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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
(Figure 2-5). This aggregation summarizes current understanding of the role of soil nutrients and moisture on vegetation distribution in Africa, especially ... levels at the local scale (Scholes and Walker, 1993). Fire and herbivory are important disturbance factors. Increased moisture in drier areas will likely result in a complex set of ...
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IPCC Bogs & Fens of Ireland Conservation Plan 2005 - Campaign Action
Ireland's biodiversity is under threat due to habitat loss, pollution, introduced species, disturbance and other factors. A national biodiversity plan has been in preparation since 1997 by the ... .1.6.3 The Government should embark on an awareness plan to promote knowledge and understanding of the Biodiversity plan, its contents and consequences. 3.16.3 Dúchas should develop a ...
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Quimby/Gardner Land Swap Will Protect Wassataquoik Stream and Land East of Baxter Park
There is "something of an understanding developing [in the timber industry] about making [the East Branch] lands something unique . . . with ... the pond derives primarily from its relatively unroaded condition, its freedom from recent human disturbance, and its proximity to Baxter Park to the west and other undeveloped lands to ...
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T. R. Dillon Logging of Anson: Learning the Hard Way
BEP approved an $11,500 fine against T. R. Dillon Logging for soil disturbance in several streams in Mexico. Fourteen months earlier, Dillon paid $4,800 erosion getting into ... , he said. "If we find that behavior inconsistent, we work with them to raise the understanding and change in behavior. If over time, the producer or landowner is not capable of ...
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U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
Consequences Human health can be a casualty of environmental disturbance and change, and in the past two decades it has come under heavy siege, through ... and sufficiently flexible, could provide answers to most of the questions that now limit our understanding of the global climate system. It would provide invaluable information regarding not only weather and ...
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Energy Sources from Oceans - An Introduction
California, interconnection with the utility grid, better understanding of the impacts of the technology on marine life and the shoreline. Also ... issues that may be associated with permitting an ocean wave energy conversion facility include: Disturbance or destruction of marine life (including changes in the distribution and types of ...
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Whalewatching guidelines
... maintain and operate platforms to minimise the risk of adverse effects on cetaceans, including disturbance from noise: vessels, engines and other equipment should be designed, maintained, and ... ‘interactions’: operators should have a sound understanding of the behaviour of the cetaceans and be aware of behavioural changes which may indicate disturbance; in approaching or accompanying cetaceans, ...
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Planetary Ejections and Cratering
Size and velocity differences would be better resolved with the understanding that the craters were produced internally. The greater density of the inner planets ... cloud." Meteors only case minor magnetic disturbances, but the Tunguska event caused a major disturbance, like what occurs after atmospheric nuclear explosions. A local magnetic storm began about ...
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Mono Lake FAQ
Doesn’t nature restore itself? Over time, nature will recover from disturbance, but it may not “restore” itself, that is, return to its previous state. For an ... . We work to broaden understanding and appreciation of Mono Lake and the value of water resources statewide. The health and conservation of our finite watersheds depend on human understanding and appreciation. Mono ...
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SCS: Rescue and Rehabilitation
Baie de Somme as well as its protection, particularly from disturbance during the pupping season in the summer. Rescued 11 live stranded harbour seal pups ... lions, along the coastline of Del Norte and Humboldt counties in northern California. Promotes public understanding of marine mammals and the importance of the marine environment. Possesses specialised facilities and ...
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