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The definition of conservation units is crucial for the sustainable management of endangered species, though particularly challenging when recent and past anthropogenic and natural gene flow might have played a role. The conservation of the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus, is particularly complex ...
More diverse communities are thought to be more stable—the diversity–stability hypothesis—due to increased resistance to and recovery from disturbances. For example, high diversity can make the presence of resilient or fast growing species and key facilitations among species more likely. How natural, ...
Conservationists are increasingly engaging with the concept of human well-being to improve the design and evaluation of their interventions. Since the convening of the influential Sarkozy Commission in 2009, development researchers have been refining conceptualizations and frameworks to understand and ...
Structural and functional analysis of telomeres is very important for understanding basic biological functions such as genome stability, cell growth control, senescence and aging. Recently, serious concerns have been raised regarding the reliability of current telomere measurement methods such as Southern ...
A large inter-individual variability in the plasma triglyceride (TG) response to an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) supplementation has been observed. The objective was to examine gene-diet interaction effects on the plasma TG response after a fish oil supplementation, between single-nucleotide ...
Since the nineteen seventies, Total E&P Indonesie (TEPI) operates a block in the Mahakam River delta, where it coexists with local communities that live in a traditional way and get their livelihoods from agriculture and marine activities such as shrimp farming. For ten years, the relationship with ...
With growing recognition of the importance of understanding potential impacts to freshwater biodiversity and ecosystems, approaches for systematically assessing site-level risks at a global level are needed. Chevron and Conservation International (CI) partnered in 2012 to test using the Integrated ...
The Chevron San Ardo Oil Field case study is a success story for produced water reuse. The case study provides a potential window into the future. As existing oil fields mature, water cut increases, and as world-wide water demand grows, beneficial reuse may present an increasingly attractive option ...
Constrained access to oil and gas reserves is one of the top risks for future oil and gas. The best energy opportunities are in frontier areas and in new unconventional resources, but these often overlap with environmentally sensitive or refuge areas .Advances in technology have brought these high risk ...
Mangroves are critical ecosystems given their key role in conserving biodiversity, protecting coastlines from erosion and supporting coastal resources. They may be impacted by oil and gas activities, either directly or indirectly. Restoring them is therefore of prime importance. In the Mahakam Delta, ...
SME development is well established in some of Yemen’s Governorates. However, the Shabwah Governorate in which the Company operates is constrained by financial and other resources including a lack of support for small and micro-enterprise (SME) development. The majority of the Company’s project neighbors ...
Description of the Proposed Paper: The proposed paper describes a review of case studies for the decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure in the temperate environment. Decommissioning activities in temperate waters offer some unique challenges. Structures are often associated with the ...
Suppression subtractive hybridization of Penaeus monodon hemocytes challenged with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) has identified the viral responsive gene, PmVRP15, as the highest up-regulated gene ever reported in shrimps. Expression analysis by quantitative real time RT-PCR revealed 9410–fold up-regulated ...
Understanding patterns in the utilisation of seafloor heterogeneity by different fish species is an essential prerequisite for the implementation of effective spatial management of marine ecosystems. The North Sea supports one of the world’s most active fisheries as well as extensive oil and gas exploration ...
The Deep-ocean Environmental Long-term Observatory System (DELOS) was installed in Block 18 Angola in February 2009, and therefore celebrates its 5th anniversary in February 2014. The two DELOS platforms are located 16km apart in 1,400m of water depth. One is within 50 metres of subsea facilities, and ...
A weight-of-evidence (WOE) approach was used to evaluate whether produced water (PW) discharges in the Gulf of Guinea, offshore Nigeria contribute an unacceptable ecological effect on the marine ecosystem. The WOE approach is a structured framework used by USEPA and other regulatory agencies in drawing ...
The Norman Wells operation in northern Canada is applying for renewal of its water license. The facility has been in operation since 1919 on the banks of the Mackenzie River. No changes to the operation are being contemplated, and no changes to the water license requested. What is new is that the regulator ...
Potential impacts from anthropogenic sound, including from geophysical operations, on marine life have received ever-increasing attention in recent years from regulators, environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs) and the public. As a result, many national government agencies and international ...
The Barzan Gas Project is a critical program to deliver natural gas to Qatar’s future industries. This project was expected to cause impacts to shallow coral communities during pipeline construction. To partially meet the state’s environmental clearance for the project whilst supporting the state’s ...
Research by experts from industry and an environmental organization finds that incorporating nature into man-made infrastructure can improve business resilience – and bring additional economic, environmental and socio-political benefits. Experts from Shell, The Dow Chemical Company, Swiss Re, and Unilever, ...