environmental stewardship

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environmental stewardship

The integration and application of environmental values into the military mission in order to sustain readiness, improve quality of life, strengthen civil relations, and preserve valuable natural resources.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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EFFORTS through environmental stewardship schemes to help farmland birds survive the winter are working, according to researchers.

Sowing seeds of success for our farmland birds

Iowa Select Farms received the Environmental Stewardship Award sponsored by the National Pork Board and National Hog Farmer last year for exceptional commitment to the environment at its Arends Sow Farm in Hamilton County, Iowa.

Pork partnerships foster environmental efforts: Iowa Farm's stewardship is platform for public awareness. (Ag Earth Stewards)

FARMERS are being given help to cope with short-term changes which are being introduced to the application process for some agri-environment schemes The new Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) schemes will be affected because of alterations to Environmental Stewardship schemes and the timing of the new mapping date from the Rural Land Register (RLR).

Farmers getting help to deal with stewardship changes

Stirling, who by coincidence also was named 2001 Agri-Marketer of the Year by CAMA, took the so-called bull by the horns and met with his agency--Kahntact Marketing of Guelph, Ontario--to develop a program to promote the positive environmental stewardship activities of those in agriculture.

Award-winning EnviroQuest tells `good stories' about stewardship efforts. (Thinking Outside The Box)

AN organic County Durham farm has been highlighted as one of the best examples of environmental stewardship in England.

Welcome for wildlife earns praise

In addition, environmental stewardship has been a key focus.

Mycogen seeds: creating value, profit for growers. (View From The Top)

The main programme, the Environmental Stewardship Scheme, was introduced four years ago to replace the Environmentally Sensitive Areas and Countryside Stewardship schemes which still cover almost 114,000 hectares of farmland in the North East.

Wildlife returns as farmers sign up for schemes to protect habitats; Farming A desire to encourage birds and wildlife - rather than simply an alternative method of making money - appears to be persuading the region's farmers to create field margins and retain hedgerows. Karen Dent finds out how the Environmental Stewardship Scheme is working in the North East

The stabilized nitrogen is more available to crops, which enhances performance, profitability and environmental stewardship.