Sentences with phrase «on nature conservation»

in 2016 they began developing a system of National Natural Capital Accounts... By Joop van Bodegraven, policy adviser on nature conservation for the Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture,...

While in Paris, President Mahama will hold bilateral talks with French President Francois Hollande, launch at the UNESCO, an exhibition on Nature Conservation in Ghana, with a focus on the Mole National Park and meet with French Investors.

The President's other engagements in Paris include bilateral talks with French President Francois Hollande, and the launch at the UNESCO of an exhibition on Nature Conservation in Ghana, with a focus on the Mole National Park.

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Yet conservation of nature at its heart is the notion that humans must reduce their demands on the environment in favor of other species.

On the other hand, it would be overly simple to claim the Hebrew Scriptures in support of our modern study of animal life or the work of environmental conservation, since it is clear that neither priest not prophet thought the order of nature as we now see it to reflect God's intentions, either original or ultimate, for it.

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.

Our conservation science experts work on our wildlife sanctuaries and beyond to ensure that the nature of Massachusetts continues to thrive.

LINCOLN, MA — The public is invited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the George Robert White Environmental Conservation Center at Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center in Mattapan as part of the annual «Rockin» with Raptors» festival on Saturday, September 22, from 1 - 4 pm.

Every Friday morning we'll do a nature - based activity based on the weather and season, either in Discovery Woods or out on the conservation land adjacent to the Museums.

Originally founded so that scientists and nature aficionados alike could study and share the specimens they collected, we continue to build on our legacy of natural history education at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum through immersive exhibits, critical conservation and research initiatives, public engagement and education progranature aficionados alike could study and share the specimens they collected, we continue to build on our legacy of natural history education at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum through immersive exhibits, critical conservation and research initiatives, public engagement and education prograNature Museum through immersive exhibits, critical conservation and research initiatives, public engagement and education programming.

LINCOLN, MA — The Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference, convened annually by the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition and taking place Saturday, March 22, at Worcester Technical High School, will feature more than 30 workshops designed to connect people with nature, including a presentation on greater access to the outdoors for individuals with disabilities.

By acquiring this property, and establishing a new wildlife sanctuary at Tidmarsh, Mass Audubon will lead by example in protecting one of the best remaining land conservation opportunities in coastal Massachusetts, and inspire the public to act on nature's behalf.

Long - tailed duck is listed as vulnerable to global extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and relies heavily on Massachusetts» coast for its overwintering habitat.

On November 7, the Chicago Conservation Corps and the Nature Museum came together to change that for 3,500 homes in the city of Chicago.

Cushing, 30, worked previously for Mass Audubon on Cape Cod and the South Coast, and returns to the respected conservation organization after working for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Vermont since 2013.

Mass Audubon will hold its 2016 Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 10 at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester to review accomplishments, announce initiatives — and honor individuals and organizations who model the same commitment to the environment as the state's largest nature conservation organization.

LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon will hold its 2016 Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 10 at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester to review accomplishments, announce initiatives — and honor individuals and organizations who model the same commitment to the environment as the state's largest nature conservation organization.

The Sanctuaries 100th celebration on April 9 will present an opportunity to look back on how they've evolved as community resources for conservation, nature - based education, and environmental advocacy, and how they are positioned to inspire even more people to forge their own bonds with the natural world.

It will engage scientists, naturalists, citizen scientists, and all visitors to learn about nature through active participation on this ambitious conservation project.

Children's immersion and connection with nature also has profound implications on future conservation and the direction of the environmental movement.

«The New York League of Conservation Voters is proud of our nonpartisan nature — we are focused not on party labels but rather on results.

These insults have whittled their population down 90 percent of its level from 45 years ago and put the species on the critically endangered list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

In 1964, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) began tracking the conservation status of species on its «Red Conservation of Nature (IUCN) began tracking the conservation status of species on its «Red conservation status of species on its «Red List.»

