Sentences with phrase «on biodiversity conservation»

As a result the international treaties that focus on biodiversity conservation and environmental protection were extended to cover cultural preservation.

LinC (Lessons in Conservation) Online Journal American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC), and the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP) An open - access journal that provides educators and students free, downloadable lessons on biodiversity conservation.

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She writes about the impact of coffee production on birds, biodiversity, and the environment, along with related topics, at Coffee & Conservation, coffeehabitat.com

Salvanatura is the main conservation organization in El Salvador, and it has done a great deal of work specifically with coffee farms, both research on biodiversity, preparing and critiquing Rainforest Alliance certification guidelines, and aiding in certification efforts.

An excellent resource on Central Valley coffee growing and biodiversity is Sandra Znajda's York University Master's thesis, «Habitat conservation, avian diversity, and coffee agrosystems in southern Costa Rica,» available as a PDF here.

Biodiversity claims made in the nomination process for the Coffee Conservation award must be verified on the ground by partner organizations.

The winery holds annual «Hot Topic» seminars for growers that focus on water conservation, reduction in inputs, biodiversity, soil biology, composting and efficient use of equipment.

Gene drive technology poses serious and potentially irreversible threats to biodiversity, as well as national sovereignty, peace, and food security.This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on governments at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity to establish a moratorium on the controversial genetic extincbiodiversity, as well as national sovereignty, peace, and food security.This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on governments at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity to establish a moratorium on the controversial genetic extincBiodiversity to establish a moratorium on the controversial genetic extinction... more

With a Masters in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, she has experienced firsthand the devastating impacts of commercial seafood production on the oceans.

In 1999, a joint workshop in Vignola, Italy, organized by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and IFOAM together with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), was held to exchange ideas and information on organic agriculture and biodiversity.

The 2002 IFOAM Basic Standards for Organic Agriculture Production and Processing67 include principles and recommendations on «organic ecosystems» where provisions are made to «maintain a significant portion of farms to facilitate biodiversity and nature conservation», including (among others) wildlife refuge habitats and wildlife corridors that provide linkages and connectivity to native habitat.

We help to improve and manage habitats, increasing biodiversity and we work in partnership with conservation organisations on the ground locally and nationally.

The UK is particularly successful in bringing together shooting and conservation and BASC's head of biodiversity, Ian Danby, who represents UK shooters on the working group and hosted meeting said; «The working group draws together fantastic expertise on conservation and shooting across Europe, from Greece to Finland and many countries in - between.

Ian Danby, BASC's head of biodiversity projects, said: «This is a practical demonstration of the value of conservation work carried out on shoots and farms.

BASC has written to congratulate new Environment Secretary Michael Gove on his appointment and to outline shooting's value to conservation and biodiversity.

A recently published paper provides a history of scientific research on mountain ecosystems, looks at the issues threatening wildlife in these systems, and sets an agenda for biodiversity conservation throughout the world's mountain regions.

This study highlights the importance of considering hydrological drought for wildfire prediction, and the researchers recommend that hydrology should be considered in future studies of the impact of projected ENSO strength, including effects on tropical ecosystems, and biodiversity conservation.

Researchers say that while PAs can counter agricultural expansion — and many have increasingly called for PAs to expand across the planet amid dire evidence of rapid species decline — the limits on land that can be set aside for PAs means that biodiversity conservation success depends on protecting native vegetation on private lands.

These results offer a new perspective on the roles humans play in natural systems, and inform ongoing discussions about land management and biodiversity conservation.

Supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation — FAPESP under the aegis of its Research Program on Biodiversity Characterization, Conservation, Restoration & Sustainable Use (BIOTA - FAPESP, the study relied on the collaboration of the City's Animal Health Control Center and its Department of Parks & Green Areas to carry out a collection of 37,972 specimens of the family Culicidae (which gathers flies commonly known as mosquitoes) from nine municipal parks — later laboratory analysis would show that these mosquitoes belonged to 73 species and 14 genera.

But on the front lines of conservation, where people live intimately with primary forests, biodiversity hotspots and endangered species, it is often grinding poverty that drives the destruction.

«In this centre, we are [all] focused on evolution from different points of view, not only from genetics but [also] ecology, palaeotonlogy, biodiversity, and conservation,» says Pérez.

Conservation dollars are limited, however, and it is important that invasive mammal management efforts be focused on the islands where they will go the furthest toward conserving native island biodiversity.

«While urbanization has caused cities to lose large numbers of plants and animals, the good news is that cities still retain endemic native species, which opens the door for new policies on regional and global biodiversity conservation,» said lead author and NCEAS working group member Myla F. J. Aronson, a research scientist in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

His research is focused on marine biodiversity, coral reef ecology and conservation and the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems.

Fellow co-author Dr Toby Gardner, researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute, said: «There remains a widespread assumption that concentrating conservation efforts on the protection of isolated reserves is the best way we can safeguard biodiversity.

