A major programme of
conservation is about to get under way at La Tourette; clearly the
conservation challenge is how to rectify problems while maintaining 'complete simplicity'.
Despite the obvious threat of conversion to housing developments, many
conservation groups view the upheaval in timberland ownership as a chance to create an entirely new approach to forest management focused on biodiversity.
Anybody who does the math has to conclude that we get more bang for our buck with
conservation," says Sargent.
Under section 170(h)(4) and (5), a contribution is made exclusively for
conservation purposes if it is made in perpetuity and designed to
The really exciting promise of precision
conservation to me is applying it at watershed or landscape scale.
In order to achieve the necessary energy
conservation requirements the team chose to install high efficiency gas fired condensing boilers, high EER water source heat pumps, photo voltaic cells, air-to-air and water-to-water heat recovery equipment and occupancy sensors in order to reduce energy dependence and consumption.
Sprague was instrumental in setting up the
conservation bank.
As it is, forest companies, the government and most mainstream
conservation groups arrived at a consensus several years ago stipulating that new
conservation reserves must be balanced with more development.
Because many threatened forests lie along international boundaries, international cooperation will often be necessary to achieve a particular
conservation objective.
A more forward-looking philosophy concerning special collections
conservation, however, is the view of a collection as a whole, of what has become known as collections
conservation.
We need also to think of forest
conservation and wildlife
conservation, and not just for the sake of hunting and fishing, but because our woodlands are economically precious and because farming depends on nature's processes and its health.
Although private solutions to wildlife
conservation have had dramatic results, their promise and application in post-colonial Southern Africa is limited by the political power and cultural dominance of communal lands.
