Sentences with phrase «ocean protection by»

«Not only has its government listened to calls to protect the Belize Barrier Reef, which only last year was under threat from seismic oil exploration, it has stepped up to become a world leader in ocean protection by ending all oil activity in its waters.»

MERITO Academy is a partnership program co-sponsored by CINMS and a number of governmental (National, State and Municipal) and non-governmental organizations coordinated by a local non-for profit organization www.meritoacademy.org to provide high quality, sustainable science programming integrating watershed and ocean science into 4th to 8th grade level public education and extended learning programs, resulting in the active contribution to ocean protection by educated and engaged youth.

Not exact matches

The workshop is sponsored by New York Sea Grant (NYSG) with additional funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Community Climate Adaptation Initiative Program and the Environmental Protection Fund under the authority of the New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act.

By helping researchers identify threatened species and habitats, the census will allow better protection of the ocean's resources.

The study, supported by a Nest to Oceans Turtle Protection Program grant, is published in Austral Ecology.

Federal protection could slow the destruction of coral reefs, which are devastated by increasing water temperatures and the rise of ocean acidification

The research was conducted by Ray Grizzle, research professor of zoology at the UNH School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering; Krystin Ward, research assistant at the UNH Jackson Estuarine Laboratory; Chris Peter, research associate at the UNH Jackson Estuarine Laboratory; and Mark Cantwell, David Katz, and Julia Sullivan with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development.

Two years later a coalition of green groups led by NRDC and including the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), the League for Coastal Protection, Cetacean Society International, and Ocean Futures Society upped the ante, asking the federal courts to also restrict testing of more intense, harmful and far ranging mid-frequency types of sonar off Southern California's coastline.

«Washington State will need to respond vigorously to ocean acidification if we are going to avoid significant and possibly irreversible losses,» concluded the report from the Blue Ribbon Panel, which was co-chaired by former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief William Ruckelshaus.

Most also recognize that such global agreements are the most difficult to come by, and that local protection strategies and efforts to reduce stressors on corals and marine life are important steps in at least staving off the impacts of ocean acidification and global warming.

The study by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), a United Nations advisory body, provides a new estimate of the extent that human beings are altering the cycling of nitrogen in the oceans.

IdleBird offers a stunning selection of women's SPF beach clothing online throughout Australia.Combining popular fashion trends with a level of UV protection typically associated with rash tops, these versatile garments offer women the ultimate outfit for lounging by the pool or ocean and going out afterwards.

I was also fascinated by the story of the Ocean Hill - Brownsville controversy — whereby black leaders demanding «community control» wanted to fire many white, Jewish teachers — and the scars it might leave in terms of teachers» psychology around job protections.

Greenpeace supports Sustainable Development goals to achieve food security and oceans protection, but we need these now, not for 2030 — a date way past the sell - by - date of today's corporate leaders and politicians.»

The study (1) creates maps of land and transportation infrastructure that, without protection, could be inundated regularly by the ocean or be at risk of periodic inundation due to storm surge under a range of sea level rise scenarios; and, (2) provides statistics to demonstrate the potential extent of land areas and transportation infrastructure affected.

As specified by the Marine Life Protection Act, researchers monitor selected marine protected areas along California's central coast to track their effectiveness and learn more about ocean health.

As specified by the Marine Life Protection Act, select marine protected areas along California's south coast are being monitored by scientists to track their effectiveness and learn more about ocean health.

Chabil Mar is firmly committed to the protection and conservation of the world's oceans, including the vital role played by Belize's coral reefs.

By fundraising, donating, taking action and making informed choices, you partner with an unprecedented global movement of divers securing vital protections for our ocean planet.

By fundraising, donating, taking action and making informed choices, you help secure vital protections for our ocean planet.

