Sentences with phrase «of environmental restoration»

Recycling bins were placed around San Pedro Town as part of the Environmental Restoration Project.
Eligible students must be pursuing academic majors and / or certificate programs pertinent to DOE's goal of environmental restoration and waste management.

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Organizations are recognized as good community citizens when they support programs that improve the quality of life in their community, including crime prevention, employment, environmental programs, clean - up and beautification, recycling, and restoration.
Mandated by Section 20 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Environmental Studies Program is an indispensable requirement informing BOEM's decisions on offshore oil and gas, offshore renewable energy, and the marine minerals program for coastal restoration.
As our understanding of both the feminist and environmental concerns grows, we find that women are more interested in the restoration of the environment, which provides the family with its basic needs, than their cash - hungry men.
This presented an ideal opportunity to translocate a sub-population of Murray hardyhead from the Riverland sites to Brickworks Billabong in the Mallee Wetlands area of Victoria, where restoration efforts also include the delivery of Commonwealth environmental water.
Commonwealth environmental water was made available for delivery to a number of wetlands as part of ongoing restoration projects that commenced in 2013 - 14, including Johnson's Waterhole, Clark's Floodplain, Thiele's Flat, Loxton Riverfront Reserve, Ramco Lagoon and Rilli Reach.
American Forests is pleased to announce that in collaboration with Bacardi, the world's largest privately held spirits company, it will launch forest restoration initiatives with two projects in Idaho as part of the industry - leading Bacardi environmental sustainability initiative «Good Spirited: Building a Sustainable Future.»
Other CIA initiatives have further enhanced the college's position of leadership on these vital issues, including Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives ®, a continuing medical education (CME) conference co-presented by the CIA and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and beyond.
Banrock Station's environmental management starts in the vineyard and extends to the restoration of the surrounding wetlands and woodlands.
This program will allow Waterkeeper to evaluate the types of litter found at restoration sites and begin management strategies by working with local companies, agencies, and other stakeholders on ways to reduce pollution and by working with schools to directly inform young people on how they can become better environmental stewards.
Some examples include restoring funding for the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, restoration of streams and habitat, and successful passage of the 2002, 2009, and 2014 Environmental Bonds, which provide funding for state land protection and other environmenEnvironmental Bonds, which provide funding for state land protection and other environmentalenvironmental programs.
Mass Audubon has collaborated in a National Wildlife Federation (NWF) habitat restoration project on the North Shore, the Great Marsh Resiliency Partnership, which was selected by the New England office of the US Environmental Protection Agency to receive a 2017 Environmental Merit Award.
-- Mass Audubon has collaborated in a National Wildlife Federation (NWF) habitat restoration project on the North Shore, the Great Marsh Resiliency Partnership, which was selected by the New England Office of the US Environmental Protection Agency to receive a 2017 Environmental Merit Award.
The New York Power Authority is also sending 10 engineers, planners, technical supervisors and translators, along with drones and two drone pilots from the Department of Environmental Conservation, to help with power restoration, Cuomo's office said.
At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.
The President said that it was in furtherance of the country's commitment to environmental sustainability that Nigeria launched the cleanup of Ogoniland, even as he called on development partners and multinationals to contribute to the Ogoniland Restoration Fund.
A federal program dedicated to environmental restoration and cleaning up of the Great Lakes has escaped a massive budget cut.
«As I stated in my «Initiatives for a Smart Economy» address, the protection and restoration of the health and integrity of Western New York's fresh water systems is not only sound environmental policy but also represents a smart investment in our economic future,» said Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz.
Mr. Pickerell has been named Environmental Champion of the Year for his work on coastal habitat restoration with Cornell Cooperative Extension for the past 18 years.
Taken together, the maps showing intensity of recreational use as well as environmental stress provide federal and regional officials with an unprecedented scientific foundation upon which to sustainably manage the Great Lakes, where current restoration efforts exceed $ 1.5 billion, the researchers conclude.
«Restoration priorities are typically based on the evidence for environmental degradation without explicitly accounting for the benefits people receive from ecosystems, which include recreational opportunities,» said lead researcher David Allan, professor emeritus of aquatic sciences at the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment.
Wallace is senior program coordinator for the Katrina Environmental Research and Restoration Network, an interdisciplinary group of researchers affiliated with the local Tulane and Xavier universities.
«If we know better how environmental variability affects the ability of animals to tolerate future environmental change, then we can think about it in a restoration and conservation context,» says Rivest.