Conservation International and the International Union for Conservation of Nature have developed the Blue Carbon Policy Framework, with the objective to integrate blue carbon activities into the policy and financial work of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which oversees international work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

On the contrary, measures to enhance social equity in a societal and macroeconomic sense may strengthen nature conservation,» stresses Stefan Baumgärtner, Professor of Environmental Economics and Resource Management at the University of Freiburg and director of the study.

Of the species existing within this region, the authors anticipate that nearly 50 percent of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and other organisms found nowhere else on earth will become threatened according to the criteria of the Red List, an inventory of imperiled animals and plants maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Not enough is known about the Antarctic minke for its conservation status to be classified on the Red List of Threatened Species maintained by the International Union for Conservatioconservation status to be classified on the Red List of Threatened Species maintained by the International Union for ConservationConservation of Nature.

If we focus only on excluding people from nature, conservation plans are doomed to fail.

If the report's conclusions are accepted by the African Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation Nature (IUCN), the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) may be split into two species: L. africana, for those living on the savanna, and L. cyclotis, for those in the forest.

It has been developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and is based on its Red List of Threatened...

A new article addresses the ecological and ethical challenges stemming from the question of what effects the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology will have on the conservation of nature.

High - life monkey: Nature Conservation Foundation biologists on an expedition in India announced the serendipitous find of a new monkey.

More than 170,000 unique protected areas were identified using the International Union for Conservation of Nature's World Database on Protected Areas.

«We're hoping we will see these three sites on the World Heritage List come mid-July,» says Peter Shadie, senior adviser on world heritage to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Other green groups and corporations, including CarbonFootprint.com, CarbonCounter.org, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy and British Oil Giant BP, among others, also offer carbon calculators on their websites.

In 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) downgraded giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) from endangered to vulnerable, on the basis of a 2011 — 14 population survey by the Chinese government that reported 1,864 adult pandas, up from 1,596 in the early 2000s.

The discovery has significant conservation implications, the researchers say, noting that the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group recently submitted an updated proposed assessment of the giraffe on the IUCN Red List taking into consideration their rapid decline over the laconservation implications, the researchers say, noting that the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group recently submitted an updated proposed assessment of the giraffe on the IUCN Red List taking into consideration their rapid decline over the laConservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group recently submitted an updated proposed assessment of the giraffe on the IUCN Red List taking into consideration their rapid decline over the last 30 years.

Members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress, happening this week in Honolulu, will decide on Motion 7, whichwould call on the IUCN to encourage governments to shut down the ivory trade — and provide help in doing so.

«Plants, animals, and people all depend on forests and may all face additional challenges as temperatures increase and precipitation patterns shift,» said John Shuey, a co-author of the study and Director of Conservation Science for the Indiana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

Based on preliminary assessments, the research team suggested M. laterite to be classified as Endangered under the guidelines of the Red List by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as the geographic range of the frog is narrow, within an area of 150 square kilometres in southwest India.

The researchers are calling for guidelines produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, the world's main authority on species that are at risk of extinction, to be updated to include cautionary messages on some methodologies of climate change risk assessment.

The team used the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classification of protected areas in order to evaluate the influence of potential factors on deforestation and project future deforestation.

Based on these data, Marxan designs nature reserves that cost as little as possible to create and maintain, while meeting whatever conservation criteria the user has established; this might mean creating the smallest possible nature reserve that still represents every type of plant life in a given region.

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.

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 primConservation 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 primconservation efforts of the world's more than 500 primate species.

«In terms of practical nature conservation, these results signify that in the future it will no longer be sufficient to preserve small, isolated reserves — while these benefit specialized species with a simple genetic structure, the bulk of species that depend on an exchange between local populations will lose out in the medium to long term,» predicts Schmitt, and he adds in closing, «This will lead to a further decline of numerous insect species — with dramatic consequences for entire food webs and ecosystems.»

In «Conservation for the People,» on page 50, however, conservationists Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier argue that more good — for both nature and people — will come from saving ecosystems that render valuable services to human communities.

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.

Rachel Nowak's challenging article on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (14 March, p 8)...