Sentences with phrase «as habitat for»

The public also expected that while the power project was being appealed, construction work would not be allowed, particularly in the areas presented as habitat for the endangered Blandings turtle, but in fact, both the MOECC and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry allowed it.

The designation could increase the area of forest conserved within oil palm plantations provided it has high conservation significance, such as serving as habitat for endangered species like orangutans, Sumatran tigers, and rhinos.

... Sea ice, especially during the sunlit seasons, serves as habitat for an ice - specific food web (sympagic foodweb)[1] that includes bacteria, viruses, unicellular algae, which often form chains and filaments, and invertebrates sufficiently small to traverse the brine network.

This is a popular area for bird watching and serves as a habitat for blue - footed boobies and frigate birds.

It has pristine blue waters, amazing dive sites which have an abundance of coral reefs and 15 hectares of lush, protected wood land which serves as habitat for native plants and animals.

Breathtaking coral of all descriptions abound in and around Hol Chan and serve as a habitat for literally millions of species of fish.

This hotel has nicely landscaped grounds that serve as a habitat for a few llamas.

Before 1540 when Europeans immigrated to the Grand Canyon, this site was used as a habitat for Native Americans and later as a pilgrimage site for the Pueblo peoples.

It's also home to a strand of spectacular beaches — Hilton Head Island Beach was the state's most Instagrammed place in 2016 — and preserved land that serves as habitat for rare and endangered species.

The river is closely lined with swamps of black mangrove, which are protected by law and provide stability for the banks as well as habitat for many species of animals and birds.

This stunning 110 - acre parcel, featuring ocean views from Point Reyes to Pedro Point, has been improved with new trail alignments, a dramatic stairway to the bluffs, and three ponds dug as habitat for the snake's preferred prey, the threatened California red - legged frog.

That quality extends to the care given to protecting and preserving water resources and natural spaces within the course as habitat for wildlife.

Sangeh is a small tropical rain forest surrounded by the rice field with high and shady tropical trees where this place as a habitat for group of monkeys.

The Choco Nose can be easily mounted either on conventional wire cages or even wooden boxes that serve as habitat for your critters.

Air pollution isn't good for anyone and roadways take space that could otherwise be used as a habitat for wild animals.

Detection of tremolite, a mineral created in the presence of water, could be used to ascertain how long any Venusian oceans lasted as a habitat for Earth - type life over the past 4.6 billion years of planetary history (more).

Prairie serves as habitat for hundreds of species.

Silver Springs State Park provides a natural habitat for numerous species, including 18 endemic and 10 endangered plant species, as well as habitat for resident and migratory birds, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

«While we have made some progress in protecting larger wetlands that act as habitat for wildlife, we have been less successful in protecting smaller ones that continue to be removed to make way for things such as new housing subdivisions.

Wetlands are widely valued as natural pollution filters and as habitat for endangered species such as the Yuma clapper rail, whooping crane and least tern.

For Beca, the fragments that serve as habitat for the most species should be prioritized.

These waterways help supply drinking water and serve as habitat for aquatic, plant and wild life.

Special emphasis is given to the protection of big trees as habitat for migratory and local bird populations and other wildlife species — a requirement not present in SAN's current 2010 standard.

Special emphasis is given to the protection of trees as a habitat for migratory and local bird populations as well as other wildlife.

The cover crop plants also serve as habitats for predators.

Coral reefs act as habitats for fish and other wildlife, providing food for communities worldwide and generating tourism dollars for seaside economies.

While coral reefs make up less than 0.1 percent of the sea floor, they serve as habitats for about 25 percent to 35 percent of all the oceans» fishes, roughly 500 million people worldwide rely on them as a source of protein and for coastal protection, and they are responsible for billions of dollars in tourism and fisheries revenue.

Sites where the atlas shows a baseline clear - sky brightness equivalent to twilight or a half - illuminated moon are probably excluded as habitats for specialist species that need the true cover of darkness to survive and thrive.»

Exotic plantations can not serve as habitats for indigenous birds and animals, and «monocultures have limited value in conserving endangered species,» the authors point out in the paper.

