Sentences with phrase «protected areas in the states»

Mongabay is reporting that a Brazilian federal prosecutor has launched an investigation into companies illegal harvesting wood from protected areas in the state and then passing it off as eco-certified in US, EU, and Asian markets: Though right now no specific firms have been named (at least not in this English - language source, any Portuguese speaking TreeHugger readers care to help out?)

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Environment Minister Donna Faragher has released an integrated conservation strategy for the Greater Western Woodlands in the state's south east, saying the area will be protected but benefits from mining, pastoralism, tourism, and forestry will continue

In addition to the state law declaring the quad a public area, the First Amendment protects the right of journalists to report in public spaces, and the «right» to define your own private or «safe» space doesn't trump thaIn addition to the state law declaring the quad a public area, the First Amendment protects the right of journalists to report in public spaces, and the «right» to define your own private or «safe» space doesn't trump thain public spaces, and the «right» to define your own private or «safe» space doesn't trump that.

Born and raised in El Quetzalito, a rural community in the state of Petén, Guatemala, the 48 - year - old Román started working in 1990 with the National Council of Protected Areas of Guatemala (CONAP)-- the organization tasked with making the 2.1m - hectare (6m - acre) Maya Biosphere Reserve a reality — and has worked in conservation ever since, including as director of CONAP.

Then there is the regional factor, which states that in order to have a Protected Designation of Origin, the product must come from a strictly defined geographical area — as with Piment d'Espelette, which is grown within a group of just ten villages.

Laws on breastfeeding vary by state, and while some states explicitly protect a mom's right to nurse anywhere, other states allow private businesses to dictate the appropriateness of breastfeeding — even in open areas like shopping malls and airports.

A mother has every right to feed her child in a public area, and most states have laws to protect that right.

In her post, Chandler states that Hennepin County has laws protecting nursing mothers, including allowing them to pump or express on demand and giving them access to a private area in which to pump or feed that is not in a bathrooIn her post, Chandler states that Hennepin County has laws protecting nursing mothers, including allowing them to pump or express on demand and giving them access to a private area in which to pump or feed that is not in a bathrooin which to pump or feed that is not in a bathrooin a bathroom.

Launched in 1986 in response to declining populations of Piping Plovers and Terns in Massachusetts, the Coastal Waterbird Program's primary objective is to protect nesting and foraging areas throughout the state.

We initiated a recycling program for facilities and parks, developed an integrated pest management program aimed at reducing use of pesticides and herbicides on playing fields and lawns, later banned smoking in District buildings and vehicles before that practice became state law, and continued to protect our natural areas through local leadership.

However, paragraph 4 of SC Res 1973 «Authorizes Member States... to take all necessary measures, notwithstanding paragraph 9 of resolution 1970 (2011), to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya» (emphasis added).

Democratic state Sen. Brad Hoylman is the new lead sponsor of legislation aimed at protecting transgender people from discrimination in a variety of key areas such as the workplace and in housing.

Law abiding members of the public at Naka general area, and other communities in Gwer West LGA and indeed the entire good people of Benue State are hereby reassured of the professional resolve of the Nigerian Army under the leadership of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai to protect lives and properties of all Nigerians.

It is mud season in the Adirondack High Peaks, and state officials are urging hikers to protect trails from erosion by slogging through wet areas or simply sticking to lower elevations.

Gladys Nkechi Chukwuemeka, Aco Estate Lugbe, Abuja, [email protected], [phone]: My heart goes out to the entire people of Benue State, to the people of Ayar Mbalom Community in Gwer Local Government Area, and to the families of all those who lost their lives during the Fulani herdsmen killings that occurred on Tuesday, April 24, 2018.

«We asked residents to step up and make their voices heard on this important issue and the community responded in full force, ensuring that the state will have the power to better protect one of our area's greatest natural resources.

Operative paragraph 4 of the resolution also authorises Member States making the notifications so provided, and acting in co-operation with the UN Secretary - General, to take all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory.

