Sentences with phrase «on bird protection»

A legal opinion commissioned by NABU says licenses had been issued without properly applying EU directives on bird protection and other environmental considerations.

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Also Monday, environmentalists agreed to put on hold another lawsuit over protections for the Gunnison sage grouse, a smaller version of the bird found only in Colorado and Utah.

Also Monday, environmentalists agreed to put on hold another lawsuit over protections for the Gunnison sage grouse, a smaller version of the bird which is found only in Colorado and Utah.

Environmental groups have started a new court battle over protections for an imperiled bird on Western U.S. public lands but called a truce in a separate lawsuit involving the bird's smaller cousin.

Environmental groups have launched a pair of court battles over protections for an imperiled bird on public land in the Western U.S. but called a truce in a third lawsuit involving its smaller cousin.

Interior Department officials said the revisions to the Obama - era plans were aimed at increasing flexibility on public lands where the birds reside — not undoing protections outright.

Washington (CNN)- The Justice Department sought on Friday to strike a delicate balance between the use of bald eagle feathers by Native American tribes and federal protection of the nation's symbolic bird.

Under the leadership (1980 - 1999) of Gerard A. Bertrand, Mass Audubon spearheaded passage of critical land and water protection legislation, while also maintaining focus on local and international bird protection, launching the Coastal Waterbird Program in 1987 and beginning cooperative work with the Belize Audubon Society in 1984, then forming Programme for Belize in 1988.

Results led directly to control activities focusing on protection of habitat for grassland nesting birds.

Mass Audubon and Three Bays Preservation are dedicated to restoring habitat on the island to continue protection to these vulnerable coastal bird species.

These were the Sale of Endangered Animals on the Internet (Prohibition) Bill, 2006; [35] Primates As Pets (Prohibition) Bill, 2007 [36] and the Common Birds (Protection) Bill, 2009.

«With a recent government funded study showing low compliance with existing regulations in England on lead shot use, it's not surprising unacceptable numbers of wildfowl are still dying avoidable deaths from lead poisoning,» the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds» director of conservation Martin Harper said.

The study, by researchers at University of Wisconsin - Madison, the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, focused on a nest - protection program that was based on the logical assumption that endangered birds would reproduce and prosper if people are kept away from their nests.

Antibodies against the common flu blunt bird flu's effects on mice, but how to enhance the protection in people is unclear

The bald eagle was nearly extinct in the continental U.S. by the late 20th century, but the population has since stabilized, primarily due to habitat protection and a ban on DDT, an insecticide that weakened the birds» eggs so much that the eagles could not produce viable offspring.

Marine mammals, sharks and rays, polar bears, and some birds are among the 31 species that will get greater protection under a deal reached earlier this week by more than 100 countries at a meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a U.N. body.

Unable to fly, nestling birds depend on their parents for both food and protection: vocal communication between parents and offspring helps young birds to determine when they should beg for food and when they should crouch in the nest to avoid a predator seeking an easy meal.

The proliferation of problem drugs puts a premium on finding safer alternatives, says Toby Galligan, a conservation scientist at the United Kingdom's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Bedfordshire.

The majority of the nature reserves established on private land that are included in the national bird wetland protection programme allow hunting.

Background on Greater Sage Grouse Protection The greater sage grouse, an iconic bird known and loved for its elaborate mating dance, is imperiled.

As the UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds notes, in refreshingly straightforward language: «Despite the large numbers of birds killed, there is no scientific evidence that predation by cats in gardens is having any impact on bird populations UK - wide... It is likely that most of the birds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations.&rBirds notes, in refreshingly straightforward language: «Despite the large numbers of birds killed, there is no scientific evidence that predation by cats in gardens is having any impact on bird populations UK - wide... It is likely that most of the birds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations.&rbirds killed, there is no scientific evidence that predation by cats in gardens is having any impact on bird populations UK - wide... It is likely that most of the birds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations.&rbirds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations.»

Following a successful campaign headed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the main island was in 2006 declared free of feral cats, and sea birds are now once again nesting on Ascension IsBirds, the main island was in 2006 declared free of feral cats, and sea birds are now once again nesting on Ascension Isbirds are now once again nesting on Ascension Island.

She championed bird preservation before the advent of the Audubon Society and helped to secure protection for the Atlantic shore birds,» recalled Sydney H. Coleman, himself a legendary figure in the early humane movement, on page 183 of Humane Society Leaders in America, published in 1924 by the American Humane Association.

In coordination with the Animal Protection Institute (API), the AWC has established National Bird Day (January 5), as a day of action and education on behalf of captive birds.

The two - part series focuses on avian outreach and campaigns including the role and responsibilities that captive exotic wildlife sanctuaries have in education, avian laws, and suggested approaches to expanding legal protection for captive birds.

