Sentences with phrase «by ecological devastation»

Not exact matches

While we have no means of calculating analogous figures for the globe, the ecological devastation and increasing suffering of the poor in many parts of the world suggest to us that increased GNP in many Third World Countries is accompanied by increased misery and unsustainability.

Misrach's portrayals of this once pristine riverine corridor, now known as Cancer Alley, document the far - reaching and ongoing devastation generated by more than 140 industrial plants: eroded ecological systems and the economic deprivation of local, and mostly poor African - American, communities.

An equally central challenge, that is not going to be touched upon by many politician for a long time yet, is that of a world population exploding while all sorts of human driven ecological devastation is taking place at the same time.