Percoco in his filing reported receiving between $ 50,000 and $ 75,000 in consulting fees from COR Development, a major Syracuse - area company with protects funded by the state and a large campaign donor to Cuomo.

In spite of Kaduna State government's assurance of adequate security to protect lives and property in the troubled areas of Southern Kaduna, Golkofa Community in Godogodo.In spite of Kaduna State government's assurance of adequate security to protect lives and property in the troubled areas of Southern Kaduna, Golkofa Community in Godogodo.in the troubled areas of Southern Kaduna, Golkofa Community in Godogodo.in Godogodo...

TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (06/08/2011)(readMedia)-- Members of CSEA and PEF will join with Dutchess - area community activists this Thursday, June 9, 2011 from 4 to 6 p.m. outside the former Hudson River Psychiatric Center Campus on Route 9 for a rally to protect the vital state mental health services that will be lost in the Mid-Hudson Valley community due to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's shortsighted plan to close HRPC.

In spite of Kaduna State government's assurance of adequate security to protect lives and property in the troubled areas of Southern Kaduna, Golkofa Community in Godogodo district area of Jema'a local government that suffered alleged Fulani herdsmen attacked is yet to see any security agent in the communitIn spite of Kaduna State government's assurance of adequate security to protect lives and property in the troubled areas of Southern Kaduna, Golkofa Community in Godogodo district area of Jema'a local government that suffered alleged Fulani herdsmen attacked is yet to see any security agent in the communitin the troubled areas of Southern Kaduna, Golkofa Community in Godogodo district area of Jema'a local government that suffered alleged Fulani herdsmen attacked is yet to see any security agent in the communitin Godogodo district area of Jema'a local government that suffered alleged Fulani herdsmen attacked is yet to see any security agent in the communitin the community.

State Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens said the economic prospects for fracking were «uncertain at best,» because state regulations to protect water and human would restrict fracking in a large State Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens said the economic prospects for fracking were «uncertain at best,» because state regulations to protect water and human would restrict fracking in a large state regulations to protect water and human would restrict fracking in a large area.

«The scale of the security needs to secure Trump Tower in the heart of midtown Manhattan is unprecedented, and the NYPD has done an outstanding job, in cooperation with the Secret Service, of devoting the personnel and resources necessary to protect and properly secure the area,» the letter states.

In a separate meeting, Holt and Pastrana developed future plans for their memorandum of understanding to extend beyond the biomedical sciences into areas including natural disaster resilience, protecting marine ecosystems and biodiversity management — all areas of importance to the societies of Cuba and the United States.

Noise pollution from humans has doubled sound levels in more than half of all protected areas in the United States — from local nature reserves to national parks — and it has made some places 10 times louder, according to a new study.

«Due to the complexity of threats we have identified in this study, conservation efforts in Michigan should prioritize both protecting the highly suitable mussel habitats that are left, and identifying any additional populations in under - sampled areas of the state,» said Wesley Daniel, a former research associate in Infante's Aquatic Landscape Ecology Lab, and now Cherokee Nation Technologies contractor for U.S. Geological Survey in Gainesville, FL..

In their article, «Quantifying causal mechanisms to determine how protected areas affect poverty through changes in ecosystem services and infrastructure,» Ferraro and Georgia State alumnus Merlin Hanauer, now on the Economics faculty at Sonoma State University, examine three potential causes of poverty reduction linked to the establishment of protected areaIn their article, «Quantifying causal mechanisms to determine how protected areas affect poverty through changes in ecosystem services and infrastructure,» Ferraro and Georgia State alumnus Merlin Hanauer, now on the Economics faculty at Sonoma State University, examine three potential causes of poverty reduction linked to the establishment of protected areain ecosystem services and infrastructure,» Ferraro and Georgia State alumnus Merlin Hanauer, now on the Economics faculty at Sonoma State University, examine three potential causes of poverty reduction linked to the establishment of protected areas:

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.

