Sentences with phrase «of wildlife habitat»

Increased droughts and forest fires, decreased runoff, loss of wildlife habitat, and rising air pollution are all signs of a climate out of control.

He's spent a lifetime studying animals and over the last two decades promoting the preservation of wildlife habitat and the adoption of homeless pets.

Some 80 species of butterflies, 164 bird species, 700 plus plant species, and a diversity of wildlife habitats.

We're using up land at the expense of wildlife habitat.

The study was made up of a number of indicators on current and future biodiversity including wildlife populations, their risk of extinction, and the degradation of wildlife habitats.

Loss of wildlife habitat and natural vegetation are the primary wildlife concerns associated with wind energy.

Nicaragua has become the first nation to establish part of a proposed 1900 - kilometer - long corridor of wildlife habitat in Central America.

Mass Audubon manages more than 35,000 acres of wildlife habitat across the state, ranging from barrier beaches to open fields to northern hardwood forests.

The area comprises a National Park and a Special Protection Area (SPA) that includes the Ornithological Reserve of SEO / BirdLife, fulfilling the purpose of restoration and ecological management of wetlands, conservation and improvement of wildlife habitats, and the increase of biological diversity.

«While compensation programs don't prevent the death of livestock, they do effectively support the maintenance of wildlife habitat on private lands,» said Boyce.

The training consists of classes field studies, workshops and presentations by experts in horticulture, ornithology, biology, endangered - plant species and creation and restoration of wildlife habitat emphasizing Florida native plants.

Jane Kirchner has spent more than 20 years helping save open lands and advocating for the protection of wildlife habitat.

The trails they blazed through the heart of the continent encouraged the reckless destruction of wildlife habitat.

«Deforestation and forest degradation are the biggest threats to the health of the Congo Basin, including Cameroon, as forests store large amounts of carbon and provide essential ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation, the regulation of the water cycle and the provision of wildlife habitats,» says Corinne Moser, the Rainforest Alliance's senior manager of landscapes and livelihoods in the Congo Basin.

Biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and severe impacts on ecosystem services — which refer to nature's support of wildlife habitat, crop pollination, soil health and other benefits — have not only accompanied conventional farming systems, but have often extended well beyond the boundaries of their fields, such as fertilizer runoff into rivers.

Careful site selection for renewable facilities of all types is important to minimize the loss and fragmentation of wildlife habitat and forests that sequester carbon.

Mass Audubon partner TIDE protects the 160 - square mile Port Honduras Marine Reserve and manages 60,000 acres of wildlife habitat including the Paynes Creek National Park for the government of Belize and protected lands it owns in southern Belize.

As part of the wildlife habitat improvements at Ship Canal Commons, large tree trunks were weighted and placed on the bottom of the Union Ship Canal and partially buried in the underwater stabilization berm with the roots exposed to create artificial reefs.

Maligne Lake has been re-introducing native grasses in previously impacted areas; this will help to restore ecosystem integrity and improve the quality of wildlife habitat in the area.

Experience the breath taking views as you cruise along the magnificent waterway of the Tweed River, cruising by Point Danger Lookout and Cook Island with its abundance of wildlife habitat.

The fund will support efforts potentially including, but not limited to, the protection and restoration of vital wetlands and estuaries, the creation and enhancement of wildlife habitat, invasive species migration, and the conducting of scientific studies to ensure the long - term viability of the area's natural resources.

The refuge constitutes a small percentage of the Northern Great Basin's total acreage but is a tremendously important source of wildlife habitat relative to other portions of the Northern Great Basin.

Power companies, sewage treatment plants, and water providers can protect large amounts of wildlife habitat in cooperation with state governments, says a recent study by the nonpartisan Environmental Law Institute (ELI).

Maps of the wildlife habitat are overlaid to show the level of impact the timber and paper companies will have on already threatened and endangered species.

In fact, the researchers say, the loss of wildlife habitat in Africa — and not human treatment programs — could be the main reason that sleeping sickness disease, usually called human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is now on the retreat.

Government policies are more focused on development than restoration of wildlife habitat and conservation of the animals in the wild.

The natural resources support industries in Louisiana and millions of jobs nationwide, provide hundreds of thousands of acres of wildlife habitat and winter habitat for more than five million migratory waterfowl, and are the primary nursery for the food chain supplying the entire Caribbean Basin.

Current prices for conventionally grown foods do not reflect the costs of federal subsidies to conventional agriculture, the cost of contaminated drinking water, loss of wildlife habitat and soil erosion, or the cost of the disposal and clean up of hazardous wastes generated by the manufacturing of pesticides.

Represented San Diego Gas and Electric in a contract dispute involving a $ 300 million - dollar wind farm in Montana and compliance with federal laws relating to preservation of wildlife habitat.