Sentences with phrase «of conservation partnering»

The A rating assigned this BIA by the Department of Environmental Conservation and a consortium of conservation partners means its habitats are of the highest importance.

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When I traveled with my partner, Chris, across various regions of Costa Rica in late August, I was impressed by how many of our guides and the wildlife experts we consulted with were born and raised in the region and had found work focused on conservation and wildlife preservation in their local communities.

The Foundation will continue to aid PJT partners and the government in their investigations, including on efforts to be made whole on the Foundation's investment for the benefit of important conservation efforts.

Conservation International and Starbucks have partnered to help improve the lives of at least 1 million people in coffee communities around the world through giving away hearty coffee trees and sharing resources through Starbucks Farmer Support Centers.

Vermont Creamery, in partnership with Evergreen Conservation Partners, are collaborating to establish a model commercial goat dairy on the farm to serve as a catalyst for fostering the growth of the goat dairy industry in Vermont.

A number of good examples already exist, whether that is Marine Stewardship Council's longstanding focus on regional fisheries as the certification unit, the Alliance for Water Stewardship's approach to watershed - level management, Rainforest Alliance measuring conservation outcomes across regions with a prevalence of certified enterprises, or the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil partnering with state - level governments to move whole jurisdictions towards certifiable production.

Partnering organizations include: El Dorado Wine Grape Growers Association; Fish Friendly Farming; Mendocino County Resource Conservation District; Mendocino WineGrowers Inc.; Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance; San Luis Obispo Wine Country Association; and Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley.

Mass Audubon has partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to promote eBird, an online checklist that lets birders record and share their observations, while gathering vital data for our bird conservation programs.

So it's like breath of fresh air when a company decides to start a brand of Eco-friendly strollers that offers to recycle their old strollers and even partners up with Wildlife Conservation Society to help save endangered animals.

If you can, please support our conservation partners in this time of need by making a donation today.

Mass Audubon coordinated amicus brief filings in support of the Commonwealth with partners from the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, Conservation Law Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, and the National Wildlife Federation.

Mass Audubon maintains the most comprehensive public database of bird distribution, abundance and trend information for the Commonwealth, a resource that is used by conservation partners and concerned citizens alike.

We have partnered with The Nature Conservancy in organizing the Mass Climate Change Adaptation Coalition, which is comprised of engineers, architects, planners, and conservation and environmental organizations working together to reduce the Commonwealth's vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.

The Sitka Conservation Society is partnering with other state organizations this legislative session to advocate for permanent state funding, which would create student access to local foods regardless of family income.

Harvard Forest and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation are also project partners in acquiring an additional 108 acres adjacent to the Mass Audubon property, thus linking the renowned research forest and the sanctuary and furthering the region's environmental integrity.

Mass Audubon has partnered with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Mass Woodlands Institute to bring the Foresters for the Birds program to Massachusetts.

Amber Carr is the Director of Mass Audubon's Ecological Extension Service, a fee - for - service program where we share management expertise with our conservation partners.

TIDE, one of Mass Audubon's longtime partners in Belize, is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year with the theme 20 Years of Community Participation in Conservation.

Jeff Collins is Director of Mass Audubon's Ecological Management Department, coordinating habitat management planning and activities on our wildlife sanctuaries as well as assisting conservation partners through our Ecological Extension Service.

Mass Audubon is proud to have such an effective state wildlife conservation agency, which manages more than 160,000 acres of land, and we look forward to continuing to partner with them on areas of common interest.

Shedd Aquarium has teamed up with the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) as part of a group of conservation organizations (collectively known as partners in «conchservation») studying queen conch, Lobatus gigas, in The Bahamas to understand why local populations are in decline.

This renaissance in land conservation has resulted in the permanent protection of over 88,000 acres by the state and its partners in just the past five years.»

Our restoration projects also include long - term monitoring, enabling Mass Audubon to learn about the complexities of restoration and share our successes with our conservation partners.

«Partnering with local, multi-community, and statewide land trusts is one of our primary strategies for expanding our conservation impact.»

«We are thrilled to be able to work with our partner organizations, Audubon Connecticut and Audubon Vermont, and benefit from the continued participation of researchers from the University of Connecticut and the University of Vermont,» said project leader and Mass Audubon Bird Conservation Fellow Dr. Jon Atwood.

«Year after year, attendees learn new tools and techniques, meet future public and private conservation partners, experience a powerful sense of community, and come away inspired to do more.»

