Sentences with phrase «term conservation benefit»
In fact, warm incubation temperatures may have a short - term conservation benefit on the turtles, increasing the number of breeding females and hence the total size of the population
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The conditions require that sediment entering the marine park be reduced by 150 percent over the long term — a «net benefit» to water quality — and that $ 81 million be contributed to reef conservation programmes and specific measures observed to protect marine flora and fauna.
Improved population estimates could help resource managers to weigh up the economic benefits that forests provide in terms of water purification, soil conservation and other functions against those of harvesting or clearing trees for farmland, says ecosystems - services ecologist Becky Chaplin - Kramer of Stanford University in California.
«In terms of practical nature conservation, these results signify that in the future it will no longer be sufficient to preserve small, isolated reserves — while these benefit specialized species with a simple genetic structure, the bulk of species that depend on an exchange between local populations will lose out in the medium to long term,» predicts Schmitt, and he adds in closing, «This will lead to a further decline of numerous insect species — with dramatic consequences for entire food webs and ecosystems.»
The TLC brings together the four agencies responsible for the management of Mount Tamalpais and its expansive lands (the National Park Service, California State Parks, Marin Municipal Water District, and Marin County Parks) and a conservation nonprofit (Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy) to combine resources, talent, and know - how for the long - term benefit of the mountain.
«There was a short - term impact, but over the long term there will be a net benefit,» said Gregg Howald, a biologist with the Island Conservation and Ecology Group, a partner in the project.
Working with our partners across the Western Hemisphere, we have defined more than 50 BirdScapes that take into account a combination of factors, including distribution and abundance of target species, land cover data, socioeconomic conditions, and more, to ensure that strategic conservation investment provides long - term benefits to the species that need it most.