Not exact matches
This is because there is a higher risk of human interaction and persecution in areas where there are more farms, a greater pressure on natural resources through increased
timber extraction and livestock grazing, and even competition for food from domestic animals kept
as pets.»
Los Katios National Park was placed on the Danger List at the request of Colombia so
as to help mobilize international support for the preservation of the property which is threatened by, notably, deforestation in areas inside and around the property due to the illegal
extraction of
timber.
Climate change almost always exacerbates the problems caused by other environmental stressors including: land use change and the consequent habitat fragmentation and degradation;
extraction of
timber, fish, water, and other resources; biological disturbance such
as the introduction of non-native invasive species, disease, and pests; and chemical, heavy metal, and nutrient pollution.
«It emerged at the international level, through the combination of, among others: (1) the conservationist interests of big environmental NGOs in the North, (2) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the North seeking low - cost alternatives to supposedly «offset» their continued and excessive emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases, (3) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the South seeking to obtain financial resources for the «protection» of forests in their countries, (4) the interests of corporations that could profit from market - tradable «offset» credits, including through speculation on secondary (derivatives) markets, which would allow them to continue destroying the forests for the
extraction of
timber, minerals or oil, the establishment of monoculture plantations, etc., thus expanding their business opportunities, and (5) the interests of consultants and other actors involved in financial capital markets who want to turn «unexploited» forests into a new market for this type of capital, through the commercialization of «environmental services» such
as carbon sequestration, among others.»