Sentences with phrase «protect coastal ecosystems»

States that allow drilling would get 37.5 percent of revenues from sale of the oil to help protect coastal ecosystems.

«Monitoring the health and vitality of our nation's oceans, waterways, and watersheds is critical as we work to preserve and protect coastal ecosystems,» said Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., acting under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and acting NOAA administrator.

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The 8,300 - acre Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve protects unique ecosystems like rare oak savannah and woodlands, riparian wetlands, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and bunchgrass prairie.

«Decreasing CO2 emissions is still the No. 1 most important way to protect our marine ecosystems, but our research indicates that marine life also has substantial control over coastal pH.»

Some of the 30 studies suggest features of coastal ecosystems may even protect the built environment during a natural disaster.

«Most of our tools for managing coastal species and ecosystems — such as marine protected areas and regulating point source pollution — are spatially explicit, and this research illustrates there may be hotspots of vulnerability or resilience that we could protect or manage locally,» she said.

Two of NOAA's four mission goals are to «protect, restore, and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through an ecosystem approach to management,» and to «understand climate variability and change to enhance society's ability to plan and respond.»

Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for life underwater, protect coastal areas by reducing the power of waves hitting the coast, and provide a crucial source of income for millions of people.

Projects are being developed at sites globally to protect and restore coastal ecosystems for their «blue» carbon value.

Strategically designed and implemented field projects will demonstrate the viability of blue carbon, facilitate the development of practical, science - based methodologies and build local and national capacity to protect and manage coastal ecosystems and their myriad ecosystem services in blue carbon - rich countries.

14.2 by 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration, to achieve healthy and productive oceans

Volunteer Stewards of Lands End are trained volunteers who perform habitat restoration and help in protecting fragile coastal ecosystems, as well as rare and threatened species.

The purpose of Katmai National Park and Preserve is to protect, study, and interpret active volcanism surrounding the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, extensive coastal resources, habitats supporting a high concentration of salmon and brown bears, and an ongoing story of humans integrated with a dynamic subarctic ecosystem.

Depending on the coastal tides slowly blending into the mangrove ecosystem at Damas Estuary, your night adventure starts after your arrival at our Damas Island Rancho located in our protected mangrove habitat.

They will do that by taking a close look at restrictions on building in hazardous coastal areas, making coastal structures more storm - proof, protecting and enhancing coastal wetlands and other ecosystem features that can buffer storm impacts, and creating financial incentives to promote protective behaviors.

The NEO recognizes that protecting ocean ecosystem health and biodiversity is critical to human health, coastal community culture, and national economic stability.

Invest in green infrastructure and the protection and restoration of wetlands and coastal ecosystems to protect and supplement wastewater treatment systems

Our oceans are under attack from pollution around the globe and we must work together to protect our coastal areas and vast ocean ecosystems.

«Only by doing that do I strongly believe that sustainable management of coastal ecosystems and small island nations can be fully protected,» he said.

Such measures can range from «working with nature» (e.g., placing a greater emphasis on coastal resource management, or protecting mangrove and natural reef ecosystems), to a concerted «climate - proofing» of infrastructure, including storm - drainage systems, water supply and treatment plants, as well as protection or relocation of energy or solid waste management facilities.

This analytical report underscores the need for protecting coastal wetlands, creating incentives for avoiding their degradation and improving their restoration, and including the protection of these ecosystems in carbon emission reduction strategies and in climate negotiations.

Forest Trends» Coastal and Marine Initiative aims to protect marine ecosystem services by harnessing markets and private sector investment to complement conventional coastal and marine management methods.

Ocean - lovers from all walks of life came together to create marine protected areas because MPAs have been proven to enhance the resilience of ocean ecosystems to withstand cumulative impacts of human and natural stressors (e.g., pollution, coastal development, fishing pressure, climate change, etc.).

This activity report showcases a set of case studies that present the work of a wide range of financed and supported projects that make a case for further investment in marine protected areas to restore the health of oceanic and coastal ecosystems, strengthen resilience in the face of climate change, sustain fisheries and other economic activities, and improve the lives of the world's poorest communities.

Sustain and restore the coastal and floodplain ecosystems and urban forests that support and protect the environment, economy, communities, and culture of southern Louisiana, and that contribute greatly to the economy and well - being of the nation.