Sentences with phrase «protect wildlife populations»

Either we stand up and effectively protect these wildlife populations, or overhunting will erode their populations until we see major losses in both forest biodiversity and forest ecosystem services.»

Policies that both legally protect wildlife populations and subsidize farmers for allocating resources to wildlife can help to mitigate these conflicts.

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With your help, we will protect fragile habitats and promote the health of local wildlife populations.

Efforts to protect wildlife, for instance, have brought animal populations perilously near to human settlements: Beaver dams cause floods, deer carry tick infestations, geese get sucked into plane turbines.

If we can preserve those areas we have got a triple bottom line, because it's going to be good for humans by stabilizing the climate, it's going to be good for the wildlife because we are protecting their habitat and it's going to be good for economic growth in the long - term because it's going to be sustaining human populations locally.

This sensitivity is especially important for a variety of wildlife forensic applications: identifying («matching») individuals, assigning paternity, and determining whether an animal belongs to a protected population.

Furthermore, as more populations are declared protected, and more and more species are listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the demand for forensic testing in wildlife cases is sure to increase.

The forum brought together many of the world's top disease ecologists, wildlife biologists, immunologists, virologists, vaccinologists, epidemiologists, wildlife veterinarians and pathologists, and policy experts to explore whether it would be appropriate and feasible to develop approaches to canine distemper vaccination to protect at - risk wild carnivore populations.

• More effective management and protection of large areas outside of formally protected areas; • Increased law enforcement combined with improved legal frameworks and stiffer sanctions for poachers; • Coordination across all sectors on land use and protection of natural resources with a priority on conserving great ape populations; • Conservation advocacy for wildlife and law enforcement to effect behavior change; • An enhanced understanding of diseases such as Ebola to guide conservation actions; • Monitoring of great ape abundance and distribution, habitat loss, and illegal activities.

A new study of lions in African reserves suggests that most populations should be protected with fences, a strategy that can be expensive in the short - term and is at odds with some conservationists» vision of wildlife.

The scientists, including several retired former officials from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, said in a letter to Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington that drilling for oil and gas in the refuge would be «incompatible with the purposes for which the refuge was established,» protecting fish and wildlife populations and the environments in which they live.

All our conservation programs and activities work toward the following goals: Protected high conservation value marine and coastal areas, low - impact sustainable fisheries, reduced negative impacts and risks of shipping, doubling of the wild tiger populations of Nepal, responsible development solutions that conserve wildlife, community - level habitat - friendly renewable energy, land - use management to support a low - carbon economy, and one in 10 Canadians caring for nature.

Knowing what to look for is the best thing we can do to protect San Diego's diverse wildlife population.»

«The only sure way to simultaneously protect wildlife and people is to remove feral cats from the landscape,» the petition argues, urging a euthanasia model as a more effective method of controlling feral cat populations.

«Neither untargeted shelter euthanasia nor TNR is well - supported as a method to protect wildlife by eradicating or significantly reducing cat populations on a broad scale.

And they learned that the biologist not only had been a vocal advocate of controlling outdoor cat populations to protect birds and other wildlife but also had sparked controversy as a graduate student in Athens, Georgia, for trapping free - roaming cats and taking them to the local shelter.

What neuter - return practices actually reduce cat populations and protect wildlife?

«The studies included in this round of funding demonstrate the wide range of health challenges wildlife populations experience, but also give us hope that today's researchers can find ways to protect at - risk populations and ensure they exist for generations to come.»

While The HSUS believes that outdoor cats are entitled to protection, it also believes that wildlife populations need to be protected from cats.

The HSUS supports collaborative efforts, such as coalition - based initiatives, to humanely reduce outdoor cat populations while protecting threatened and endangered wildlife populations.

The scope of the problem is so large, both geographically and in terms of the sheer number of cats, that a triage approach is needed to protect the most vulnerable wildlife populations, such as endangered species on islands.

Today, one of the primary purposes of Katmai National Park and Preserve, based on legislation, is to protect habitats for and populations of fish and wildlife, including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown bears and their denning areas, and maintain unimpaired the watersheds and water habitat vital to red salmon spawning.

Several hundred acres within this valley are a protected wildlife refuge where native bird populations thrive.

ANILCA redesignated the monument as Katmai National Park «to protect habitats for, and populations of, fish and wildlife including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown / grizzly bears and their denning areas; maintain unimpaired the water habitat for significant salmon populations; and to protect scenic, geologic, cultural, and recreational features.»

ANILCA states that Katmai National Park and Preserve is to be managed for the following purposes, among others: to protect habitats for, and populations of, fish and wildlife, including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown / grizzly bears and their denning areas; to maintain unimpaired the water habitat for significant salmon populations; and to protect scenic, geological, cultural, and recreational features.

Known as one of the best areas in Belize for experiencing authentic jungle life, the Cockscomb Basin, situated at the base of the peaking Maya Mountains, was established in 1984 to protect its large population of wildlife that call it home.

One of the largest protected wildlife habitats in Maharashtra, Tadoba is famous for its growing population of the Bengal tigers.

As I report for The Times on Tuesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Bonobo Conservation Initiative (supplied in part with some some conservation money from the United States government) are establishing an 11,803 - square - mile preserve that is aimed at protecting a substantial population of the apes, along with other rare wildlife.

The USFWS justified lifting the 2014 ban by arguing that well - managed trophy hunting can benefit conservation «by generating funds to be used for protecting wildlife habitat, monitoring populations, wildlife management programs and law enforcement efforts».

We scale projects protecting critical eco-regions around the world and connecting often isolated islands of habitat to restore threatened wildlife populations.

• Promotes innovative endangered species conservation strategies to address climate change and protect our precious public lands so that they continue to sustain wildlife populations, provide clean water and sequester carbon.

Florida votes to crack down on freshwater turtle trade Florida wildlife officials tentatively approved a new rule that will ban most freshwater turtle harvests to protect the populations of roughly 19 species.

Qat» muk is vital to Ktunaxa as well as local wildlife populations and biodiversity and must be protected.»