Bottom Line: Birds are killed
by destruction of habitat and millions of pounds of pesticides every year, but no one wants to stop development or see our lawns and golf courses devoured by insects.
And while climate change remains a legitimate concern for wildlife — particularly on isolated mountaintops and in species - poor polar regions — it does not come close to the immediate, irreparable damage caused
by the destruction of habitat.
Conservationists say some 16 million sage grouse went from nearly blacking out the sun when they took wing over the sprawling western sagebrush to being nearly blacked out
by the destruction of their habitat.
According to this volume, it is known from only two sites in eastern Zaire, where it is threatened
by the destruction of its habitat.
It leads to the extinction of species especially
by destruction of their habitat.
Not exact matches
We now know that nature can not take care
of itself, that human beings can degrade it not only locally but globally, that the species God created and saved from the flood are threatened
by human expansion into their
habitats,
destruction of their food supplies, pollution
of their air and water, and excessive hunting and fishing.
«The one process ongoing in the 1980s that will take millions
of years to correct,» Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson has warned, «is the loss
of genetic and species diversity
by the
destruction of natural
habitats.
Much more serious is the
destruction of habitat by deforestation and expansion
of farming.
We can not be sure that The Flood had no relationship to all flesh around that area having «corrupted its way»... The very protection
of mankind from natural disasters that were inevitable from the contingent, limited perfection
of the planet Earth as a
habitat, might well have been mediated to human communities
by great prophetic souls, even as Christ prophesied the
destruction of Jerusalem as a consequence
of his rejection, and because «in the day
of your visitation, you did not know the things that were to your peace».
Common threats include: loss
of nesting and roosting sites,
habitat fragmentation
by conversion or
destruction of vegetation,
habitat fragmentation
by excessive exposure
of nectar plants to herbicides and pollinators to pesticides, over-hunting, disruption
of nectar corridors required
by migratory pollinators, and competition
by invasive species65.
These activities can have harmful environmental effects including draining
of wetlands,
destruction of amphibians and reptiles
by heavy equipment, erosion and sedimentation, and other, permanent or long - term alterations
of productive wildlife
habitat.
«From the complete
destruction of the Rockaway Boardwalk to recreational assets and natural
habitats broken up
by wind and water, New York City's parks were faced with unprecedented damage in the aftermath
of Hurricane Sandy,» Commissioner Mitchell Silver said.
Half
of the orangutans on the vast Southeast Asian island died between 1999 and 2015 as a result
of hunting or
habitat destruction by oil palm and other industries, a new study found.
More than 100 species exist, and almost all
of them have been decimated
by disease, climate change,
habitat destruction or some combination
of these threats.
Based on a scientific literature review
of 14 other publications, including some that looked at effects
of existing walls and fences on the border, the authors outlined several concerns about the proposed wall, including
habitat destruction and degradation caused
by the construction
of the wall and the roads on either side
of the wall.
In addition to this, there was a drastic drop in the number
of specimens in the 20th century due to its persecution, the
destruction of its
habitat, and two major viral epidemics suffered
by the rabbit, its main food source.
According to official Chinese estimates, their numbers have fallen to only around 1590, largely as a result
of the
destruction of their natural
habitats by humans.
«It is likely in the case
of the red wolf and the Great Lakes [eastern] wolf that mixture with coyotes was caused
by human actions, wolf control, and
habitat destruction, which allowed coyote numbers to increase.
DiCaprio said a statement that the world's population
of 3,200 tigers was endangered
by «
habitat destruction and escalating illegal poaching.»
The researchers claimed that changing weather patterns would commit up to 37 percent
of the world's species to extinction
by 2050 — far more than would go extinct if we continued at the current rate
of habitat destruction.
So the
destruction of natural
habitats and urbanization not only affects the health
of the environment, but it also affects our health and wellness
by removing healthy colonizing microbiota.»
