Filling in headwaters damages the web of life downstream, from aquatic insects to salamanders to fish, and temporary channels and rebuilt streams are no substitute, the agency said.
I learned a lesson - structure (including elections) doesn't substitute for agency, but it's crucial to the larger task, which I would call a democratic awakening.
But any real improvement can only come over the long term -- by acquiring modern voting machines and substituting a nonpartisan agency for an elections board that is dominated by the two major parties.
They cannot substitute for UN agencies, but their unequivocal neutrality and impartiality are assets to secure universal access to conflict zones and to remain credible.
If a family or a member of a family was receiving services at the outset of treatment from e.g. a psychiatric outpatient unit, these services generally continued during the intervention time since the centres have no wish to act as a substitute for other agencies.
No bilateral donor agency can substitute for the scale of UN expertise and engagement, though these agencies can be important partners in a global effort.No bilateral donor agency can substitute for the scale of UN expertise and engagementThis under-appreciated capacity is why the UN system has vastly outperformed expectations in Kosovo, East Timor and other tough assignments in recent years.
An album of 40 sketches dashed off by Hiroshige in spontaneous strokes also brought €68,200, prompting a representative of the National Museums Agency to stand up, saying that the agency was substituting itself to the highest bidder, as French law allows.
Some states also have agreements with federal agencies to substitute state policies for federal ones.
For the most part, American employers are left on their own to find substitutes when federal agencies impose new rules on chemicals.
Last November, the Kelly Services temporary agency began providing substitute teachers nationwide.
