Sentences with phrase «protect high seas»

After years of stalled negotiations, this accomplishment was greeted with worldwide acclaim, and breathed new life into a global effort to protect the high seas.

After leaving Greenpeace she went on to found the Varda Group consultancy providing campaign and strategic advice to a wide range of NGOs, and led the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition's campaign to protect the high seas from destructive bottom fishing.

Meanwhile, marine conservationists are hoping that a related effort — a new proposed agreement to protect high seas biodiversity under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea — will help further the cause.

Not exact matches

One initiative Canada could push is the creation of an international Arctic fisheries agreement, which would protect the fragile polar ecosystem from unregulated commercial fishing in the high seas of the Arctic.

The researcher team agreed that including extreme sea levels into coastal impact studies is imperative in helping vulnerable parts of the world effectively protect themselves by adapting through new or upgraded infrastructure such as dikes, pumping systems, barriers, or other tools like new building codes or flood zoning that prevents new infrastructure from being built in high - risk areas.

Because the reproductive value is highest for sea turtles that have reached or are approaching maturity, management strategies protecting these life stages from human threats are critical.

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The reserve is known as an MPA or Marine Protected Area, and it is home to a thriving marine ecosystem that boasts one of the highest concentrations of sea - life in all of California.

ahh... didn't Louisiana plan to build an interlocking seawall to protect New Orleans from a hurricane's potential high seas only to have the construction blocked by the Sierra Club because those enviro - fools wanted to save some sea lettuce?

On the aspect of hurricanes and tropical storms and continuing weakness of the levees that protect low - lying coastal and riverine communities I forsee more wasted tax dollars (flood insurance payments) trying to postpone the inevitable: moving permanent structures to higher ground to get ahead of sea level rise.

There are still issues to address — such as nearby high - seas fishing and the challenges in patrolling such a large protected area.

Action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example construction of barriers to protect against rising sea levels, or conversion to crops capable of surviving high temperatures and drought.

The program currently supports grantees working to: create international protections for species and ecoregions of the High Seas; educate scientists and the public about the value and vulnerability of the ocean as a world system; and foment civil society movements to protect Arctic waters and Arctic coastal communities.

However continued high emissions causing changes in sea - surface temperatures and oxygen levels are likely to disrupt many ecosystems protected by MPAs.

Adaptation Action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example construction of barriers to protect against rising sea levels, or conversion to crops capable of surviving high temperatures and drought.

Weather, sickness and travel delays can sink any vacation; travel insurance can protect travel investments both before and during high sea adventures.