Barbara has drafted, consulted on and secured amendments to provincial and federal legislation, including updates to the Criminal Code, the Migratory Bird Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

Because wild cats have been blamed for killing millions of small mammals and birds each year, Fish and Wildlife officials Friday voted to prohibit the release, feeding and protection of cats on land the agency manages and discourage such behavior on other public lands.

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As the UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds notes: «It is likely that most of the birds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations.&rBirds notes: «It is likely that most of the birds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations.&rbirds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations.»

Expanded dog and cat food categories including raw, limited ingredient and freeze - dried • New types of dog and cat treats including grain - free, freeze - dried and grass treats • Calming products used on pets • BPA - free products • Pet - monitoring systems / cameras • Lightweight litter and litter mats • Recycled newspaper scratching posts • Recovery suits for wound protection • Pet doors with microchip sensors • Interactive feeders • The importance of pet products made in the USA • How often dogs are walked • Amount spent on wild bird feed in the past 12 months

All 35 villages on Nusa Penida island have now signed bird protection laws and villages and Harbour Authorities are working together to fight the illicit trade.

Enjoy gentle giants on our WHALE WATCHING, swim and interact with DOLPHINS IN THE WILD, participate on the National Marine TURTLE CAMP Protection Program, admire marine wonders on our SNORKELING AT LOS ARCOS or visiting MARIETAS ISLANDS, immerse on the different habitats for BIRD WATCHING on this tropical birding paradise, or enter through mangrove channels and a Lagoon at SAN BLAS for more biriding and CROCODRILES IN THE WILD.

The world's forests already have a lot on their plate: Providing flood protection, drinking water purification, lumber, and recreation, plus habitat for about half the world's mammals, birds, and insects.

Now the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has issued a formal objection to the plans on the grounds that local bird populations could be hurt: Several EU Protected Species Could Be Disturbed From the RSPB statement:

The plan is a huge step for conservation of the Western Arctic, an area increasingly stressed by climate change, and provides critical protections for key lands in the Reserve and the wildlife dependent on it, including migratory birds from around the world, caribou, bears, wolves, beluga whales, and walrus.

Update: I posted this blog on Friday morning, Nov. 22, and at the time, no U.S. wind energy company had ever been prosecuted for violating federal bird protection laws.

John Lanchbery from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds told his colleagues that on the basis of ecological effects and the observed inability of some natural ecosystems to adapt, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are already too high.

James Delingpole has a good article on the corruption of The National Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection Prevention of Birds.

The main US bird protection association, Audubon, states that while badly sited wind farms can kill a lot of birds, «On balance, Audubon strongly supports wind power»; see Audubon policy statement on wind poweOn balance, Audubon strongly supports wind power»; see Audubon policy statement on wind poweon wind power.

Except for bird populations, which benefited from the protections, especially Winchats, which enjoyed nesting on fence posts, «the borders meant the end of biological exchange.»

Originally formed to protect our native forests and birds, Forest & Bird's role has since grown to include protection of all native species and wild places, — on land and in our oceans, lakes and rivers.

**** James Delingpole, hot on the hypocrisy trail, pops up a fair and reasonable poser: who protects Britain's birds from its Royal Society for the Protection of Bbirds from its Royal Society for the Protection of BirdsBirds?

The bird had been reclassified in 1995 from endangered to threatened; the Interior Department made the recovery official today by striking off the eagle from the list of threatened species under the species - protection law.Nearly 10,000 bald eagles now soar the skies above the contiguous 48 states, compared with a documented 417 in 1963, when the bird was on the brink of extinction everywhere except in Alaska and Canada.

Zapping from one favourite blog to another, I find here a solemn accusation of BBC censorship in the Arctic from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; at Harmless Sky, Alex Cull has unearthed another twitcher, Lord Krebs (whose place on the Climate Change Committee seems to be due to his scientfic expertise on birds), musing on how best to brainwash the British public into agreeing with him; while on Bishop Hill there's a video of an hour long rant about Deniers from an expert on rhodedendBirds; at Harmless Sky, Alex Cull has unearthed another twitcher, Lord Krebs (whose place on the Climate Change Committee seems to be due to his scientfic expertise on birds), musing on how best to brainwash the British public into agreeing with him; while on Bishop Hill there's a video of an hour long rant about Deniers from an expert on rhodedendbirds), musing on how best to brainwash the British public into agreeing with him; while on Bishop Hill there's a video of an hour long rant about Deniers from an expert on rhodedendrons.

Lewis concerned an outline planning permission granted by the council to Persimmon Homes Teeside Ltd for a mixed residential and leisure development on the Cleveland coast in a special protection area in respect of both birds and habitats.

Hong Kong based group head Richard Bird is «an expert on the protection of IP in China from both a legal and operational perspective».

Typically couples will purchase policies such as these to kill two birds with one stone when it comes to providing protection to the household; however, in some cases a term insurance rider for the spouse on a different policy may make more sense if it is offered.