Sentences with phrase «protect local forest»

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This network of corridors, together with the protected forest and diverse shade trees, provides a healthy environment for the local flora and fauna.

These streams form a network of natural corridors through the farm that connect the large protected forests in the two river valleys, providing a healthy environment for the local animals, birds, and plants.

Mexico and Central America are world leaders in granting land rights to local and indigenous people — a crucial step in protecting forests.

Ultimately, the group will work with the state Department of Environmental Conservation to determine how to protect the forests while also ensuring the lands will continue to supply timber to local mills that support about 100 jobs

Business News of Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Source: ghananewsagency.org File photo Significant progress is being made towards strengthening forest landscape governance, to protect five reserves in Ghana's main cocoa growing areas in the Western Region — Sui River, Suhuma, Tano - Ehuro, Tano - Suhien and Santomang, as the local communities begin to show ownership of the reserves.

By cross-referencing these impacts with data on local elephant populations, forest tree - species composition and structure, nutrient availability, and understory growth in existing Central African forests — both protected and unprotected ones alike — Poulsen and his team determined that up to 96 percent of all forests in the region were susceptible to dramatic changes if elephant populations shrank or disappeared.

Attempts to protect forests can be bad news for the poor, particularly if locals are evicted and banned from protected areas, he told the meeting.

Despite some local successes and increasing responses (including extent and biodiversity coverage of protected areas, sustainable forest management, policy responses to invasive alien species, and biodiversity - related aid), the rate of biodiversity loss does not appear to be slowing.

The authors hold up the United Nations program REDD + (an extension of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation program) as an example of such a win - win solution: It protects forests while also creating benefits for local communities and biodiversity.

The researchers further recommend that, given that many human influences are driving both climate change and biodiversity loss, conservationists should aim for win - win solutions such as the United Nations program REDD + (an extension of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation programme)-- an initiative that protects forests while also creating benefits for local communities and biodiversity.

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The Hallow / Ireland, United Kingdom (Director: Corin Hardy, Screenwriters: Corin Hardy, Felipe Marino)-- When a London - based conservationist is sent to Ireland to survey an area of ancient forest believed by the superstitious locals to be hallowed ground, he unwittingly disturbs a horde of terrifying beings and must fight to protect his family.

The island's distinctive offering goes far beyond the stereotypical image of a traditional Caribbean beach holiday with its award - winning protected tropical rain forest, fantastic scuba diving and snorkelling, challenging bike trails complimenting the excellent local hospitality, friendly people and varied cuisine.

Due to the fact that the park is located in a transition area between the dry and wet forest, there is ample diversity in the flor and fauna as well as the local wildlife that enjoys the 1,172 hectares of protected and preserved lands.

Trekking in the Nam Ha National Protected Area: Trekking is why most people come to Luang Nam Tha — your money goes to employing the local community and to park fees that fund wildlife / forest conservation projects and maintenance.

In the afternoon we go and meet some of Ubud's cheekiest locals at the sacred monkey forest where it is believed the hundreds of monkey's that live there protect the ancient temples inside.

The afternoon is spent meet the famous locals of Ubud in the Monkey forest — The hundreds of monkeys present are believed to protect the temple within and it's the perfect time to get up close and personal with these amazing creatures.

Ubud City: This place is so famous and popular for tourist, this district has an open view of the rice terrace, forest, paintings, sculptures, wood carvings, silver smith and culture Monkey Forest: This area is a monkey habitat and protected by local goverforest, paintings, sculptures, wood carvings, silver smith and culture Monkey Forest: This area is a monkey habitat and protected by local goverForest: This area is a monkey habitat and protected by local government.

«These local communities now manage almost a third of all forests in developing countries, over twice the share currently found in government - run protected areas.

Protect the legal forest rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

Studies have shown that indigenous peoples and local communities are often best place to protect forests.

While REDD + could protect forests and be an annual revenue source for local people, doing it right is very complex and there is much work left to do, said Parrotta.

Mexico and Central America are world leaders in granting land rights to local and indigenous people — a crucial step in protecting forests.

Unlike many other environmental issues, climate change isn't just a local concern: clean up this one river, protect this one forest.

CAN urges all governments to protect primary forests, halt deforestation and peatland degradation, and restore lost and degraded forests in a sustainable and participatory manner, while strengthening the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

We emphasize projects which tell an inspiring story and to which people can relate — whether it is protecting rainforests, restoring croplands back to native forests, or creating jobs for local communities and indigenous people.

In the report Samuel Nguiffo, director of the Centre for Environment and Development in Cameroon, and local project coordinator there, sums up the importance of transparency: «In order for the rights of forest communities to be recognised and protected, communities need to be able to know, for each activity taking place in their areas, who is involved, what is the extent of their rights, what are his obligations towards the communities.»

Mata no Peito is Nike's long - term commitment to work with local organizations and communities to protect and replant forests throughout Brazil.

He asked the legislative assembly to declare the forest, which local politicians wanted to turn into a housing development, a protected zone.

Combating deforestation, protecting the Amazon — the world most biologically diverse forest ecosystem — and providing locals with healthy forests to provide fresh water should be a priority not only in Rio, but throughout Brazil.

Still, there were bright spots, including the establishment of new protected areas, better forest monitoring and research, and continued progress in recognizing the critical role local and indigenous communities play in forest conservation.

We work with our members and local groups to protect the province's last remaining wild spaces, encourage responsible use of our forest and marine resources, educate the next generation, and promote sustainable communities.

On Monday, July 21, President Clinton visited a Clinton Climate Initiative project in Borneo, Indonesia, where we've worked to conserve forest, protect biodiversity, and support local communities through carbon credits.

, and Sierra Club folks talked up great local renewable energy projects and the importance of protecting forests.

That's the word from the Ecosystems Climate Alliance, which says several key safeguards, as well as explicit language protecting intact forests, are missing: According to ECA, safeguards for transparent forest government structures, for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, for conservation of biodiversity all have not been finalized — considering that many of the countries which will benefit from REDD have weak governance to start with, ECA describes these as «gaping holes» that need to be closed.

But a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and being highlighted by New Scientist, contends that at least in the case of tropical forests, those owned by local communities have been protected far better than those managed by government: The study, claimed to be the first of its kind, was done by Ashwini Chhatre and Arun Agrawal from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and examined what's happened to 80 forests in 10 countries worldwide over the past 15 years — only 10 % of which were owned by forest communities themselves.

One reason may be that locals protect forests best if they own them, because they have a long - term interest in ensuring the forests» survival.

His work led to the establishment of Brazil's extractive reserves protected forest areas that are inhabited and managed by local communities.

A 2012 study from the Center for International Forestry Research showed that forests managed by local communities suffered from less deforestation than government - managed protected areas.

In order to effectively protect their forests, indigenous peoples and local communities need a few key rights.

Over the past 10 years, as satellite mapping data of tree cover has become available, the relationship between local community rights and protecting forests has become more clear.

Poor governance in forest management in Honduras is threatening Río Plátano, the country's largest protected area and a UNESCO - accredited Man and the Biosphere Reserve, and jeopardising the livelihoods of local communities.

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The issues which caused the delay have included queries over the amount of power it will require (supposedly more than the city of Dublin) and the potential impact on local bats and badger populations, protected species which live in the nearby forest.