Mongolia / Russia • The landscapes of Dauria, an example of the Daurian Steppe ecoregion, which extends from eastern Mongolia into Russian Siberia and northeastern China, including grassland, forest, lakes and wetlands that serve as habitats for rare species of fauna.

The region's third distinct feature are the numerous coral - covered pinnacles that rise from the depths, serving as both habitats for reef creatures and gathering points for blue - water fish.

Not exact matches

Bigelow first started his space company, Bigelow Aerospace, in 1999 to develop habitats for use as research labs for corporations and countries without space programs, housing for missions to Mars, or even as hotels for tourists on the final frontier.

Meanwhile, development projects such as marinas and residential buildings constructed in California's estuaries have pushed stingrays out of their traditional habitats and into coastal waters, where the rays provide easy food for baby white sharks.

The paper urges NASA to support Amazon's notional shipment service that would bring gear for experiments, as much as 10,000 pounds of cargo, and habitats to aid «future human settlement» on the moon.

As part of the mines continued operations the waste rock dump is to be expanded, resulting in the loss of 75.7 ha of habitat for three threatened species of Black Cockatoo.

Under the agreement a perpetual restrictive covenant has been placed on the 121.7 ha which will require the area to be maintained and managed for its value as native vegetation with improvement of its assessed habitat score from 7/10 to 8/10 over a 20 - year period.

Caribou planning often talked of using offsets as a tool for arresting the decline of the species and its habitat.

Ecosystem goods and services have most recently been defined as «the direct and indirect contributions of ecosystems to human well - being,» which can further be divided into one of four broad categories: regulating services (e.g. flood mitigation, water purification), provisioning services (e.g. food), habitat or supporting services (e.g. spawning grounds) and cultural services (e.g. recreational opportunities)(see here for an excellent explanation of these categories).

The Alberta government has not, however, made any commitment to no net loss as a goal for caribou habitat on a project by project basis.

The animals we kill for food and whose habitat we steal for farmland and housing and other development could just as well consider all of humanity evil.

@transframer — With all due respect, you didn't really address the issues raised regarding: 1) actual # of extant vertebrate species; 2) the fact that land inverts «breath air» and would have drowned if not accounted for on the ark; 3) that the dino genera identified in the wiki link far exceeds 50; 4) the need to account for extinct land vertebrates in addition to those still around; 5) that many marine fish would have died as their habitat's salinity dropped; 6) that your % allotments for food / water don't reflect the fact that many forms require fresh meat and / or eat disproportionately to their sizes; 7) the specific dietary / environmental constraints involved in the migration to the Ark and the return trips from Mt. Ararat.

That such world was primarily the region of the group's habitat means little for our purpose, except as the limitation added to its mystery when distance beckoned in all directions into the unknown.

As long as we fail to experience how intimately we belong to the earth and the universe as our appropriate habitat, we will probably not care deeply for our natural environmenAs long as we fail to experience how intimately we belong to the earth and the universe as our appropriate habitat, we will probably not care deeply for our natural environmenas we fail to experience how intimately we belong to the earth and the universe as our appropriate habitat, we will probably not care deeply for our natural environmenas our appropriate habitat, we will probably not care deeply for our natural environment.

It is reducing habitat for fish reproduction such as mangrove groves and degrading the ocean floor.

Acts of parliament need to be passed, as in the state of Victoria in Australia, that provide for the preservation of species by preserving critical habitats.

Instead, reserves for the preservation of habitats need be created such as the two hundred and fifty - two reserves established in sixty - six countries under UNESCO's Biosphere program.

Here you can see the famed yet elusive laraha orange in its natural habitat — as well as pick - up a traditional cure for whatever ails you.

In other locations the chiltepín habitat is lost as it is plowed under for tomato fields or for housing developments.

As forests are slashed for cocoa production, this also leaves less shade for the plants to protect them from the sun, not to mention the habitat that is destroyed for wildlife.

This hidden away natural habitat on the backside of our property has oak, cedar and Douglas fir trees, wild edible greens (including Miners Lettuce as featured in the recipe below), wild strawberries, Indian plums, wild flowers, and is a popular haven for the local wildlife including elk, deer, coyote, bobcat, and a wide variety of birds.