Sentences with phrase «global biodiversity center»

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«We are the first to examine all important ecological processes of forest regeneration in a global meta - analysis of existing case studies,» explains Dr. Eike Lena Neuschulz, the lead author of the study from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center.

«Biodiversity conservation has mostly focused on species, but some species may offer much more critical or unique functions or evolutionary heritage than others — something current conservation planning does not readily address,» said Walter Jetz, a Yale associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and director of the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change.

In comparison to the Great Barrier Reef (1,500 species) and Red Sea (600 species), Indonesian's coral reefs are the global center of marine biodiversity.

It covers a total area of over 890 square kilometers, hosts 390 different species of corals, is a center of marine global biodiversity and -LSB-...]

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a nonprofit addressing the problem of deforestation, which affects the livelihood of a quarter of the global population and endangers biodiversity.

Alternet: Global temperatures may be climbing at a rate too fast for our forests and its biodiversity to adapt, a scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) warned after the World Bank predicted a 4 °C warming of the planet if policymakers continue to be apathetic about greenhouse gas emissions.

UNEP News Center: The high - level political dialogue of Latin American and Caribbean Environment Ministers and international experts produced an agreement to advance a regional cooperation framework on the global sustainable development agenda, climate change, biodiversity, chemicals, waste, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), among other crucial areas of action.

At any one time there are as many as 16 people, including adults, teenagers and young kids living on site, and they work together to uphold the center's principles of «preserving biodiversity, combating climate change and promoting global equity.»