Worldwide, cats may have been involved in the extinction
of more bird species than any other cause except
by habitat destruction.»
bird feeders and nesting boxes — but as much to compensate for the
destruction of habitat caused
by the creation
of the plot on which their home stands than for the occasional kill that their cat makes.
[FN94] After the FWS amended its definition
of harm
by adding «an act which actually kills or injures wildlife,» as it reads today, the Ninth Circuit held in Palila II that
habitat destruction that could result in extinction is sufficient to conclude a taking.
If the crops failed, these communities contained too many people to survive on local foraging or hunting — both because population densities were so high and because the
habitat destruction caused
by farming had reduced the amount
of local wild food.
Julia Lehmann, from Roehampton University, said: «In reality, the effects
of climate change on African apes may be much worse, as our model does not take into account possible anthropogenic effects, such as
habitat destruction by humans and the hunting
of apes for bushmeat.»
Life on land: Besides the reduction
of greenhouse gases, the project assist environmental sustainability
by slowing deforestation, which also prevents soil erosion, the
destruction of natural
habitats and the loss
of biodiversity
And here are just a few other «side effects»
of mining on public lands in the West: cyanide spills; wildlife
habitat destruction and fish kills caused
by poisoned waters; and water pollution caused
by acid mine drainage, which leaches potentially toxic heavy metals like lead, copper, and zinc from rocks.
Their vision involves narratives
of moribund western economies governed
by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight
of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less
habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits
of global ecosystems.
Whales may be particularly affected
by changing location and abundance
of food sources, changed migration patterns and
habitat destruction.
The alternative vision involves narratives
of moribund western economies governed
by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight
of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less
habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits
of global ecosystems.
The urban doofus hipster vision involves narratives
of moribund western economies governed
by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight
of internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less
habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits
of global ecosystems.
The species is imperiled
by the
destruction of its rainforest
habitat as well as
by the illegal pet trade.
The urban doofus hipster vision involves narratives
of moribund western economies governed
by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight
of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less
habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits
of global ecosystems.
The vision involves narratives
of moribund western economies governed
by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight
of internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less
habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits
of global ecosystems.
... According to a review
by Lovich and Ennen (2013), the construction and operation
of wind farms have both potential and known impacts on terrestrial vertebrates, such as: (i) increase in direct mortality due to traffic collisions; (ii)
destruction and modification
of the
habitat, including road development,
habitat fragmentation and barriers to gene flow; (iii) noise effects, visual impacts, vibration and shadow flicker effects from turbines; (iv) electromagnetic field generation; (v) macro and microclimate change; (vi) predator attraction; and (vii) increase in fire risks.
Partly this is because it's hard to beat the blunt biodiversity effects
of direct
habitat destruction (like deforestation) and partly that is because climate warming is often a slow process, for instance in the deep oceans, where its ecological effects are «outpaced»
by the rapidly escalating plastic pollution — admittedly an impossible comparison.
The current trajectory
of biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse is being driven
by cutting down forests, over-fishing, chemical pollution, soil degradation and erosion,
habitat destruction, desertification and so on.
There are many other human - induced stresses on life, including land conversion with
habitat destruction, species overharvesting, homogenization
of biota, and ubiquitous toxins, which must be dealt with, yet global warming caused
by fossil fuel burning may be a unique threat because
of the millennial time scale
of anthropogenic carbon within surface carbon reservoirs.
The researchers claimed that changing weather patterns would commit up to 37 percent
of the world's species to extinction
by 2050 — far more than would go extinct if we continued at the current rate
of habitat destruction.
Facing criticism, biofuels industry forms new lobby group to influence lawmakers (7/25/2008) Under attack
by politicians, aid groups, and environmentalists for driving up food prices and fueling
destruction of ecologically sensitive
habitats, some
of the world's largest agroindustrial firms have formed a lobby group to influence consumers and lawmakers to support continued subsidies for biofuel production, reports Reuters.