Sentences with phrase «project on the deforestation»

I'm working on a big project on the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, so I would never cut a tree.

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Furthermore, UTZ works on the landscape - based adaptation planning project with Malawian tea smallholder farmers which will not only address the effects of climate change on tea, but also tackle such environmental impacts as land degradation, deforestation and availability of clean water.

The project will help meet the country's overarching FIP goals by addressing the underlying drivers of deforestation and catalyzing transformational change through up - front investment to support the country's strategy on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancing forest carbon stodeforestation and catalyzing transformational change through up - front investment to support the country's strategy on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancing forest carbon stoDeforestation and Forest Degradation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancing forest carbon stocks (REDD +).

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.

While it may seem obvious, asking about the source of the wood you are using on your next home repair project — and rejecting it if it comes from the tropical rainforest — will help efforts to prevent deforestation.

When they plugged individual species data for vertebrates that depend on the tropical forest for food and shelter and deforestation patterns from 1970 to 2008 into their model, it projected that 80 — 90 % of extinctions caused by previous rainforest loss are yet to come.

The Nature Conservancy did an avoided deforestation project (a forest carbon project) in Peru, and worked with the government there to put specific restrictions on an area that had been suffering from illegal logging.

When asked what got him started on the movie project, Roddy replied: «I've been reading up on global warming for about ten years and published an article last year about deforestation and climate change in the USA.

Further, emissions from deforestation account for 20 % of global carbon emissions, and there is concern that there would never be enough REDD projects to have a meaningful impact on the large magnitude of emissions from deforestation.

The fact that certain analytical conclusions about observed climate change, attribution to human causes, in particular the energy system and deforestation, projected greater climate change in the future, observed impacts of climate change on natural and human systems, and projected very disruptive consequences in the future given our current trajectory, is not due to «group think» but rather to a generally shared analysis based on evidence.

COTAP's community - owned carbon offset projects serve and connect key UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 1 — ending poverty, and Goal 13 — taking action on climate change; as well as enhancing food security, fighting deforestation, boosting sustainable growth and employment, and protecting ecosystems and biodiversity.

Biomass (or bioenergy) carbon offset projects vary depending on whether they are methane avoidance projects, reducing deforestation, or avoiding fossil fuel use; some projects may deliver more than one of these.

Life on land: Besides the reduction of greenhouse gases, the project assist environmental sustainability by slowing deforestation, which also prevents soil erosion, the destruction of natural habitats and the loss of biodiversity

«Our study suggests... [the] initiative will not significantly reduce deforestation in northern Sumatra and will have little impact on orangutan conservation,» David Gaveau of the University of Kent, UK, and the Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program told environmentalresearchweb, «because firstly a large amount of forest inside the proposed REDD project area is protected de facto by being inaccessible; and secondly much of northern Sumatra's lowland forests will remain outside of REDD and will be exposed to the combined expansion of high - revenue oil palm plantations and road networks.»

If projects incorporate the cost of programmes to reduce pressure on forests, this will prevent spread of poverty and displacement of deforestation.

This is based on the historical waterflows in the Xingu River, but studies have shown that this flow will be substantially less if deforestation and climate change continue as projected.

RSPB highlighted their current work in forests, focusing on their international campaigns like the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project, whose on - the - ground work is making a difference to places like the Harapan and the Sabangau rainforests, on the front line of advancing wave oil palm which is driving deforestation and the corrupt conversion of forest for plantation concessions.

For real - time tracking, visit the Forest Trends» REDD Expenditures Tracking Project (REDDX), which keeps tabs on donor commitments and deliveries for REDD + (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) in the here and now.

However the carbon market is real (even in the U.S. where carbon is traded on the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)-RRB- and it is likely that avoided deforestation will be incorporated as an emissions offset during the next UN round, especially if projects are proving that it is viable.

Whether it's heat - trapping methane emissions on a Connecticut dairy farm or protecting Brazilian rainforests from slash and burn deforestation, we ensure our projects meet the highest global standards.

The project partner, GERES estimates that as well as improving the health of families by reducing exposure to hazardous air pollutants, creating employment through the local manufacture, retailing and maintenance of stoves, and protecting the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing deforestation, consumers have saved over $ 9,000,000 on fuel from the project overall.

Summary: Brazil's Amazon Fund to reduce deforestation distributes $ 40M to 5 NGOs Projects focus on monitoring, environmentally - responsible land use, forest protection, and payments for avoiding deforestation 20 % of Amazon Fund...

Philip is a Program Associate with Forest Trends» Supply Change initiative, where he researches corporate sustainability commitments on commodity driven deforestation and contributes to project analysis, newsletters, and reports.

In addition to regular monitoring by satellite images of the project area, there is a team stationed within the property, which conducts on - site surveillance of deforestation within and on the borders of the project area, to ensure the maintenance and preservation of the forest.

Implementing REDD + (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD - ALERT project

«The wealthy countries are very smart, approving protocols, holding big speeches on the need to avoid deforestation, but they already deforested everything,» Mr. da Silva said during the announcement of a public works project in Rio de Janeiro.

With the help of this system, known as Project Monitoring Deforestation in the Amazon (PRODES), along with improvements in land management on a local and federal level, that has allowed for illegal logging practices to slow in recent years.

In addition to our work with the cities we're developing projects that will increase the use of clean energy on a significant scale, and we're working with countries to measure and value the forests they have to address deforestation.

Center for American ProgressAccording to Project Catalyst, emission reductions on the low end have improved largely due to countries such as Brazil and Indonesia strengthening their own direct commitments for reductions, rather than, for example, only providing a less expensive offset market through deforestation projects for developed countries.