Among the bigger ideas is a new global accounting system that includes such factors as sustainability and environmental restoration in the calculation of GNP.
Environmental restoration and transport infrastructure improvements already underway in many Asian, and specifically Chinese cities, could see the higher liveability today of European cities outstripped as those developing cities develop further.
One example is a collaboration between the national government, the city of Bogotá and the environmental organization Conservation International on a páramo restoration project.
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science leads the way toward better management of Maryland's natural resources and the protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.
This study is part of a research award from NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) to Lodge and the University of Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative with funds provided to the NCCOS Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research by USEPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Copy of technical paper by Research Director Paul Robinson on innovative aspects of the remediation and restoration of a mine and mill complex in northern New Mexico titled: «Innovative Administrative, Technical and Public Involvement Approaches to Environmental Restoration at an Inactive Lead - Zinc Mining and Milling Complex Near Pecos, New Mexico» (48k document) in «Proceedings of Waste Management» 95», University of Arizona / DOE / WEC, Tucson AZ, restoration of a mine and mill complex in northern New Mexico titled: «Innovative Administrative, Technical and Public Involvement Approaches to Environmental Restoration at an Inactive Lead - Zinc Mining and Milling Complex Near Pecos, New Mexico» (48k document) in «Proceedings of Waste Management» 95», University of Arizona / DOE / WEC, Tucson AZ, Restoration at an Inactive Lead - Zinc Mining and Milling Complex Near Pecos, New Mexico» (48k document) in «Proceedings of Waste Management» 95», University of Arizona / DOE / WEC, Tucson AZ, March 1995.
The chemical composition of these decay products in relation to the substrate material, the various conservation and restoration historic phases is discussed along with their spatial distribution on the monument's surfaces and also in correlation with environmental and climatic data.
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
Gregg is currently engaged with national and international environmental policy, including the North America Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management, with a focus on the Conservation and Restoration of the Insular Ecosystems of Mexico, the United States of America and Canada.
If health is your objective, however, restoration of gut barrier integrity should be prioritized, since, «The autoimmune process can be arrested if the interplay between genes and environmental triggers is preventing by re-establishing intestinal barrier function» (Fasano & Shea - Donohue, 2005).
Working in close partnership with our corporate funders, REF has developed a deep understanding of the challenges facing corporations in committing to major investment in environmental restoration.
The REF Shared Value Platform is a real - time, digital version of the REF Shared Value model, providing a practical tool for tracking, measuring, monetizing and reporting on the full value of ecosystem services and environmental restoration.
By providing greater accountability of investment in environmental restoration projects, REF helps justify the case for minimizing adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
Unique in - the - mud volunteer experiences bring corporate sustainability and social responsibility initiatives to life, providing insights into environmental systems, natural resource management, local biodiversity, community history, and the local and global impact of restoration.
Ms. Serassio also served as the Deputy Associate Director for NEPA Oversight at the Council on Environmental Quality and as the Director of Environmental Compliance for the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.
This environmental policy statement covers every aspect of our Company's operations, whether they are directly or indirectly involved in the design, engineering, manufacture, servicing and restoration of motor cars or the distribution of parts.
The peace councils also take part in environmental restoration by planting peace trees, bringing Professor Wangari Maathai's philosophy that «when we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and hope» into practice.
American Forests is a world leader in tree planting for environmental restoration, a pioneer in advancing the science and practice of urban forestry and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and forests.
This leadership gift, along with many other generous financial and volunteer contributions helped make this shoreline site one of the region's most beloved public places and the recipient of national and international awards for the quality of design, environmental restoration and community engagement.
I think environmental educators, myself included, need to be more careful, sensitive, and consistent in their explanations of habitat restoration.
Restoration of our degraded reefs and coastal habitats on a scale that makes a difference must be an active environmental priority for local businesses and not an afterthought.
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.
Every year, they discover and describe new life forms (species), investigate past and current changes in our natural environment, and assist in projects of environmental conservation and restoration.
Everything they do is carefully planned out to have little - to - no environmental impact and they support many of the maintenance and restoration projects in Maui.
The Southern Environmental Association has announced that other initiatives in honor of Adrian Vernon are in the works, including a scholarship and a Mangrove Restoration guide.
In 2010 the three - year long restoration and renovation of the entire hotel was completed, and which took into account a long - term environmental concept.
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