PangeaSeed's mission is to contribute to the protection of sharks, our oceans and marine life by undertaking actions that

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Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

This Digest is a faithful summary of the leading scientific consensus report produced in 2010 by The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP):» Proceedings of the GESAMP International Workshop on micro - plastic particles as a vector in transporting persistent, bio - accumulating and toxic substances in the oceans» Learn more...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Feb. 28, 2014 — The Surfrider Foundation, a leading non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches, is deeply dismayed by the final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) released today by the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

This has everything to do with changes in the rate and orientation of Earth's rotation, gravitational fields, and crust, according to an April 2017 study conducted by a seven - scientist working group of the California Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team.

When it came to stopping the dumping of radioactive waste in the world's oceans (led by UK and not participated in by the US), it was Greenpeace and the Seamen's Unions (in response to their activism) that stopped the dumping — I was then a scientist / legal activist advising NGOs such as Greenpeace, AND when the governments eventually got the message that they had to clean up their act, I helped the UN create better protection of the marine environment.

Coral reefs, mangroves and even some fish could soon have their own insurance policies as the industry seeks new ways to boost protection for those affected by the ocean changes wrought by climate change.

Greenpeace, which is among a number of conservation groups and governments pushing for expanded marine reserves in the Southern Ocean, is calling on krill - buying companies to stop purchasing catch from vessels that fish in areas that are currently under consideration for protection by the CCAMLR.

NRDC is joined in the lawsuit over the Southern California sonar exercises by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Cetacean Society International, the League for Coastal Protection, the Ocean Futures Society and its president Jean - Michel Cousteau.

Though «climate denial starts at the top,» the New York Times» Coral Davenport wrote in March, it was trickling down into a variety of high - influence position: Vice President Mike Pence, who once called global warming a «myth» disproved by the fact that his home state once had a cold winter; then - senior advisor Steve Bannon, whose news site Breitbart remains one of the top destinations for climate misinformation; Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who believes carbon dioxide is not a «primary contributor» to global warming; and Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who believes the same myth, saying in June, «No, most likely the primary control knob is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in.»

The measures outlined in the agreement provide further protections for the North Atlantic right whale, primarily by reducing or avoiding sound impacts from exploratory activities that developers use to determine where to build wind farms, such as the construction of temporary towers that measure weather conditions and underwater surveys that assess the geology just beneath the ocean floor.

It's echoed in the Paris agreement, which recognizes the «importance of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems, including oceans, and the protection of biodiversity, recognized by some cultures as Mother Earth, and noting the importance for some of the concept of «climate justice», when taking action to address climate change.»

Coastal protection needs to account for higher storm surges, affected by storm strength, storm size and uneven SLR distribution and re-configuring of ocean flow.

California's Marine Life Protection Act in Action: A Sheltered Sea Record Setting 195,000 Square Miles of Pacific Ocean Protected by Bush Administration

Most if not all surf companies now offer organic clothing lines — makes sense since this community is directly affected by the cleanliness of our oceans and often very active in terms of environmental protection.

First proposed back in 1992 at the Earth Summit by the Government of Canada, it took activists from Oceana and and other conservation and ocean protection groups signing petitions by the thousands to get the UN to finally make it official.

As a grassroots organization fighting for the protection and enjoyment of our ocean, waves and beaches, the Surfrider Foundation leans heavily on environmental programs and regulations administered by the EPA to ensure that the water that flows down to the beach is clean and free from pollution and that beachgoers have the information they need to avoid getting sick at the beach.

He claims that the federal government is adequately protecting the coast of British Columbia with its Ocean Protection Plan, a $ 1.5 - billion plan that promotes marine safety and responsible shipping and has consulted over one hundred Indigenous groups who may potentially be affected by the project.

He didn't immediately respond to questions, sent by National Observer on Monday, about what Kinder Morgan lobbied him about in his new position and whether it had any impact on massive public investments that the government would later make on an Oceans Protection Plan, in direct relation to the Trans Mountain project.

From the protection of dolphins, whales, sharks, and even sea turtles.Pelagic Love understands passion by using a portion of its profits to help ocean conservation organizations.