Sentences with phrase «of conservation methods»

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Their group - created strategy included these actions: establishing cooperative links with other churches and groups committed to ecology; developing a Center of Ecology Information and a paperback book table at the church; devising methods to reach decision - makers in the community; exploring the development of a coordinating council of all ecology groups active in that community — Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Zero Population Growth, League of Conservation Voters, Wilderness Society, National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, World Population, GASP (Group Against Smog Pollution), Planned Parenthood, etc..

Wastewater treatment is not the company's only method of water conservation, however.

Soil conservation methods such as contour planting or no - till farming reduce erosion, keeping the soil in place during heavy rains or floods — a major concern in certain parts of the world such as India.

For more than 30 years, MASIPAG has pushed for an alternative method of agricultural productions that emphasized the conservation and improvement of agrobiodiversity, and maximizing the available natural resources to improve and develop farm production.

With its pure water supply, near pristine growing environment and dedication to conservation - based farming methods, this 2,300 - hectare farm on the banks of the Gemadro River is setting new standards for progressive, sustainable coffee farming.

«It is my desire and my purpose to further the education of the people of Texas and elsewhere in wildlife conservation, in the knowledge of the breeding and living habits of our wild creatures and in the relationship of wildlife to domesticated livestock on our ranches and farms; to afford students and others interested in wildlife betterment and propagation and in the raising of wildlife along with domesticated animals a place for research and an opportunity for the study thereof; and to develop scientifically methods of increasing the wildlife population of the state and nation for the benefit of future generations... who may not have the opportunity to know and appreciate our wildlife, as I have, unless methods of increasing and conserving our wildlife are scientifically developed.

The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction method.

Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), a longtime opponent of the natural gas drilling method and ranking minority member of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, said the poll showed a grassroots movement against hydrofracking is resonating in New York.

Within the wildlife conservation community, both in the field -LRB-» in situ») as well as in captive settings -LRB-» ex situ»), there is a great deal of folk knowledge about the best methods for animal care as well as species protection and restoration.

In an ever - changing environment, new problems arise quickly so it is essential we use evidence - based methods to continually evaluate the effectiveness of conservation projects.»

Conservation biologists have developed a number of methods for restoring the balance between ourselves and nature, for saving biodiversity.

This was the essential insight of conservation biology, a new scientific field launched with the determination to identify threats to ecosystems and to design the methods to deal with them.

The African, far from being wasteful in applying his traditional method, is practicing a measure of conservation in leaving the soil to recuperate under its natural cover.

While the effects of human activity on the seal population can be detrimental — for example through a high rate of fishing bycatch mortality as observed on Lake Saimaa — a novel conservation method can help the seal population to cope with climate change.

«In a best - case scenario, the work we do with ASU will help us understand how to inform the scientific methods designed to increase conservation and perpetuate the survival of this species,» added Esque.

Another conservation method being explored is the use of probiotics.

Managers of wildlife conservation programmes are being helped by a method commonly encountered in industrial and service industries.

«The conservation - minded approach we used squeezed every bit of information we could out of the discovery using multiple methods that are relevant to the studies of vulnerable rock art worldwide.»

His characterisation is especially unfair in view of Israel's seminal contributions to the science and practice of water conservation, as exemplified in the development of drip irrigation and water recycling methods.

«Translocation has become a popular method of dealing with intransigent human - elephant conflict,» says Joyce Poole, an ethologist and expert on elephant behavior in Nairobi, who directs the conservation organization ElephantVoices.

The direct comparison of these methods conducted by a team of researchers spanning both U.S. coasts will help us to better collect data to monitor marine life for both conservation and management of protected species.

E. O. Wilson, the godfather of ant biology and the conservation movement, calls Fisher's methods «industrial - strength taxonomy.»

«Our method tells law enforcement officials, «This is where you need to be looking for poachers,»» says Samuel Wasser, a conservation geneticist at the University of Washington, Seattle, and the lead author of the new study published in this month's Conservatconservation geneticist at the University of Washington, Seattle, and the lead author of the new study published in this month's ConservationConservation Biology.

(4) establish methods for assessing the effectiveness of strategies and conservation actions taken to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification, and for updating those strategies and actions to respond to new information and changing conditions;

In this presentation, I will explore concepts, methods and applications directed towards effectively engaging local communities in conservation planning in an era of rapid environmental change.

She takes an interdisciplinary approach to her research, drawing on theories and methods from a range of disciplines including common - pool resource theory, social psychology, conservation planning, and behavioural economics.

Future work will entail: (1) further delineation of management actions and the social networks associated with them, (2) building and evaluating a working model using rapid prototype methods, (3) conducting futures analyses of associated landscapes, (4) continuing to foster collaborative effort, and (5) working one - on - one with managers to evaluate model and adaptive management applicability using such tools as LCMAP (Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal).

