Sentences with phrase «biologically diverse ecosystems»

Back then, if you'd asked me what the most pressing threat to wildlife was, I wouldn't have blinked: The world's rainforests were vanishing at a rate of more than 54,000 square miles per year, destroying the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth for timber, soybeans, and cattle ranches.

Without action to stave off climate change, up to half of the plant and animal species in some of the world's most biologically diverse ecosystems could become locally extinct by the end of the century, according to a new report.

An alarming study finds at 4.5 degrees warming, the world's most biologically diverse ecosystems could see local extinction of half their plant and animal species.

Brazil's biologically diverse ecosystems make it vulnerable to climate change, with both the Atlantic and Amazon forests facing significant risks.

La Parguera Nature Reserve is one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in Puerto Rico; characterized by one of the most extensive and well developed coral reefs on the island.

One thing Ecuador can boast about is it's the closest country to the infamous Galapagos Islands, one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world.

Biologically diverse ecosystems are more stable than less diverse ones.

Back then, if you'd asked me what the most pressing threat to wildlife was, I wouldn't have blinked: The world's rainforests were vanishing at a rate of more than 54,000 square miles per year, destroying the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth for timber, soybeans, and cattle ranches.

Not exact matches

John Beddington, professor of population biology at Imperial College, London, says that if fishing continues at today's levels, marine ecosystems will be radically altered, becoming less biologically diverse.

Even the seemingly pristine Galápagos Islands, one of the most biologically rich and diverse ecosystems on the planet, face increasing threats as a result of climate change, water pollution, invasive plants and animals and other challenges related to human activities.

Editor's Note: «The Richest Reef» follows members of a scientific dive team as they attempt to pinpoint the center of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystem in the world.

The Coral Triangle - a coral - rich marine region in Southeast Asia that encompasses the waters between Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea - is the most biologically diverse marine ecosystem on Earth.

Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse marine ecosystem, often described as the rainforests of the ocean.

The more than 24 miles of ocean and bay that border the Golden Gate National Recreation Area house biologically diverse and complex ecosystems including natural islands, reefs, offshore rocks, straits, lagoons, mudflats, and beaches.

The number of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests and coral reefs are all part of a biologically diverse Earth.

Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse marine ecosystem, often described as the rainforests of the ocean.

Combating deforestation, protecting the Amazon — the world most biologically diverse forest ecosystem — and providing locals with healthy forests to provide fresh water should be a priority not only in Rio, but throughout Brazil.

Brazil: SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation combats agricultural expansion and urban sprawl, planting native trees to restore the Atlantic Forest, one of the most biologically diverse and severely threatened forest ecosystems in the world.