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Green infrastructure is an approach to mitigating environmental challenges using vegetation, soils and natural processes as part of a living engineered solution.
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Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) is a system of land management generally associated with infrastructure corridors, now ubiquitous across the landscape, including pipeline, transmission and rail. The corridors traverse a myriad of ecosystems, and by their operational nature, require continuous maintenance. IVM allows for objectives related to conservation to be set for segments of a system, prompting the maintenance and management of those lands according to desired outcomes of biodiversity and habitats.
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Awareness and community engagement projects target a wide variety of learners who attend conservation-themed events and tours involving the corporate habitat. Awareness and community engagement projects are extremely important as gateway experiences for diverse audiences to gain knowledge of an important conservation topic or first-hand experience with their local habitat.
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Enhanced or permanent protection of corporate lands through land conservation agreements means that companies have voluntarily chosen to temporarily or permanently prevent development of an identified property or group of properties. These are lands that have been set aside for a variety of conservation-related purposes. Land conservation agreements can be used to protect water quality, scenic values and wildlife habitat, as well as serve as sites for education on a broad range of conservation issues.
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Remediation involves the cleanup of contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment or surface water, with the goal of protecting human health and the environment. The cleanup process can be subject to an array of regulatory requirements from a variety of overseeing agencies and legislation. Remediation projects can occur in urban, rural and suburban environments and have the ability to be transformative for both habitat and community.
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Avian species, commonly known as birds, are found on every continent and play important roles in the world’s ecosystems and cultures. Globally, birds face a myriad of threats, including habitat destruction, fragmentation and degradation, invasive species, migration mortality, environmental pollutants, and climate change.
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Bats are the only mammals with true flight capabilities. With 1,331 species of bats globally, bats can be found in all regions except the polar regions, extreme deserts, and the most remote islands.
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Deserts are commonly defined as dry regions receiving less than 10 inches of rain per year on average. Deserts generally have sparse plant cover, except in depressions where water accumulates. In many cases, the sandy, stony or rocky substrate contributes more to the appearance of the landscape than does the vegetation.
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Natural caves are underground spaces formed by the weathering of rock. They are unique systems that have immense scientific, recreational and wildlife value. Natural caves can include karst systems, which are subterranean landscapes formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite and gypsum.
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Forests are an ecosystem type dominated by trees that form a continuous stand or are composed of many stands grouped together.
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