This is ideal for forest conservation because there would be less chance of unintended consequences and more benefits for the ecosystem than traditional hybrid breeding methods.

In this way, researchers can monitor the deterioration of the marine - archaeological wood and improve the methods of conservation.

Dr Edwards is also leading CSIRO's strategic research activities in conservation and biodiversity genomics, which includes the development of novel methods to assess invertebrate biodiversity using metagenomics.

The immunopurification (IP) of Argonaute (Ago), a central component of the RISC in the human and mouse, followed by microarray analyses (Ago IP / microarray method) makes it possible to isolate any Ago - associated miRNAs and mRNAs without relying on the mechanism of regulation (i.e. mRNA decay or translational suppression), or sequence conservation, enabling a comprehensive identification of the miRNA - target genes in an unbiased manner.

Further, existing and predictive modelling of species distributes are an increasingly important established method of informing policy recommendations of ecosystem and conservation significance (Trauth, [ch.

The resource explains different forms of soil erosion and methods of soil conservation.

Before long, the beast struck again, and Trush, leader of a tiger conservation unit, found himself forced to hunt this animal through the brutal cold of a Siberian winter, becoming intimately acquainted with the tiger's history, motives, and unique method of attack — until their harrowing final encounter.

In the process, he explores the ethical and religious bases of the conservation movement and deflates the myth that environmental policy is antithetical to economic growth by illustrating how new methods of conservation can ensure long - term economic well - being.

The second method of conservation, though, is the conservation of space and clutter.

On Saturday, December 15th the Green Belt Movement (GBM) trained 17 teams of university fellows and mentors totaling 45 participants from nine African countries in best practices for participatory conservation work with a local community and the application of mapping and GPS methods to plan, monitor and report progress of reforestation sites.

Animal Advocates learn about animal adoption, responsible pet ownership, the importance of spay and neuter, humane training methods, wildlife conservation and basics of animal advocacy.

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The evidence of the strong impact of cats on wildlife has focused the attention of conservation biologists towards possible methods of reducing that pressure.

[2] For Horn and his co-authors (and many of their colleagues in the conservation community), the «management» category seems to include almost exclusively lethal methods.

Georgia Aquarium conducts research to improve husbandry methods, develop innovative and exciting new exhibits, contribute to the understanding of the underwater world and apply new discoveries to the conservation of aquatic life.

Alongside other accredited facilities, our team conducts crucial research by working with animals both in human care and in their natural habitats to improve husbandry methods, develop innovative and exciting new exhibits, contribute to the understanding of the underwater world and apply new discoveries to the conservation of aquatic life.

The executive committee for the Phuket and Southern Thailand branch of the SKAL travel professionals organisation has denounced the opening of the Nemo dolphinarium and its planned «dolphin show `, insisting that important educational messages about the conservation of dolphins will inevitably be a lower priority than entertainment, and that the cruel methods used to hunt dolphins in countries like Japan and Russia — from which wild dolphins would likely be sourced in order to stock the attraction — did not meet CITES standards.

Animal translocation for conservation: performance of dormice in relation to release methods, origin, and season

This method is very destructive to coral reefs, therefore West Nusa Tenggara Natural Resources Conservation Office in collaboration with Taskforce Gili Patrols, must patrol and inform users not to engage in this sort of fishing, especially in the conserConservation Office in collaboration with Taskforce Gili Patrols, must patrol and inform users not to engage in this sort of fishing, especially in the conservationconservation area.

My purpose is to try and reveal both the essential aspects of what makes Zelda what it is — and why that is so influential — and to apply the game design lineages method of historical analysis to Zelda in order to show how the conservation of player practices, the influence of material constraints, and the subversion of expectations through creator vision have all affected the path of this venerable franchise.

Following four years of conservation, the 16 - ton work will return to its new permanent home at the University of Chicago via an 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. celebratory procession that will take it from Methods and Materials, 1749 N. Harding, to the campus with a noon stop at the MCA, 220 E. Chicago.

The website complements and expands on the exhibition, providing high - quality images of illuminated manuscript pages, historical information, and notes on their conservation and analysis using non-invasive scientific methods.

The result of research conducted on two fronts — conservation and curatorial — the catalogue offers a reconsideration of the cut - outs by exploring a host of technical and conceptual issues: the artist's methods and materials and the role and function of the works in his practice; their economy of means and exploitation of decorative strategies; their environmental aspects; and their double lives, first as contingent and mutable in the studio and ultimately made permanent, a transformation accomplished via mounting and framing.