convert natural and peatlands into industrial timber estates, allege national environmental groups.

The Pike and San Isabel National Forest, after public comment, issues a new Land and Resources Management Plan.

On Feb. 19, 2015, President Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate 21,586 acres as Browns Canyon National Monument — 11,836 acres of the San Isabel National Forest and 9,750 acres of Bureau of Land Management land.

ECO has been centrally involved in campaigns to protect native forests, lakes and rivers, the reform of the Mining Act and defeat of the National Development Act, and in supporting the Resource Management Act and the establishment of the Department of Conservation and Ministry for the Environment.

• Creates a different management framework for Idaho roadless areas different than any other national forests, leading to administrative confusion, uncertainty and paperwork.

«We're really primed to burn right now,» said Dennis Winkler, an assistant fire management officer for the Wallowa - Whitman National Forest.

TIP 2: The Bureau of Land Management (as well as the National Park Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service) has wild land firefighting positions available through its Fire and Aviation program (headquartered at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho).

The introduction of joint management of national parks in Queensland under the Cape York Peninsula Heritage Act 2007 may mean that Indigenous land owners can be formally recognised for sequestration provided through the management and maintenance of ecosystems, national parks and other reserve lands including intact forests on our lands.

Strategies: Improve cultural and economic position of Aboriginal people through promoting arts and crafts activities; ensure local Tasmanian Aboriginal artists are employed / consulted when designing documents and reports; assist with the return of all provenance ancestral remains and cultural objects; ensure participation through joint management of marine (cultural) parks, crown land, state forests and national parks; intellectual copyrights; and secure rights to expanded access to flora and fauna.

VAAs and ASAs: Action for Children, AdoptionPlus, Barnardo's *, Coram *, Family Futures *, Intercountry Adoption Centre, PACT *, PAC UK *, SSAFA, TACT.LAs: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet *, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon *, Ealing *, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston - upon - Thames *, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton *, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond - upon - Thames *, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets *, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, and Westminster.Other organisations: London Councils * (hosting project management); National Academy for Parenting Research, Kings College London and National Adoption and Fostering Clinic, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (LAB member), Adoption UK.

Tiller is surrounded by Umpqua National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands.