Sentences with phrase «of ecological restoration»

Whilst the cultural economy is understood by governments and others to describe the subsistence economy of the traditional owners [76], the Indigenous Nations of the MDB «use cultural economy to express themes of ecological restoration and repair, using the logic of holism to connect ecology, culture and economy».

In a bold move, the town of Plymouth is working with a group of partners, including American Rivers, the NOAA Restoration Center, and the state's Division of Ecological Restoration, to remove dams and track the return of the brook's herring.

Concern over climate change and the ongoing challenges of managing degraded ecosystems have made the field of ecological restoration a growing focus in the agendas of national and international conservation organizations, including the United...

Fifteen years of studying two experimental wetlands has convinced Bill Mitsch that turning the reins over to Mother Nature makes the most sense when it comes to this area of ecological restoration.

The Earth's terrestrial ecosystems are past their carrying capacity, and rather than increasing pressures upon primary productivity, the human enterprise must power down and enter an era of ecological restoration.

Claire Mooney, Project Coordinator for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, has worked in the field of ecological restoration and design for 15 years.

Integrated environmental / economic analysis; environmental and mitigation trading systems, economics of ecological restoration, market and non-market valuation of natural resources; natural resource accounting, environmental indicators, environmental enforcement economics

As someone steeped in the technicality of how our team at Revive & Restore will employ advancing biotechnologies to achieve our goal of ecological restoration it was a welcome and heartening reprieve to read an entertaining and creative take on how fictional twelve - year - old Chris remakes the passenger pigeon with some help from a remarkable secret family history while treading secretly himself to defy the limitations set upon him for his young age.

Department of Fish & Game's Division of Ecological Restoration, Gloucester - based environmentalist Noel Mann, and Bryan Windmiller, founder of Concord - based Grassroots Wildlife Conservation.

Other priorities include climate adaptation and the Division of Ecological Restoration.

Since 2010, the property has undergone a tremendous freshwater wetlands restoration — the most ambitious effort of its kind ever in the Northeast — in which wildlife agencies, including the state Division of Ecological Restoration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have been working with Mass Audubon and the visionary couple who currently own the property to convert the agricultural land into a vibrant and beautiful habitat for plants and animals that were once commonly found throughout southeastern Massachusetts.

Not exact matches

These projects have resulted in the restoration of hundreds of miles of the Nation's coastline, protecting billions of dollars of infrastructure, as well as important ecological habitat.

Through the Blanding's Turtles Restoration Project, the Nature Museum is committed to restoring the population of this endangered, native species and help reestablish ecological balance to the area.

Habitat restoration is an important part of a comprehensive ecological management strategy, and Mass Audubon regularly engages in restoration projects around the state.

We will complete the ecological restoration of the gorge and we also understand that we need to generate more activities for tourists on the Niagara Falls side of the Falls.

The programs differ from traditional wetlands restoration projects because they recognize the needs of the people of the marshes as well as the extraordinary ecological riches that surround them.

Amy Waltz, program director of science delivery for the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University, said linking these clumps could possibly re-create something that didn't exist historically.

In their upcoming second Ecological Restoration publication titled «Resurgence of Native Plants After Removal of Amur honeysuckle from Bender Mountain Preserve,» Conover and Sisson reveal the lengths to which honeysuckle alters habitats by decreasing light availability and depleting soil moisture and nutrients, as well as by possibly releasing toxic chemicals that prevent other plant species from growing in the vicinity.

The practice, called ecological restoration, is the subject of journalist Woodworth's Our Once and Future Planet.

«I would have loved to have tangible solutions to take back to them that could encourage the retention of cultural traditions and secure ecological restoration.

At Argonne it will give way, over the next 20 to 30 years, to ecological restoration, as the pollutants are removed and the worker trees replaced by bur oaks and other hardwoods native to the Great Lakes region — trees that grow slowly and draw only a fraction of the water taken up by the hasty, thirsty poplars and willows.

Organisation and dynamics of biocoenosis; biodiversity patterns at various scales; hydrobiology of running and standing waters and wetlands; ecological effects of climate and land use changes; conservation biology and restoration ecology; new plant resources; natural vegetation in Hungary; maintenance of the Botanical Garden.

Ecological Restoration of Antibiotic - Disturbed Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Foregut and Hindgut of Cows — Shoukun Ji — Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

This research analyzes the emergence of «restoration corals» — corals produced for ecological restoration — in Okinawa.

Ecological restoration of southwestern ponderosa pine ecosystems: a broad perspective.

Passenger Pigeon Ben Novak, our staff scientist, has spelled out on our website exactly how the whole Passenger Pigeon revival will play out, from his current genetic and ecological research at UC Santa Cruz, through genome editing and chimeric parents, to eventual restoration of wild flocks to America's regrown eastern forest to take up their old role of forest regeneration.

Island Conservation's Restoration Specialist and Wildlife Veterinarian Paula A. Castaño shares how removal of invasive rodents and feral cats will pave the way for ecological restoration and native species reintroduction on FloreRestoration Specialist and Wildlife Veterinarian Paula A. Castaño shares how removal of invasive rodents and feral cats will pave the way for ecological restoration and native species reintroduction on Florerestoration and native species reintroduction on Floreana Island.

Our activities range from single species conservation actions to restoration of ecological communities and functional ecosystems.

Urs Landergott, J. Jakob Schneller, Rolf Holderegger & John D. Thompson — 2009 (1)([email protected]) Keywords: cost of restoration, cytoplasmic male sterility, ecological gradient, gynodioecy, local adaptation, nuclear - cytoplasmic interactions, offspring sex ratio

Ecosystem restoration often focuses on plant species, explains PD Dr Christopher Kaiser - Bunbury, member of the Ecological Networks Study Group of the TU Darmstadt Biology Department.

Site work involved conservation and some restoration of wetlands, as well as ecological storm water management with bio-swales and rain gardens.

Island fox recovery is still going to be a long journey with many challenges, but... [we] are making, and will continue to make far - reaching achievements in ecological restoration and what is most important to remember is that in a world of troubling times someone, somewhere must provide a ray of hope.»

Currently she is involved in the Floreana Island Ecological Restoration Project as a Native Species Specialist and coordinates all environmental aspects of the project, including species reintroduction.

Starting with a gentle pace, take a stroll through one of Christchurch's many public parks to appreciate the city's natural beauty and diversity — there's the expansive Hagley Park, the resplendent central Botanical Gardens, the elegant homesteads and gardens of yesteryear — Mona Vale and Riccarton House / Bush — and the ecological restoration programme, Travis Wetlands, to name just a few.

The restoration of native trees and grasses, as well as the regeneration of the eroding shoreline, is essential for protecting ecological diversity on the verdant lakeside grounds.

Wave Hill's Woodland Ecology Research Mentorship is a 14 - month program offering motivated New York City high school students a unique opportunity to gain in - depth knowledge of the principles of ecology, focusing particularly on ecological restoration in New York City, and to participate in important field research with working scientists — all while getting paid!

While BCDR promises some direct (climate) and ancillary (restoration, habitat protection) benefits, Pg C - scale implementation may be constrained by ecological factors, and may compromise the ultimate goals of climate change mitigation.

2013 — How ecological restoration alters ecosystem services: an analysis of carbon sequestration in China's Loess Plateau As a result, the Loess Plateau ecosystem had shifted from a net carbon source in 2000 to a net carbon sink in 2008.

As a result, the National Park Service has for the past 40 years conducted carefully managed «prescribed burns» to clear unsafe accumulations of dead wood and for ecological restoration purposes.

The aims of the project are to (a) compile an overview of natural disasters in the Nordic region and how ecological restoration actions can be used to mitigate such hazards (b) conduct regional feasibility case studies of strategic build up of ecosystem resilience which will be ongoing throughout the project time and (c) recommend actions to enhance build up of ecosystem resilience in the Nordic region..

It is one reason ecological restoration is one of the most important economic activities in a green economy.

Parties shall, when pursuing actions in the land sector in addition to actions in other sectors and consistent with all relevant international obligations, prioritise the protection, maintenance and restoration of natural ecosystems; undertake emissions reductions and removals in an equitable manner; and the governing body shall develop principles and guidelines for ensuring social protections, food security, ecological integrity, transparency and comparability in relation to such actions.

By purchasing BEF WRCs ® you are directly contributing to the restoration of recreational and ecological vitality in critical freshwater ecosystems.

Rather than seeking to simply minimize the negative environmental impacts of real estate development, it celebrates the use and re-use of safe, healthy materials; the generation and harvesting of renewable energy, food, clean water and oxygen - rich air; and the restoration of ecological health and biodiversity.

We believe additional PCB removal and robust habitat reconstruction... will accelerate the recovery of the river and its resources, which will reduce the restoration required and facilitate the ecological and economic recovery of the Hudson River.»

This innovative project will provide the first model of how to restore both cultural and ecological integrity to Sierra Nevada meadows while simultaneously integrating climate change predictions into the restoration design process.

American Rivers introduced restoration planning tools at the 2011 Ecological Society of America conference.

It aims at discussing forest and landscape restoration actions to strengthen the resilience and ecological integrity of landscapes with the participation of local communities.

Ecological restoration is rooted in the understanding of past ecosystem dynamics, and paleoecological reconstructions provide a long - term perspective on landscape change, vegetation dynamics, and fire history.

«With an alliance of environmental NGOs, universities and private businesses, we're developing the capacity to significantly accelerate funding from markets supporting «Payments for Ecological Services», including carbon credits, wetlands banking, biodiversity banking, etc, and to direct that funding to the best ecosystem restoration projects as determined by solid science», he explains.