Sentences with phrase «affected by deforestation»

Trees for the Earth focuses on those regions of the world most affected by deforestation.

For example, holistic pet food brand Earthborn Holistic ®'s UPCs for Trees Program allows consumers to send in their UPC barcodes to have trees planted in areas around the world that have been affected by deforestation; through the program, over 400,000 trees have been planted so far.

The new study, published in Nature Communications, explores how this enormous carbon store is being affected by both deforestation and drought - driven wildfires.

A new research study shows that it is not only the climate that is adversely affected by deforestation.

«The fish are not only affected by deforestation in the forest margins Forests furthest from the margins are also important, as well as other developments not mentioned in the legislation, such as unpaved roads and agriculture intensification.»

Not exact matches

They'll do this by collecting data about local trees and analyzing and interpreting data about deforestation and reforestation, which will serve as the example in this lesson of one set of activities that can affect levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

This acclaimed elephant park was developed as a sanctuary for critically endangered Sumatran elephants affected by growing deforestation back in 2000 — each elephant has their own personal handler for caretaking!

For a really great image of how environmental changes are already affecting people, in fact destroying an entire culture — and no, not in some low - slung Pacific Island — The New York Times has a poignant piece about how the Kamayurá people in Brazil are struggling today with deforestation and climate change making their way of life less and less tenable: Forest Homelands Now Surrounded by Ranches The Kamayurá people live in the middle of the Xingu National Park — which was once deep in the Amazon but is now surrounded by ranches — and live by hunting, fishing and some agriculture.

It is also affected by the increase of the practice of changing land use, mainly by deforestation for agricultural purposes.

Accordingly, major industrial drivers of deforestation — the palm oil, cattle ranching, and logging industries — were significantly affected by activist campaigns in 2009.

Unchecked deforestation will have far - reaching impacts on temperature, rainfall, and monsoon cycles in regions well outside the tropics, affecting agriculture and water availability, warns a new report published by Greenpeace...

Regardless of whether early land use significantly affected global climate, understanding the global role of land use in determining the onset and magnitude of anthropogenic climate change is critical for gauging the climatic impact of current and future modifications of the terrestrial biosphere, including efforts to offset fossil fuel emissions by reducing deforestation (114).

This analytical document assesses how deforestation affects the economy of the United Republic of Tanzania, both by looking at the limited ecosystem goods and services currently reflected in GDP and by looking at the effects on the economy if the full suite of forest ecosystem services are taken into account.

This analytical document aims to assess how deforestation affects the economy of the United Republic of Tanzania, both by looking at the limited ecosystem goods and services currently reflected in GDP.

Besides, the fluxes involved will not significantly be affected by «thriving plantlife» (sic), especially seeing that we (humans) are currently cutting down biota faster than it grows (deforestation).

JC: They rely on readings from surface thermometers, but those have often been affected by developments like urbanization and deforestation, so they are not a precise proxy for what's going on in the atmosphere, where greenhouse gases are supposed to have their largest effect.

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