Researchers at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent say that with over 4 million km2 of tropical forests harvested for timber worldwide, improving the way logging impacts on wildlife is essential for global biodiversity cConservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent say that with over 4 million km2 of tropical forests harvested for timber worldwide, improving the way logging impacts on wildlife is essential for global biodiversity conservationconservation.

«The scientific community can make an important contribution to conservation in deserts by establishing baseline information on biodiversity and developing new approaches to sustainable management of desert species and ecosystems.»

Such a broad perspective on island formation is immensely helpful for the conservation of island biodiversity today.»

Said lead author Dr. James Watson of WCS and University of Queensland, and current President of the Society for Conservation Biology: «Achieving CBD's goals are imperative for nature and humanity, as people depend on biodiversity for important and valuable services.

UQ Associate Professor Richard Fuller said the research provided a better understanding of climate change impacts on Antarctic biodiversity and plan conservation actions.

Traditionally, conservation biologists have relied on field observation and sample and statistical analysis to help them understand the dynamics behind species loss, but today genetics is taking on an increasingly important role in helping quantify the biodiversity around us and even save some threatened species.

In scientific journals, papers on biodiversity loss and conservation have increased at a steady pace, but publication of papers on climate change accelerated markedly around 2006 and overtook them.

«The deal reached on financing... is a disappointing result, because it is not nearly enough money to reach the ambitious targets to protect biodiversity,» said Lasse Gustavsson, WWF International's executive director of conservation in a statement.

Entitled «Plant diversity in Southeast Asia» the special issue hosts twelve articles devoted to the cause of promoting awareness the biodiversity richness of the region while raising concerns on its conservation.

«Biodiversity conservation has mostly focused on species, but some species may offer much more critical or unique functions or evolutionary heritage than others — something current conservation planning does not readily address,» said Walter Jetz, a Yale associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and director of the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change.

«We show that a direct consideration of these other biodiversity facets identifies different regions as high - priority for conservation than a focus on species does, and more effectively safeguards functions or evolutionary heritage,» Jetz said.

They estimate that a carefully prepared 5 % increase in conservation area would allow a dramatically improved capture of bird and mammal biodiversity facets; an approach focused on species numbers alone would be much less optimal, the researchers said.

New research suggests that offering financial incentives for farming industries to mitigate the impact agriculture has on the environment, by reducing fertiliser use and «sparing» land for conservation, for example, actually has a positive effect on critical areas such as greenhouse gas reduction and increased biodiversity.

«Natural resources are the ultimate safety net when people can no longer farm,» says Nancy Gelman of the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group, which links six US conservation organisations working on the continent.

Last week, at the Society for Conservation Biology's annual meeting in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, researchers and conservationists gathered to highlight how the HIV epidemic is threatening biodiversity, and to share information on how to alleviate an escalating human and environmental tragedy.

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) are working together to attract talented early - career researchers, scientists, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in fields such as climate, biodiversity, conservation, humanities and astrophysiConservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) are working together to attract talented early - career researchers, scientists, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in fields such as climate, biodiversity, conservation, humanities and astrophysiconservation, humanities and astrophysics research.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of the components of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources.

This book presents a series of essays on the application of plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment to help prevent species extinction, ecosystem collapse, and solve problems in biodiversity conservation.

Bachelor's degree holders often go on to earn graduate degrees in more specialized subjects such as marine biodiversity or marine science and conservation.

The book is aimed at any graduate students and researchers with a strong interest in plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment, plant community ecology, biodiversity conservation, and the environmental impacts of human activities on ecosystems.

He has published in numerous social science and environmental science journals on topics of land and water management, biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, residential development, and urban resilience.

Now, a team from the LOEWE Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (BiK - F), in conjunction with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, conducted a more detailed analysis of these animals» spatial distribution in South Africa, based on their genetic profile.

On a safari through the genome — genes offer new insights into the distribution of giraffes (17/11/2014) A team from the LOEWE Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (BiK - F), in conjunction with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, has conducted a detailed analysis of these animals» spatial distribution based on their genetic profile..On a safari through the genome — genes offer new insights into the distribution of giraffes (17/11/2014) A team from the LOEWE Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (BiK - F), in conjunction with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, has conducted a detailed analysis of these animals» spatial distribution based on their genetic profile..on their genetic profile....

Kilpatrick is lead author of another paper in this issue on «Conservation of biodiversity as a strategy for improving human health and well - being,» in which he examined the evidence linking biodiversity to disease risk and outlined the steps needed to develop biodiversity conservation into a public health contrConservation of biodiversity as a strategy for improving human health and well - being,» in which he examined the evidence linking biodiversity to disease risk and outlined the steps needed to develop biodiversity conservation into a public health contrconservation into a public health control strategy.