Sentences with phrase «protected area network»

That is why 15 island nations have committed to create the largest protected area network on the planet.

«A lot of the work tends to be policy relevant; for instance, NCEAS has had a lot of impact on the Channel Islands marine protected area network,» Davis says.

It is responsible for managing the Sanctuary's living marine resources and habitats out to 3 nautical miles as well as working with the sanctuary and partners to monitor and manage the Channel Islands Marine Protected Area network.

The Sanctuary, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Channel Islands National Park and the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) at the University of California, Santa Barbara sponsored a public symposium on the first five years of monitoring, enforcement and education programs for the Channel Islands Marine Protected Area Network.

ESTABLISHMENT HISTORY The site was recommended for designation by the FAO (1978), and is considered as a gap in the current protected area network.

Aditya Joshi, a researcher with the Wildlife Conservation Trust and an author on the paper, says, «Conservation of corridors and forest areas outside of the protected area network is critical for long - term demographic and genetic viability of many endangered species and future growth and recovery of tiger populations.»

The 193 national signatories of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) made a global commitment in 2010 to increase the world's terrestrial protected area network from 13 to 17 percent by the year 2020.

Wildlife Conservation Society Mozambique Country Director James Bampton said the research demonstrated just how important the protected area network in Mozambique was for protecting forests and reducing deforestation.

By investing sufficiently in Africa's protected area network, the global community has the opportunity to halt and reverse the decline in lion numbers.»

These polymorphic zones, underrepresented by existing global protected area networks, indicate hot spots for evolutionary rescue in a changing climate.

Without incorporating PADDD and protected area robustness into systematic conservation planning frameworks when identifying where new sites should be placed, there could be a risk of creating protected area networks with inherent structural vulnerabilities to economic and demographic pressures.

The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (Advisory Council) was central to the development of the Channel Islands marine protected areas network, and remains essential to providing community input on management of the network.

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1999 - Marine Life Protection Act Today, California's system of marine protected areas function as a network for conservation, sustainable fisheries, recreation, and education.

A UFT television ad campaign urging Mayor Bloomberg to protect teachers and schools — not millionaires — is airing on local broadcast stations and cable television networks in the New York metropolitan area from Feb. 12 through Feb. 26.

A UFT television ad campaign urging Mayor Bloomberg to protect teachers and schools — not millionaires — is airing on local broadcast stations and cable television networks in the New York metropolitan area from Feb. 12 - 26.

With that resource you can recharge the depleted Ogallala Aquifer under the Great Plains and fuel agricultural areas on the eastern side of the Colorado River Basin, all while protecting the transportation network of the Mississippi, which is the number one use of the Mississippi River.

But they have been protecting for the last 50 years huge portions of the country in a network of the national system of protected areas.

Such measures include the establishment and effective management of protected areas and networks of wildlife corridors; restoration of degraded ecosystems; control of invasive alien species and reintroduction of wild animals.

Panthera Research Associate and Wildlife Conservation Network Conservation Initiatives Director, Dr. Peter Lindsey, shared, «Africa's incredible protected areas hold the key to securing the future of lions and several other wildlife species, and can yield significant benefits for people.

A major goal of the project is to create high - resolution digital maps to aid in establishing a statewide network of marine protected areas.

Both the English and Scottish governments have recently declared networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) around their coasts and are currently deciding on how to manage them.

The United States has released an ambitious, climate - and conservation - focused agenda for its 2 - year chairmanship that includes pushing for more research on black carbon, which accelerates melting in the region, and on emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from the seabed and permafrost, as well as creating a network of marine protected areas in the Arctic and equipping Arctic villages with renewable energy sources.

Located in an area of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion - Clipperton Zone (CCZ), the plan honored existing mining exploration claims while protecting delicate habitats by creating a network of MPAs.

Some members of Congress are pushing an omnibus ocean protection bill called Oceans - 21, which aims to regulate fisheries, establish a network of protected areas, provide an oceans management framework to rescue coasts and off - shore areas, and help ocean life survive global warming.

Many of the mission's ROV dives took place in or directly adjacent to Cuba's extensive network of marine protected areas (MPAs), providing an opportunity to explore locations for potential creation of new MPAs or expansion of existing boundaries.

The research focuses on the development of a security protocol to protect the Controller Area Network (CAN), an internal communications system in vehicles.

To ensure future persistence, tiger populations need to be managed as a network of protected areas connected by corridors.

In addition, such a network of protected areas could support Flyway, or migration route conservation, as highlighted in international conventions.

The establishment of a voluntary network of protected areas where hunting is prohibited could facilitate the autumn migration of young wetland birds in particular and balance the hunting pressure they face.

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By leveraging our expertise and networks — especially those in parks and protected areas — the Institute works to incubate and implement new ideas, policies, and practices where they have a clear and measurable impact.

Within the park and sanctuary a network of Marine Protected Area (MPAs) provide a refuge for sea life and opportunities for recreation, education, and science.

«Mt. Tam is part of a network of protected areas and open spaces that are vital natural refuges and corridors for wildlife.

Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation Through the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative, Wishtoyo advocated to best ensure a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) were established that protect the ecological integrity and fisheries of the Southern California Bight (SCB).

They were two of 29 marine protected areas adopted during the first phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative, a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of marine protected areas along the California coastline.

They were two of 29 marine protected areas adopted during the first phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative, which created a statewide network of marine protected areas along the California coastline.

It was one of 29 marine protected areas adopted during the first phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative, a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of marine protected areas along the California coastline.

It was one of 29 marine protected areas adopted during the first phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (MLPAI), a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of marine protected areas along the California coastline.

Know before you go: the sanctuary also has a network of Marine Protected Areas with 11 marine reserves that prohibit all fishing activities, and two marine conservation areas that allow limited take of lobster and pelagic Areas with 11 marine reserves that prohibit all fishing activities, and two marine conservation areas that allow limited take of lobster and pelagic areas that allow limited take of lobster and pelagic fish.

The Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (or MLPAI) is a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of marine protected areas along the California coastline.

A new marine reserve — the Turneffe Atoll — has been recently declared which greatly contributes to the network of Belize's marine protected areas.

Fracking and acidizing threaten our marine wildlife, recreation, clean air, and water quality and yet they are taking place without proper environmental review from oil platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel, home to a National Park, a Marine Sanctuary, and a network of Marine Protected Areas.

The network of protected areas is large enough to maintain the necessary ecological processes and support the BBRRS for the long term.

The elimination of fossil fuel subsidies was one, as was the expansion of social protection programmes, a huge expansion of the global network of protected marine areas, etc..

More than 50 countries are developing these strategies, which include many activities that have been in the conservation «toolbox» for years: creating networks of protected areas, expanding the use of responsible forest management practices, preventing illegal logging, developing management practices that keep agricultural production away from forests, and more.

«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.»

A network of marine protected areas (MPAs) is a scientifically proven mechanism to increase the resilience of ecosystems affected by climate change.

Our #Antarctica2020 vision requires that same level of political commitment in order to realise the network of protected areas.

A proposal from Australia, France and the EU to create a second MPA, known as the East Antarctic Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (EARSMPA), still needs to be strengthened, but with the right political investment it could be the next step toward an effective network of protection for this vulnerable environment.