Hemmings says that proposals for Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica are «lost in a sandpit of discussion or whittled away by Russia, Japan, South Korea, and a number of other fishing states.»

By contrast, national and state parks in the Amazon benefit from the Amazon Region Protected Areas program, which has received $ 200 million from the World Bank, World Wildlife Fund, and Ford Foundation.

«Most protected areas in the United States are experiencing increased background noise,» Kleist notes, making this «potentially a widespread issue.»

In response, many states have passed smoke - free air laws that prohibit smoking in all indoor areas of a venue, fully protecting nonsmokers from involuntary exposure to secondhand smokIn response, many states have passed smoke - free air laws that prohibit smoking in all indoor areas of a venue, fully protecting nonsmokers from involuntary exposure to secondhand smokin all indoor areas of a venue, fully protecting nonsmokers from involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke.

More than a decade ago, California established marine protected areas (MPAs) in state waters around the northern Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara.

At 6 million acres, the Adirondack Park is the largest protected area in the contiguous United States.

Biodiversity survey work is a critical step to assess and monitor the state of amphibians in any given area, even protected ones.

In Mongolia there are 20 state protected areas harbor snow leopards.

A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.

But in a handful of small rural areas, state regulations protect the local telecoms from competition.

It is the largest protected natural area in the lower 48 States.

The exact assets protected from seizure will vary depending on the state that you live in, but here are the assets that are protected in most areas.

With more than 2000 sample sites across 6 Mid-Atlantic States, researchers concluded that free - roaming cats were relatively rare in protected areas where coyotes were prevalent.

The obstacle is that state law prohibits development in the Core Preservation Area of the Pine Barrens in order to protect the island's purest supply of drinking and surface water.

Tidepools and kelp beds teem with marine life; in fact, the park's offshore waters are protected as one of California's first underwater parks: Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area.

Tide pools and kelp beds teem with marine life; in fact, the park's offshore waters are protected as one of California's first underwater parks: Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area.

It is an intangible territory of the National System of Natural Areas protected by the Peruvian State, with a surface of 32,592 hectares (80,535 acres or 325.92 km ²), which includes Andean and high jungle Amazonian areas, inter-Andean valleys, gorges, mountains and rivers, which form ecosystems and very varied fauna and flora, like more than 200 species of orquids that develop in its 9 life zones, going from 1,850 to about 6,270 m.aAreas protected by the Peruvian State, with a surface of 32,592 hectares (80,535 acres or 325.92 km ²), which includes Andean and high jungle Amazonian areas, inter-Andean valleys, gorges, mountains and rivers, which form ecosystems and very varied fauna and flora, like more than 200 species of orquids that develop in its 9 life zones, going from 1,850 to about 6,270 m.aareas, inter-Andean valleys, gorges, mountains and rivers, which form ecosystems and very varied fauna and flora, like more than 200 species of orquids that develop in its 9 life zones, going from 1,850 to about 6,270 m.a.s.l.

Del Mar Landing State Marine Reserve (SMR) is a marine protected area that lies onshore, about two miles (3 km) south of the town of Gualala and three and a half miles north of Sea Ranch in Sonoma County on California's north central coast.

By all accounts Bergplaas state forest, an area protected for conservation, is one of the most beautiful spaces in which to ride in the area, and gives any number of different route options, dependent on riders» needs.

For example, information from park monitoring was instrumental in establishing state Marine Protected Areas at the Channel Islands.

In 2003, the State of California Fish and Game Commission established 13 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) within the state waters of Channel Islands National State of California Fish and Game Commission established 13 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) within the state waters of Channel Islands National state waters of Channel Islands National Park.

Tom highlighted the traditional top down approach with NGOs pushing their agenda on communities resulting in formation of marine protected area (MPA) and police state imposition do not tackle the root cause of coral reef degradation.