Sentences with phrase «because ecosystem services»

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Your point 5 though means there would still be some liability because the «tokens» can be exchanged at a later date for other assets as well as used to pay for services in our ecosystem.

Chen said the company currently has an edge, however, because of its broad ecosystem of services.

«This is important because trees need to grow in order to perform valuable ecosystem services, such as removing pollutants from the air and storing carbon,» says Steve Frank, an associate professor of entomology at North Carolina State University and co-author of the paper.

Florida Department of Transportation officials supported UF scientists in the study and appreciate the results because they want to create an environment that fosters biodiversity and conserves critical ecosystem services like pollination, Daniels said.

They found that saving various ecosystem services would not preserve species — mostly because of the negative effects on crop pollination and forage production.

«The results of our study suggest that efforts to mitigate local perturbation such as nutrient enrichment in the Baltic Sea could pay off in the future, because it might help key species such as the bladder wrack to better cope with the effects of climate change and to maintain their ecosystem services.»

«Because a single mussel filters up to 40 liters of water per day,» reports Professor Geist, «we humans also benefit from the ecosystem services provided by mussels.»

But basically sustainable development is an ideal of trying to promote prosperity around the world while also recognizing that we need to preserve the sort of valuable services that the natural ecosystems provide because they are an essential strut of the world's economy.

The reserve was particularly suited for testing the new methods because it was close to the epicenter of a devastating earthquake in 2008, which dramatically changed local households» dependence on ecosystem services and human well - being in a short time.

The conservation of insect pollinators is beginning to draw attention because of reported declines in bee species and the «ecosystem services» they provide [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16].

The conservation of insect pollinators is drawing attention because of reported declines in bee species and the «ecosystem services» they provide.

However, the Kindle Fire won by a nose, not only because of its lower price and free cloud storage, but because it is part of Amazon's impressive ecosystem of e-books, Amazon apps and streaming video content through the Amazon Prime service.

And, because LifeLearn understands the evolving needs and challenges that teams and organizations in animal health face, distinct ECOsystems have also been developed for companies and organizations that focus on the industry and pet services.

Estimating the impacts of climate change is challenging because they span a large number of economic sectors and ecosystems services, and can vary strongly by region.

In fact The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project is saying «natural systems represent one of the biggest untapped allies» in combatting climate change, because of their carbon storage potential — and that incorporating funding for forests in a global climate deal should be a key priority: TEEB highlights the fact that in addition to absorbing some 15 % of global carbon emissions, forests provide a whole range of ecosystem services that are worthy of protecting.

Wetlands are important ecosystems for climate change mitigation and adaptation because they can store huge amounts of carbon, while providing other essential services.

Acre was chosen in part because it passed a sweeping framework for developing payments for ecosystem services in October, and Chiapas is on the brink of finalizing a REDD readiness plan.

Because there is no financial cost associated with ecosystem services, it is easy to assume they have no value.

The social cost of carbon includes, for example, changes in net agricultural productivity and human health, property damage from increased flood risk, energy system costs, and the value of ecosystem services lost because of climate change.

Because much of the cost will be realized after the emissions occur, the funds would have to be invested in order to produce resources in the future to compensate or make the best of conditions then; this can be investment in infrastructure (aquaducts and flood water management planning) and such things as R&D for drought / flood resistant crops, efforts to save ecosystems (those parts that will survive the climate change, or otherwise planting trees, etc, where they will do well in the future, or otherwise reducing other stresses so that ecosystems will be more resilient to climate change)(remember that ecosystems provide us with ecosystem services), etc, and / or investment in the economy in general so that more resources will be available in the future to compensate for losses and pay for adaptation.

Because nature does not charge for the ecosystem services it provides, pricing these externalities is a matter of public policy, which can be addressed through a wide variety of financial as well as regulatory mechanisms, such as carbon taxes, land - value assessments, and / or various forms of ecological - use fees (Sanderson 2013).

It was also stated that loss estimates are lower bound estimates because many impacts, such as loss of human lives, cultural heritage and ecosystem services are difficult to value and monetize, and thus they are poorly reflected in estimates of losses.

Android, for many, is a powerful OS because it integrates so well with the Google ecosystem of apps and services.