Sentences with phrase «year on conservation»

* Shoot providers spend # 250 million a year on conservation.

«I've been working 25 years on conservation in Peru,» Olander says.

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Ravensthorpe closure «leaves scar on land» The mothballed Ravensthorpe nickel project has left an ugly scar on an environmentally diverse site that may not be rehabilitated for years, the WA Conservation Council has warned.

While each zoo has promised to donate $ 1 million per year to panda conservation in China (and spend another $ 500,000 on bamboo to feed the beasts), the expenditure should be worth it.

«If we really want to spend several billion per year purchasing conservation easements on property, then we should go and just do that,» Looney said.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

RBC's commitment to water conservation on display as it marks five year anniversary at prestigious flower show...

The League of Conservation Voters» Chieffo singled out three California congressmen for leading on anti-environmental bills, the most sweeping being the «Midnight Rules Relief Act,» sponsored by 15 - year Congressional veteran Issa.

When I was 5 years old, I moved to Portugal where my parents set up A Rocha, a Christian charity focused on environmental conservation.

The conservation movement of recent years has put great emphasis on the value of non-humans as means, that is their instrumental value to humanity.

Here we are on year five of standardized tracking of how much the two - person Coffee & Conservation household spends on coffee.

Grow Ahead invites women from Africa, Asia or Latin America over 18 years of age to apply for scholarships of up to US$ 2,500 for workshops or trainings in their regions focused on agroecology or regenerative organic agriculture, including (but not limited to) agroforestry, biochar, compost, holistic management, conservation tillage, pasture cropping, silvopasture, permaculture, or other practices that build climate resilience.

At least five years of professional work experience before and / or after graduate studies, preferably focused on implementing, monitoring or researching conservation or sustainable development projects or strategies;

As part of Nestlé Waters» ongoing efforts to improve the water efficiency of their operations, the company has implemented a number of conservation techniques and initiatives in their factories over the years, including reverse osmosis to better filter and reuse wastewater, advanced water mapping to more carefully manage the flow of water in and out of the plants, and xeriscaping to reduce supplemental irrigation on the grounds of each factory.

Subsequent to Mr. Welder's death on New Year's Eve of 1953, it was found that his will established a foundation such as America had never had before, an institution designed to have an ultimate impact on conservation practices not just in Texas but in the nation as a whole.

Ruby made her first appearance on Tuesday at the Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park, which is just a few miles from Arena Birmingham, the venue for the Championships, which will be held in the city next year from March 1 - 4.

LINCOLN, MA — Based on its years of experience in designing trails to engage people with disabilities, regional conservation leader Mass Audubon has been chosen to develop guidelines to assist like - minded organizations nationwide in building accessible pathways.

Of the 125 applications to the Illinois Department of Conservation, 32 received money in this fiscal year and 37 in the next fiscal year, contingent on the General Assembly «s approval.

Chris Leahy retired from Mass Audubon in the spring of 2017 after a 45 - year career as a professional naturalist and conservationist, and he continues to work on selected conservation projects under the Bertrand Chair (emeritus).

Your gift can help Mass Audubon expand our field research, science education, evidence - based advocacy, and public outreach work on critical conservation issues, and enable us to continue making meaningful impacts every year.

Clayton added, «Receiving Charity Navigator's highest rating two years in a row will continue to inspire Mass Audubon in our conservation work on behalf of members and the public.»

We even can help you decide on a New Year's resolution at our Habitat Conservation Fair where you can meet representatives from area conservation organizations and discover opportunities to becoConservation Fair where you can meet representatives from area conservation organizations and discover opportunities to becoconservation organizations and discover opportunities to become involved.

«This document presents science - driven predictions, based on sophisticated climate - change models, regarding how we think bird distributions in Massachusetts might change during the next 30 years,» said Jon Atwood, Mass Audubon Director of Bird Conservation and a report author

Shedd Aquarium, a leader in conservation education, furthers its 40 - year commitment to learning with new immersive and interactive learning programs centered on personal hands - on experiences.

Last year, Shedd Aquarium announced its commitment to helping reduce the public's use of single - use plastics as a founder of the Aquarium Conservation Project, a coalition made up of 19 accredited aquariums across the United States banning together to tackle the problem on a national scale.

