Sentences with phrase «of threatened»

Every one of them threatened the legacy practices and challenged the legacy organizations and resource allocations.

However, there are some rays of sunshine: since 1953 there's been a rise in the environmental movement, new environmental legislation, new parks and refuges and the return of some threatened species.

Linari's excellent performance underlines the graceful language and strong images in this fable that blends science and social and political factors in the story of a threatened and ancient red oak tree and the friends who rally to save it.

And again, I will reiterate a point you seem to have missed: the market is the proper arbiter here, not a self - righteous group of threatened industry «professionals.»

Nicklen's photographs of this threatened land - and seascape are utterly amazing.

Kindergarten through grade 8 suspensions would represent 80 percent of this decrease if out - of - school suspensions are only allowed in cases of threatened or actual «significant» physical or emotional injury.

Nelson thinks Ritz can help educators feel supported by the state instead of threatened, especially when it comes to shaping the state's teacher evaluation system:

But whatever its successes, homeschooling will always be on the hit list of those threatened by parents who prefer not to send their kids to government - run schools.

Instead of the photos of professional athletes displayed in many public schools to inspire students, Indian Island has Native American prayers and pictures of threatened and endangered species on its walls.

Coverage of areas specially conserved for biodiversity and ecosystem functions should be increased (at least to the Aichi Target 11 of 17 % terrestrial and 10 % marine area), with systems of conservation being democratized and based on integration of rights and responsibilities; in all kinds of land / water uses, activities that are ecologically damaging need to be modified or replaced; high priority should also be given to the regeneration and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the revival of populations of threatened species; equitable access (including through territorial and resource tenure) must be accorded to natural resources, with special focus on populations with high and direct dependence on such resources for their survival and livelihoods.

The concept was simple — flights of alien spaceships descended from the top of the small screen to the bottom, and the job of the threatened Earthling was to destroy them before they completed their flight.

The announcement of the raptor's removal from the endangered species list provides you with the opportunity to introduce your students to the subject of threatened and endangered animals and to the issues that surround them.

This top - secret, high - tech organization is dedicated to ensuring the safety of threatened princesses all around the globe — not princes, not kings or queens, not the offspring of rulers in non-monarchies, and not any other heir to the throne.

Half - human, half - spirit Mononoke embodies the contradictions of change, vowing to protect the woods yet drawn to youthful warrior - tribesman Ashitaka, who's seeking his own destiny at the heart of this threatened landscape.

However, when he tried to trademark it, a Notice of Threatened Opposition was filed to the Intellectual Property Office by Tinder.

While this life can be rather austere, for now it is sustaining: Emperor penguins are rated of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

The possibility of transferring this capacity to organisms as simple as bacteria opens a wide range of options in the world of biomedicine and, as the authors point out, to other fields as diverse as the repair of threatened ecosystems.

Lions are one of the animals included in the Red List of Threatened Species.

He is Director of Genetics at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research and oversees research efforts in cell culture and cryobanking, cytogenetics, population genetics, conservation breeding, evolution and systematics, and applications of genomics technologies to conservation efforts for managed and wild populations of threatened and endangered species.

His Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley (2002) included the first field experiments to successfully reverse the decline of a threatened frog in the wild.

In February, the Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) project team will continue its airborne and in - water investigations in the Hawaiian Islands to assess the condition of threatened coral - based ecosystems.

Our science programme involves research, monitoring and management of threatened endemic wildlife and their habitats

This was then augmented and corrected by G. Villa, with known and expected presence in Yasuní verified in accordance with the definitions given above, using online plant lists and collection records from Aarhus University [198], Center for Tropical Forest Science [199], Chicago Field Museum [200], Finding Species [201], Missouri Botanical Garden [202], New York Botanical Garden [203], and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [47].

All profits from the calendars will be directed towards ANPC projects aiming to raise community awareness of threatened plant species and endangered ecological communities.

Historically, about 80 % of extinctions since 1500 have occurred on island ecosystems that today support approximately 40 % of all threatened species.

However, these kinds of programs are only possible when zoos are part of a global network such as ISIS, where it is possible to monitor the status of threatened species across the planet's zoos.

Regarding to the high number of threatened marsupials, Dalia Conde explains that Australian zoos are trying to use these species not only for captive breeding programs but also to educate people about the threats, that a local species faces.

Overall, 57 out of the 59 animal orders that are found in zoos have a lower proportion of threatened species in zoos than in the wild.

That's the conclusion of a new study, which finds that, by failing to incorporate new technologies like satellite and aerial imaging, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species has misclassified the threats to hundreds of animals.

Two groups — the turtles and carnivorous marsupial — are overrepresented, while most groups of threatened species are the result of opportunistic collections rather than a major focus.

«The prevalence of threatened species in zoo's do not always reflect the number of threatened species in the wild,» says Dalia Conde.

However, aggressive policy changes could prevent deforestation on 1.3 million km2 of the threatened area, scientists report in the March 23 Nature.

Kemp's ridley turtles are currently classified as critically endangered on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe this fish is on the red list of threatened species compiled by the international World Conservation Union.

«Genome of threatened northern spotted owl assembed: Genome completion will help researchers better measure interbreeding among hybrid owls and guide conservation priorities in the West.»

«Our research shows that habitats surrounding palm oil plantations, although they are affected by agricultural activity, still sustain a number of threatened species,» says Chris Carbone, a senior research fellow at the Zoological Society of London.

It has also recently been included in CITES Appendix II, which regulates the international trade of threatened species.

The species is also on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN's) Red List of Threatened Species, and trade in the species or its parts is banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

That information is vital to DoD resource managers who need to quantify densities of threatened or endangered snake species.

About 80 percent of threatened birds, 75 percent of threatened amphibians, and 19 percent of threatened corals are considered «susceptible» to climate change in the future owing to their specialized habitat needs, physiological limitations, or other factors.

Last week, delegates warned that the Great Barrier Reef could be placed on a list of threatened sites due to plans to dump up to 3 million cubic meters of dredge spoils inside the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The species is designated as «Critically Endangered» on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, and is protected in U.S. waters by the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

«Accurate classification of these threatened species allows understanding of the species biology and identification of distinct populations that should be managed with utmost care.»

Andean bears are listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, and it is estimated that there are only 20,000 left in the wild.

The findings mean that 36 to 57 percent of Amazon trees could qualify for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's red list of threatened species, including the commercially valuable Brazil Nut and Cacao.

Steve: The first part of the book, before you get to the case - by - case analysis of the threatened and endangered birds, the first part of the book is just like a traditional book, you can sit there and read it and it has various sections and one of them talks about birds, as you know, literally canaries in coal mines and the rest of the bird species out there as our canaries in the ecological coal mine that we are in.

«The cloud forests of the Andes are a world unto themselves, filled with many species found nowhere else, many of them threatened or endangered,» Helgen said.

The authors of the report say that their findings justify raising the threatened status of the Grauer's gorilla as «critically endangered» on the IUCN list of Threatened Species, highlighting the perilous position these great apes are in, and the need to act now to prevent a further decline in numbers.

Thirty one authors collaborated on the review paper, which combines data from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, peer - reviewed scientific literature and United Nations databases to analyze the status, threats and conservation efforts of the world's more than 500 primate species.

Up to 83 % of birds, 66 % of amphibians and 70 % of corals that were identified as highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change are not currently considered threatened with extinction on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.