Sentences with phrase «biodiversity of a particular area»

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President Michel Temer's defiant decision to open the areas of Amapá and Pará, which is believed to be a significant resource of gold, copper, iron ore and other minerals, has angered environmentalists in particular, who say the area is abounding in biodiversity and is home to myriad species that have yet to be studied.

In particular, the new «Planetary Boundaries» paper, forthcoming in Nature, makes the case that humanity has overshot the global carrying capacity in a variety of key areas, including GHGs [greenhouse gases], nitrogen, phosphorus, fresh water, land use, and biodiversity.