«I can't imagine who would want this on their mantelpiece,» New York's Environmental Conservation Commissioner, Basil Seggos, said at an event in Albany last week showcasing $ 8.5 million worth of ivory artifacts confiscated by state investigators in the last three years.

«Shooting generates # 2 billion for the economy every year and generates 3.9 million work days on conservation.

Cuomo said the $ 500,000 one - year study to be undertaken by the state departments of health and environmental conservation will focus on what factors might be behind the higher cancer rates on Staten Island, Long Island, Warren County, and parts of western New York.

Four years later, Post was working on a Roosevelt - sponsored civilian conservation project in Mississippi.

For more than a year the executive has been negotiating with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and the state Department of Environmental Conservation to create a trail - only scenic byway on the county - owned railroad right of way around the reservoir.

State regulators fined Gerald Buchheit's Queen City Landing $ 50,000 for breaking a state environmental conservation law when it allowed a section of concrete wall to fall into Lake Erie last year during the demolition of the former Freezer Queen building on the waterfront site

The latest research shows shoot providers spend a quarter of a billion pounds on conservation each year, generating work which is equivalent to 16,000 full - time conservation jobs.»

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The Wildlife Conservation Society, which faced budget cuts earlier this year, and faces additional cuts next year, is organizing its first Run For the Wild a 5k mile run / walk on Saturday April 25.

Grijalva received a 100 percent score from Americans for Democratic Action, Peace Action, the League of Conservation Voters, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Arab American Institute, and several other notable groups in recent years.

18 - A (TED Part S) Executive Budget - In accordance with the recommendations of the New York State Tax relief Commission, Part S of the TED Article VII legislation, would reduce the Public Service Law § 18 - a (6) Temporary State Energy and Utility Service Conservation Assessment (Temporary Assessment) by a total of $ 200 million per year by eliminating the assessment on industrial utility customers and accelerate the phase out for all other customers.

Though the administration touted last school year as the safest on record — with the de Blasio administration discussing the possibility of reducing the number of schools with metal detectors — the experience of students at Wildlife Conservation reveals a different story.

Republican Sen. Kemp Hannon on Monday was endorsed by the New York League of Conservation Voters in his race for another two - year term in the chamber.

ALBANY — State Department of Environmental Conservation plans for an agency vote Wednesday on rules governing the installation of new outdoor wood boilers has New York Farm Bureau officials concerned that end - of - year politics are at play.

Last summer, the State Department of Environmental Conservation held public hearing on its proposal to shut down the Indian Point nuclear power plant (located in Buchanan, NY), for up to three months a year to protect fish in the Hudson River.

On Tuesday, Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos urged Judith Enck, regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to drastically beef up her plans to study remaining PCB toxicity levels in the river in the aftermath of a six - year dredging project by General Electric Co..

In his third year on the Town's Environmental Conservation Commission Eric also serves on the Ulster County Environmental Management Council.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently secured state funding for a year - long biological survey of plant and wildlife on the island which is being conducted by the state Department of Environmental Conservation starting in January 2015.

Sanderson: We were pioneers in this field in the Wildlife Conservation Society, because we've been doing wildlife health for over a 100 years and that's because we operate zoos and parks, and we are engaged in research on wildlife health.

Despite the need for more cooperation, in particular (and as discussed at the 2002 Johannesburg summit on sustainable development) in the sustainable management of natural resources such as water, forests, and oceans, many development and conservation - oriented projects have been cut back in recent years.

These insults have whittled their population down 90 percent of its level from 45 years ago and put the species on the critically endangered list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

This research will build on a literature review about management persistence after conservation programs that Dayer and Lutter published last year.

A recent study released by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory predicts annual spending on energy efficiency and conservation to quadruple to as much as $ 12 billion a year by 2020.

Kenya has on several occasions burned large stocks of ivory, most recently in February this year, reaffirming its commitment to elephant conservation.

John H. Schulz, a resource scientist at the Missouri Department of Conservation, has calculated that as many as 15 million mourning doves are killed in North America each year from lead poisoning, mostly from eating spent lead shot that looks like the weed seed they depend on for food.