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Book Habitat Protection Fund Project Monitoring Toolkit

Download or read book Habitat Protection Fund Project Monitoring Toolkit written by WWF-New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These guidelines provide those undertaking habitat protection projects with some initial help to monitor their project. The guidelines have been developed by WWF New Zealand in order to support groups receiving grants from the Habitat Protection Fund ... Monitoring considered in these guidelines covers: Habitat and ecological gains; social context/community gains; economic gains"--P. 1.

Book Authorization for Incidental Take and Implementation of a Multiple Species Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan and Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances

Download or read book Authorization for Incidental Take and Implementation of a Multiple Species Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan and Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico

Download or read book Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gulf Coast communities and natural resources suffered extensive direct and indirect damage as a result of the largest accidental oil spill in US history, referred to as the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill. Notably, natural resources affected by this major spill include wetlands, coastal beaches and barrier islands, coastal and marine wildlife, seagrass beds, oyster reefs, commercial fisheries, deep benthos, and coral reefs, among other habitats and species. Losses include an estimated 20% reduction in commercial fishery landings across the Gulf of Mexico and damage to as much as 1,100 linear miles of coastal salt marsh wetlands. This historic spill is being followed by a restoration effort unparalleled in complexity and magnitude in U.S. history. Legal settlements in the wake of DWH led to the establishment of a set of programs tasked with administering and supporting DWH-related restoration in the Gulf of Mexico. In order to ensure that restoration goals are met and money is well spent, restoration monitoring and evaluation should be an integral part of those programs. However, evaluations of past restoration efforts have shown that monitoring is often inadequate or even absent. Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico identifies best practices for monitoring and evaluating restoration activities to improve the performance of restoration programs and increase the effectiveness and longevity of restoration projects. This report provides general guidance for restoration monitoring, assessment, and synthesis that can be applied to most ecological restoration supported by these major programs given their similarities in restoration goals. It also offers specific guidance for a subset of habitats and taxa to be restored in the Gulf including oyster reefs, tidal wetlands, and seagrass habitats, as well as a variety of birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals.

Book Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology

Download or read book Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology written by G. Mathias Kondolf and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fluvial Geomorphology studies the biophysical processes acting in rivers, and the sediment patterns and landforms resulting from them. It is a discipline of synthesis, with roots in geology, geography, and river engineering, and with strong interactions with allied fields such as ecology, engineering and landscape architecture. This book comprehensively reviews tools used in fluvial geomorphology, at a level suitable to guide the selection of research methods for a given question. Presenting an integrated approach to the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, it provides guidance for researchers and professionals on the tools available to answer questions on river restoration and management. Thoroughly updated since the first edition in 2003 by experts in their subfields, the book presents state-of-the-art tools that have revolutionized fluvial geomorphology in recent decades, such as physical and numerical modelling, remote sensing and GIS, new field techniques, advances in dating, tracking and sourcing, statistical approaches as well as more traditional methods such as the systems framework, stratigraphic analysis, form and flow characterisation and historical analysis. This book: Covers five main types of geomorphological questions and their associated tools: historical framework; spatial framework; chemical, physical and biological methods; analysis of processes and forms; and future understanding framework. Provides guidance on advantages and limitations of different tools for different applications, data sources, equipment and supplies needed, and case studies illustrating their application in an integrated perspective. It is an essential resource for researchers and professional geomorphologists, hydrologists, geologists, engineers, planners, and ecologists concerned with river management, conservation and restoration. It is a useful supplementary textbook for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and interdisciplinary courses in river management and restoration.

Book The Outrigger Telescopes Project  Mauna Kea Science Reserve

Download or read book The Outrigger Telescopes Project Mauna Kea Science Reserve written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Habitat Restoration Project

Download or read book Habitat Restoration Project written by J. Mitchley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests  N F   and Crooked River National Grassland  Invasive Plant Treatments  Deschutes  Jefferson  Crook  Wheeler  and Grant Counties

Download or read book Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests N F and Crooked River National Grassland Invasive Plant Treatments Deschutes Jefferson Crook Wheeler and Grant Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Crane and Rowan Mountain Timber Sales  Implementation  Tongass National Forest

Download or read book Crane and Rowan Mountain Timber Sales Implementation Tongass National Forest written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Measures of Success

Download or read book Measures of Success written by Richard Margoluis and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measures of Success is a practical, hands-on guide to designing, managing, and measuring the impacts of community-oriented conservation and development projects.

Book Plumas National Forest  N F    Diamond Vegetation Management Project

Download or read book Plumas National Forest N F Diamond Vegetation Management Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Elliott State Forest

Download or read book Elliott State Forest written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monitoring Biodiversity

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alfonso Alonso
  • Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
  • Release : 2014-01-01
  • ISBN : 1935623397
  • Pages : 769 pages

Download or read book Monitoring Biodiversity written by Alfonso Alonso and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book compiles case studies regarding the biodiversity research and monitoring program of Andean species and habitats carefully chosen as indicators to assess the short- and long-term effects of a linear disturbance: the PERU LNG pipeline. Set in a scientifically unexplored region of the Andes, Monitoring Biodiversity clearly articulates the Smithsonian-led conceptual framework for the implementation in the field by scientists. It addresses scientific and conservation questions addressed by the research protocols, the experimental design, and data gathering. Moreover, the book covers a gap on how to integrate biodiversity research, monitoring, and conservation into sustainable development projects of national and international interest. The text is presented in both English and Spanish.

Book Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats

Download or read book Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats written by Clive Hurford and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As in the terrestrial environment, most data collection from freshwater habitats to date falls into the survey, surveillance or research categories. The critical difference between these exercises and a monitoring project is that a monitoring project will clearly identify when we need to make a management response. A Model for Conservation Management and Monitoring Monitoring (as defined by Hellawell) is essentially a tool of practical conservation management, and Fig. 1.1 shows a simple, but effective, model for nature conser- tion management and monitoring. The need for clear decision-making is implicit in this model. First we must decide what would represent a favourable state for the key habitat or species, and then we must decide when to intervene if the state is (or becomes) unfavourable. A third, often overlooked, but equally important, decision concerns when we would consider the habitat or species to have recovered; this is unlikely to be the same point that we became concerned about it. This decision not only has resource imp- cations, it can also have major implications for other habitats and species (prey species are an obvious example). All of these decisions are essential to the devel- ment of an efficient and effective monitoring project.

Book Ashley National Forest  N F    Trout Slope West Timber Project

Download or read book Ashley National Forest N F Trout Slope West Timber Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: