Not exact matches
The size of the
preserved habitat is critical
because of the ecological principle that increasing
habitat size increases the chance of survival.
If we can
preserve those areas we have got a triple bottom line,
because it's going to be good for humans by stabilizing the climate, it's going to be good for the wildlife
because we are protecting their
habitat and it's going to be good for economic growth in the long - term
because it's going to be sustaining human populations locally.
Because the newly created genetic resource is so broad, representing distantly related rice species that have evolved in
habitats throughout Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia, it enables researchers to zero - in on valuable sequences that have been
preserved as the plants adapted to different growing conditions.
One problem that is often faced by wildlife
preserves and zoos is that animals exhibit negative behavior traits and antisocial behavior
because the environment that they are in is not their natural
habitat.
Three of the species have gone extinct since the 1970s
because of a warming climate and
habitat loss in the densely populated territory; scientists fear that the remaining 14 will also disappear unless the authorities take quick action to
preserve more land and to slow rising temperatures.