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With Biodiversity Protection — UN Officials
The vines self - pollinate so the winery is not directly dependent on bees, and yet Bonterra has several hives on the property to help
with biodiversity.
The guidance document aims to help youth familiarize themselves with global biodiversity, cultural diversity and develop essential skills while engaging
with biodiversity.
This is why Venus is teeming
with a biodiversity Earth won't match until it has burned up all the carbon in the lithosphere.
Asner is also working with wildlife biologists to figure out how these stores of carbon link up
with the biodiversity they contain, such as the orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and elephants (Elephas maximus borneensis) still found in parts of Sabah.
Along
with biodiversity levels, this new carbon data is helping the Sabah Forestry Department work out «where to place new maximum protections,» Asner said.
And, according to the new study, some forests being lost — such as chunks of the Amazon rainforest — are, unfortunately, those most rich
with biodiversity.
In other words: (re) connecting society
with biodiversity.»
However, this involves trade - offs
with biodiversity and other services that forests...
The team developed a spatial model and produced maps identifying the relative degree of compatibility of solar development
with biodiversity conservation at any given location.
This webpage features carbon maps showing how carbon stocks in Asia, Africa and Latin America overlap
with biodiversity hot spots.
Ecosystem stability is based on interdependence among constituent species and
with biodiversity loss, resilience to change is reduced.
As a result, the wind industry has a free hand to play God with the health of rural Europeans, and
with biodiversity.
In addition see the C.A.S.S.E. statement on economic growth and its conflict
with biodiversity preservation (see steadystate.org) signed by many professional organizations and individuals, including Paul Ehrlich and I think E.O. Wilson.
Goreau's attention is on the Gili cluster, which has impressed
him with its biodiversity and water quality.
He is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and graduate of the Friends School of Baltimore and the University of Maryland, College Park, receiving a BS in Environmental Science and Policy
with a Biodiversity specialization.
Galagan likens the genome to a rain forest
with biodiversity waiting to be explored.
With biodiversity loss ever increasing due to human activity, new insights into how species evolve — one of the most outstanding questions in ecology and evolutionary biology — could be more valuable than ever.
However, further analysis by Eliécer E. Gutiérrez, currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, and Ronald H. Pine, affiliated
with the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas, have concluded that the relevant genetic variation in Brown Bears makes it impossible to assign, with certainty, Sykes and co-authors» samples to either that species or the Polar Bear.
The next step is to use this data and our software to allow managers to create «optimal landscapes» that combine forest use
with biodiversity conservation.»
This time, the MEPs rejected the directive because they said it might conflict
with the Biodiversity Bonvention, signed by Community governments in Rio de Janeiro only the day before the European Parliament was due to vote.
«This region is ripe
with biodiversity and is an excellent living laboratory to do this work.»
Mountains are home to many living species,
with biodiversity typically peaking at mid-altitudes.
The indigo waters off Key Largo are teeming
with biodiversity, but over-fishing, pollution and climate change are taking their toll.
At times, Mass Audubon will oppose activities that are incompatible
with biodiversity conservation.
Although I have found a lot of background information regarding shade - grown coffee, as well as more specific information mainly to do
with biodiversity indices and legislation and the requirements of the shade providing canopy I have been having a lot of trouble finding practical resources for farmers.
Read more about the history of chiles in America, and their tenuous relationship
with biodiversity and climate change in Chasing Chiles, available at Amazon.
Not exact matches
As
with climate change, we have ample evidence that we're facing a
biodiversity crisis, we know what's causing it and we have numerous solutions.
Further modification to the plans, involving a daylighted creek channel and wildlife access along
with the creek flow under 98th ave as part of the project would allow the project to have a positive impact on the natural environment, enhance regional
biodiversity, and allow for the re-establishment of an important historical attribute of the City of Edmonton.
Research on these pastures also shows that the management practices developed over the past 80 years has resulted in higher levels of
biodiversity and soil quality than in comparable privately - owned lands - factors that may become increasingly important
with the advent of climate change.
With luck and some hard preparatory work, nations will face these issues at Rio and sign conventions on climate change, forests,
biodiversity and biotechnology.
IRRI works to ensure the long - term preservation of rice
biodiversity as a part of the global strategy for the conservation of rice genetic resources in partnership
with national programs and regional and international organizations worldwide, including through the International Rice Genebank.
She writes about the impact of coffee production on birds,
biodiversity, and the environment, along
with related topics, at Coffee & Conservation, coffeehabitat.com
Taveres made it clear that we can't leave people behind, we really need to think about what we can do to bring them on the journey
with us — helping producers to improve productivity and yield without negative impacts on
biodiversity and livelihoods.
USDA regulations require that organic farms be «managed in accordance
with the Act and regulations in this part to respond to site - specific conditions by integrating cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve
biodiversity» (USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, 2000).
This distinctive trait is rendered possible by the combined action of cheese maturation and enzymes naturally found in milk and through the use of processing aids such as «scotta innesto» (starter culture
with a high microbial
biodiversity) and calf rennet paste.
In a region
with one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, the conservation of
biodiversity - rich natural forest through harvest and sale of a single non-timber forest product (NTFP) stands out as a compelling counterpoint.
With the support of the Commonwealth's
Biodiversity Fund, Ivan is putting in place new conservation covenants and agreements, removing stock from 400 hectares, and restricting stock access to a further 1,600 hectares.
Salvanatura is the main conservation organization in El Salvador, and it has done a great deal of work specifically
with coffee farms, both research on
biodiversity, preparing and critiquing Rainforest Alliance certification guidelines, and aiding in certification efforts.
This coffee is certified by both Rainforest Alliance and Smithsonian — rest assured your purchase supports
biodiversity if it complies
with...
Growing scarcity In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and
biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope
with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures, greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.
Organic production is an overall system of farm management and food production that combines best environmental practices, a high level of
biodiversity, the preservation of natural resources, the application of high animal welfare standards and a production method in line
with the preference of certain consumers for products produced using natural substances and processes.
This earlier situation (in the India, Sri Lanka, and Kenya context at least) basically meant just certifying «business as usual» tea production areas
with very little or no value - addition from a
biodiversity point of view.
It relies on ecological processes,
biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs
with adverse effects.
It is an area of stunning
biodiversity filled
with approximately 10,000 species of tropical plants (nearly a third of which are endemic), 400 species of mammals, and 1,000 species of birds.
Like most forest - dependent groups, these communities have a tremendous knowledge of
biodiversity, and their harvesting of forest products for consumption and / or trade generates critical household income and provides them
with an opportunity for sustainable economic growth.
The Rainforest Alliance worked
with the community of Tres Islas, located in the
biodiversity capital of the Peruvian Amazon, to develop a sustainable economy that includes non-timber forest products like Brazil nuts and palm fruit, as well as sustainably harvested timber.
According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), quinoa is a crop
with high nutritive value and an impressive
biodiversity.
Commercial fishing is destroying
biodiversity as miles of nets sweep up the fish in their path, taking other marine life and coral - based habitats
with them.
In collaboration
with the expertise of FiBL in Frick: Viticulture, compost,
biodiversity, animal production and socioeconomic topics.