In addition to Mass Audubon, the state's largest nature conservation nonprofit, partners in the NWF initiative include the Ipswich River Watershed Association, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, Boston University, University of New Hampshire, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and Office of Coastal Zoneconservation nonprofit, partners in the NWF initiative include the Ipswich River Watershed Association, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, Boston University, University of New Hampshire, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and Office of Coastal ZoneConservation and Recreation and Office of Coastal Zone Management.

Partnering with other conservation organizations and government agencies to protect areas of mutual importance.

«Greenbelt is excited to partner with Mass Audubon in the conservation of this incredible parcel that includes thousands of acres in a mosaic of protected land,» added Ed Becker, the local land conservation organization's Executive Director.

Implementation of invasive shrub and vine control has been accomplished on a number of Mass Audubon sanctuaries with the assistance of funding support from the Natural Resources Conservation Service Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, and the Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife Landowner Incentive Program.

LCV, as part of the Conservation Voter Movement along our state LCV partners, advocates for sound environmental laws and policies, holds elected officials accountable for their votes and actions, and elects pro-environment candidates who will champion our priority issues.

The League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) works with our state LCVEF partners, educates the public, media and elected officials about key environmental issues, works to increase voter participation in the democratic process and mobilizes a diverse network of activists to advocate for sound environmental policies.

CANTON — The Development Authority of the North Country with its regional county partners and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is sponsoring a free household hazardous waste collection day Saturday in St. Lawrence County to help residents properly dispose of certain hazardous materials.

In the first meetings with partner groups like Planned Parenthood and the League of Conservation Voters, «we decided to make sure that everyone was using the same data and working out of the same database,» he said, allowing the groups to feed the supporter data they were gathering into one file.

We all share a similar goal, to help shooting and hunting make the best contribution they can to conservation and to communicate the immense value of it to politicians and partner organisations.»

The Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District has partnered with the State Department of Agriculture and Markets to offer the grant program.

Additional funding partners include the City of Yonkers, TCB, MHACY, RBC Capital Markets, M&T Bank, The Bank of New York Mellon, Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, New York State Energy Research Development Authority, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

ALBANY, NY (01/10/2013)(readMedia)-- New York Water Rangers partners joined with experts from across the state today at a New York State Assembly hearing on the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing («fracking») regulations and to call on Governor Cuomo to protect New York from the harmful effects of fracking.

Given such variation, as well as the expense and logistical challenges of conducting population surveys, indigenous communities will be important partners in developing workable conservation strategies, such as the creation of new protected areas or harvest quotas, the study suggests.

WCS and partners in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru have published four significant contributions towards the conservation of the real Paddington Bear — the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus).

WCS's research is done in collaboration with a number of regional and local partners in the Arabian Sea working on advocacy and conservation, notably the Environment Society of Oman, among others.

This expedition is the result of an international collaboration between Georgia Aquarium, Conservation International (CI) and the Indonesian government that brings together critical skillsets from each of the partners.

Traveling to and accessing all the sites was logistically challenging and we had a lot of support from USFWS and other conservation partners.

Using detailed maps of human impact created by David Theobald at Conservation Partners in Fort Collins, Colorado, they distinguished natural areas from areas disturbed by human activity across the United States.

That's such an important tool of conservation: to become partners with the local people.

Conservation partnerships between protected lands and their non-protected neighbors could significantly improve a region's ability to accommodate species migration in response to shifting climates, according to a study published February 28, 2018 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by William Monahan of the U.S. National Park Service and David Theobald of Conservation Science Partners, Inc., U.S.

«We've had an enormous variety of partners involved in this project,» said Kristen Marcell, special projects coordinator at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The Amphibian Survival Alliance is supported by: Alliance for Zero Extinction Amphibian Ark Arizona State University Chester Zoo North of England Zoological Society Chicago Zoological Society Conservation International Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde (DGHT) Frankfurt Zoological Society IUCN James Cook University Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino Oro Verde Foundation for the Conservation of Tropical Forests Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Smithsonian Institution Society for Tropical Ecology — gto The Prince's Rainforests Project University of Maryland Washington State University World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Zoo Atlanta Zoological Society of London Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt

After a series of mining exploration licenses had been issued for the region, local communities teamed up with our Mongolia partner, the Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, to save this fragile ecosystem.

We work in a network of national and international collaborations, with universities, other academic institutes, zoological gardens, conservation organisations and business partners.