Sentences with phrase «largely as a result of human activities»

Largely as a result of human activities they are now rising at a rate of over 4 % per decade.

Despite its scale, the Amazon is also one of the fastest changing ecosystems, largely as a result of human activities, including deforestation, forest fires, and, increasingly, climate change.

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The world's experts have stated that the global warming is largely due to human activity — primarily as the result of reliance on fossil fuels.

These have emerged largely as a result of the objective set in 1997 by the Secretary - General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, to mainstream human rights into all United Nations activities.