Sentence examples for on field conservation from inspiring English sources

In 1995 the AZA formed a field conservation committee to focus the attention and energy of North American zoos and aquariums on field conservation efforts.

In an event of GM introduction, on-field conservation of maize genetic resources is unlikely due to potentially higher cross-pollination in smaller fields (Figure 5).

On-field conservation would be unlikely in an event of GM cultivation within small-scale agriculture due to increasing content of GM traits in field-saved seeds.

By contrast, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums estimates that its member zoos and aquariums gave less than 2 percent of their operating budgets on average to field conservation activities for wild animals in 2010 — about $134 million.

WCS Vice President for Field Conservation Programs Joe Walston loads a piece of carved ivory on a conveyor belt to be crushed in Times Square.

As far as I can remember, that was the first step on a path that has led me to work in environmental education and the human dimensions of conservation – from zoos in the UK to field conservation projects in Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador and Zambia.

WCS is proud to have contributed scientific and technical expertise based on our field conservation programs in nearly 60 countries around the world.

Wilcken argues that zoos – with their wildlife veterinarians, their knowledgeable keepers and their decades of experience working hands on with wildlife – have much to offer field conservation.

"The next piece that we are working on at the moment is being able to really realise the potential of the island as a field conservation training site," Wilcken says.

For this reason, we concentrated on this particular field in conservation biology to determine its status.

Systematic conservation planning (SCP) is a field of conservation biology concerned with delivering on-the-ground actions that achieve conservation goals.