"Methane leaks in the production and transportation of natural gas pose a particularly troubling threat so it is crucial we put in place smart regulations and enforce them – including deciding not to drill when the risks to local communities, landscapes and ecosystems are just too high".
Bivalve culture clearly modifies estuarine habitat at local community and at landscape scales and effects are most often evaluated against existing structured habitat in the form of submerged aquatic vegetation.
The environmental benefits of RPP can be a great asset to the sustainability and resource use efficiency (RUE) of the PFAL, while also providing net-positive enhancements to the local community and urban landscape by increasing agricultural awareness, boosting the local economy, mitigating stormwater, and reducing the heat island effect.
In a statement, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said his department was acting "to ensure we are developing our nation's resources in a way that protects local communities, treasured landscapes and our watersheds".
In the case of the West Polesie BR, representatives of the local community described almost 40 landscape features considered as crucial for landscape quality of this region and requiring conservation (Table 1, Column 3).
When applying the local maxima-based approach on a 'noisy' community landscape, each local maximum will result a new (and possibly highly overlapping) module.
A deep familiarity between a local community and the local landscape is a dear thing, just in human terms.
We investigated plant pollinator interactions in urban vegetation communities in the context of local community structure and two landscape metrics describing the surrounding urban matrix.
A local community organization works to landscape vacant lots and improve abandoned buildings.
A system of governance involving multi-stakeholders, especially local communities and wood based industries appearing to offer the most promising pathway to accelerating plantation development, local community poverty alleviation and forest landscape improvement.
Rather forest conservation or maintenance was shown to be influenced by local community forestry institutions and a landscape zoning provided by larger management goals from the part of the communities.
