Sentences with phrase «say local conservation»

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«Land conservation is both a necessary goal and an expensive proposition that can not fall solely on federal, state and local governments,» a spokesman for the organization said.

City administrators are talking with a local university about the possibility of using its conservation storage facility, «but it's not definitive yet,» Cutler said.

Sonoma County Snares $ 8 Million to Fight Drought and Climate Change Sonoma County secured an $ 8 million federal grant to fund conservation projects and acquire land development rights that help combat the impacts of drought and climate change in the Russian River watershed, local and federal officials said Friday...

We are very excited at the opportunity to benefit from Mass Audubon's experience with local zoning regulations, and will greatly appreciate their help in creating new subdivision regulations that will encourage the use of low - impact development and green infrastructure,» said Hudson's Conservation Agent and Planner Pam Helinek.

«Whether a natural resource professional, land trust volunteer, or local conservation advocate, users will find MAPPR to be an efficient and effective tool for gaining valuable insights into targeted land conservation in the 21st century,» said Jeff Collins, Mass Audubon Director of Ecological Management and project lead.

The problem was a topic of discussion at Tuesday's Cayuga County Legislature meeting, where Chairman Keith Batman said local officials have asked the state Department of Environmental Conservation for $ 150,000 for engineering plans around the two plants.

«No one seems to be in aggressive support of it besides maybe some of the local groups, the conservation people and things like that,» Mills said.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said last week that he expects the advisory committee of experts, local and state officials and environmental groups reviewing the controversial natural - gas extraction process hydraulic fracturing will meet in «the near future.»

The Conservation Fund then worked with local contractors to improve vehicular access and other improvements, said Tom Duffus, a spokesman for the Conservation Fund.

More than 40 state personnel from the Department of Environmental Conservation, Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, State Police, Office of Fire Prevention and Control, and Office of Emergency Management are assisting local first responders as they battle the fire, Cuomo's office said.

There is no shortage of conspiracy theories as to what might have happened to the cash, but El - Dahab says that it has gone to the many projects that Hawass championed, including the construction of 22 local museums, conservation and restoration work at important sites, and his efforts to deal with rising groundwater.

Although it is not yet possible to say exactly what the consequences are for local livelihood and conservation, these are important issues that we will continue to work with.

Protecting them, a recent study says, could yield climate benefits, biodiversity conservation and protection for local economies for a nominal cost — between $ 4 and $ 10 per ton of CO2.

For China to achieve its national wetlands conservation target, local guidance for implementation must become much more specific — and meaningfully enforced, Li says.

«This shows that conservation action can and does work,» particularly at the local level, says Thomas Brooks of NatureServe, a consortium based in Arlington, Virginia, that collects biodiversity data.

Nirmal Chandra Dev, a manager of the tea plantation next to the Rema - Kalenga preserve, serves on a local conservation committee that he says is helping spawn a new appreciation for vultures.

Fredriksson says a key task for conservation groups is working with local communities to reduce illegal tree - cutting and hunting.

The chimps are basically imposing a «natural tax» on farmers growing crops near the nutrient - rich soils of the forest,» said Shane McGuinness, lead author on the research and PhD student in Geography at Trinity, who conducted the interview - based study with the help of the Great Apes Trust and local conservation workers.

«Globally important wilderness areas — despite being strongholds for endangered biodiversity, for buffering and regulating local climates, and for supporting many of the world's most politically and economically marginalized communities — are completely ignored in environmental policy,» James Watson, director of science and research initiatives at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York and the study's lead author, said in a statement, adding that we probably have only one to two decades to turn this around.

«We're already seeing Los Angeles take incremental steps toward local water, but more needs to be done, as we've seen from the backsliding on consumer water conservation rates once the state prematurely declared the drought was over,» Gold said.

A new report by UCLA researchers says the city could, eventually — if it does a better job of capturing local stormwater, increases the use of recycled water, cleans up groundwater and steps up conservation measures.

«Due to the Whale Sharks relatively brief stay and local protection and conservation efforts, Whale Shark diving is extremely limited in Belize, thus we offer a package that offers a rare opportunity to swim with these amazing aquatic creatures,» says Larry France, Marketing Manager of Chabil Mar, a guest exclusive resort in the charming village of Placencia.

«This program makes real investments in cultural treasures throughout the world while also allowing us to help a local museum with the growing cost of art conservation,» said Kim Ruth, Houston market and Texas state president, Bank of America.

«We designed this map to convey the amazing diversity and dynamism of marine life here in some of the busiest and most economically important waters of the world,» says Dr. Merry Camhi, Director of the New York Seascape Program, the New York Aquarium's local marine conservation project.

«Conservation does not have to come at the expense of property rights, growth, and opportunity,» Sen. John Cornyn, the other U.S. senator for Texas, also lashed out, saying he would «fight to reform this process so job creators and local officials have a say.»

Tracy Quinn, a water conservation policy expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the new approach could make state - mandated rationing less likely in the next drought, a process many local water agencies bitterly resisted.

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal also stated that the government would establish a National Tiger Conservation Authority as well as a Wildlife Crime Control Committee saying, «The solutions will be area specific, but the future of conservation will depend upon how we act now and how we make tiger conservation and overall biodiversity much more valuable to the livelihoods of local communiConservation Authority as well as a Wildlife Crime Control Committee saying, «The solutions will be area specific, but the future of conservation will depend upon how we act now and how we make tiger conservation and overall biodiversity much more valuable to the livelihoods of local communiconservation will depend upon how we act now and how we make tiger conservation and overall biodiversity much more valuable to the livelihoods of local communiconservation and overall biodiversity much more valuable to the livelihoods of local communities.»

COLE BAY — A lack of local food production, unrestricted and uninspected development, insufficient use of renewable energy, solid waste issues, no terrestrial conservation areas, and ineffective public transport have resulted in St. Maarten running at an ecological deficit,» says environmental agency St....

«Folks made it known that Vermonters, and our friends from the Northeast, oppose the proposed tar sands pipeline, and that this project will face a concerted and stiff local resistance if and when big oil decides to try and move it forward,» said David Vandeusen, conservation organizer for the Vermont Sierra Club.

«Globally important wilderness areas — despite being strongholds for endangered biodiversity, for buffering and regulating local climates, and for supporting many of the world's most politically and economically marginalized communities — are completely ignored in environmental policy,» says Dr James Watson of the University of Queensland in Australia and the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York.

The best hope for the dolphin, say researchers, is through joint conservation programs designed in cooperation with local fisheries administrations.

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.

Arlington, VA — A massive new marine protected area around Cocos Island is a beacon of hope for ocean health and human well - being in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, and will offer endangered marine species such as hammerhead sharks and leatherback turtles, as well as fish stocks that are important to local communities, the chance to recover from increasing pressures, Conservation International (CI) said today in reaction to a decree by the Costa Rican government.

Noor Hidayat, the Director of Conservation Areas at the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry calls the agreement «a broad based effort involving local and national government officials, financial institutions, NGOs, and communities,» and says that all of these groups must work together to make this commitment a reality.