Sentences with phrase «cause damage to the environment»

They can activate hover mines, cause damage to the environment in order to induce a landslide, cause tunnels to collapse and fire missile launchers, along with other methods.

Asserting that anthropogenic climate change poses an existential threat to our nations, our cultures and to our way of life, and thereby undermines the internationally protected human rights of our people — including the right to sustainable development, right to life, the right to self - determination and the right of a people not to be deprived of its own means of subsistence, as well as principles of international law that oblige all states to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other states or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction;

In at least one country its charitable status has been extinguished; in another it has attracted condemnation from the government for willfully causing damage to the environment.

Are you aware that all nations have a duty under customary international law to prevent harm by ensuring that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction?

«[H] ave, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law... the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.»

Recalling also that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.

• Recalling also that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (UN 1992a: Preface, emphasis added).

If your property uses oil for heating, a leak could cause damage to the environment.

Not exact matches

However, in what will be a controversial statement, they found that, «a large oil spill would not cause permanent, widespread damage to the environment.»

That can cause serious damage to the environment and mean wasted product for the company.

The heavy handedness, with which Alberta Environment and Parks are handling the water access issue, is going to cause untold unnecessary damage to Alberta's livestock industry.

[13] This said, in animals lower than humans it is morally permissible to thwart the purposes of bodily organs, so that the Church fully permits the sterilisation of animals (if it doesn't cause unreasonable cruelty to them or damage to the material environment).

We have to use our knowledge in such a way that it is causing only a minimum damage to the environment.

For the first time in the history of creation, the life support systems of the Planet Earth are being destroyed by human activities... Throughout history humans have caused locally significant damage to the environment, but never before have human numbers and actions combined to threaten the integrity of the entire planet.

Original sin has caused damage to the body - soul dynamic, thus also to the soul - God relationship and has disrupted the human person's relationship within the material and spiritual environment.

ORAC scores measure the ability of antioxidants to absorb free radicals (that come from pollution and toxins in our environment), which cause cell and tissue damage and can lead to diseases such as cancer.

We focus a lot about reducing plastic because it causes the most damage to the environment but cutting down on paper is definitely useful as well.

The overpopulation of the Axis Deer are a threat to both the the environment and agriculture in the islands, as the deer spread invasive plants, cause erosion, and damage ecosystems.

The National Toxicology Program calls is «reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen» and the Material Safety Data Sheet says «BHT should not be allowed to enter the environment, can cause liver damage, and is dangerous to aquatic organisms.»

If you have been hurt badly, lied to or had significant physical and emotional damage from traditional medical care — being forced back into that environment will cause fear, that will hamper labour due to how women were made (any threat the woman feels causes labour to slow until she no longer experiences that «fight or flight response», and when she feels safe again, labour should resume)-- labour slows and then interventions «have» to be done... and the cycle repeats itself — reenforcing the belief that the hospital is not the place to birth.

When ordering sole custody, the court can consider the conduct, marital status, income, social environment or lifestyle of either party only if it is shown that these factors are causing or may cause damage to the child.

Furthermore, Article 8 (2)(b)(iv) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court criminalizes «intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long - term and severe damage to the natural environment which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated.»

Under the new system, the cost of damage caused to the environment will be added to the cost of every project before deciding on which scheme to pursue, thereby encouraging more environmentally - projects to be chosen.

'' We hereby urge all indigenes of the region to explore the concept to discourage those factors that have caused gross damage to the environment and the oil and gas sector.

By the time the tsunami reaches the shoreline, Dr Kadri writes, the reduced height of the tsunami would minimise the damage caused to both civilians and the environment.

And on February 18th, the British paper the Guardian published an article, and let me quote from the article: «The cost of pollution and other damage to the natural environment caused by the world's biggest companies would wipe out more than one - third of their profits if they were held financially accountable a major unpublished study for the United Nations [has] found.»

But, you know, the idea of pulling this altogether, of wait there may be boundaries beyond which we do not want the environment to go, either because they go in to a tipping [point] and fundamentally change or because you -LSB-'ve caused][a] near - irreversible amount of damage.

A team of researchers at the University of South Florida investigating the short and long - term effects of ischemic stroke in a rodent model has found that stroke can cause long - term damage to the blood - spinal cord barrier (BSCB), creating a «toxic environment» in the spinal cord that might leave stroke survivors susceptible to motor dysfunction and disease pathology.

If the growth in road traffic continues, it will cause unacceptable damage to the environment, admits the government's report on sustainable development.

By visualizing this environment, they could better understand the damage that could be caused to natural habitats and the importance of preserving them.

In 2008, however, Ecuador filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, alleging the Colombian spraying had caused damage to people, crops, and the environment on Ecuadorian ground and demanding indemnification and prevention of further contamination.

According to a report commissioned by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and launched on 18 February by the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management and International Nitrogen Initiative, nitrogen pollution causes US$ 200 - US $ 2,000 billion of damage around the world each year.

According to a draft text from the chairman of the negotiators, Rudiger Wolfrum, an environment lawyer at the Max Planck Institute in Heidelburg, this will «compel operators to exercise care [of] the Antarctic environment by making them financially responsible for environmental damage they cause».

By FRED PEARCE On 1 March, negotiations begin for a new international treaty to limit the damage caused to the environment by acid rain.

«The loss of nest sites due to damage to the environment is an important cause of species extinctions.

He said: «carbon dioxide is responsible for much of the damage caused to our environment.

Insect damage reduces yields in rice and causes farmers to use insecticides that are harmful to the environment and human health.

No «substantiated» evidence exists that genetically engineered crops have caused health problems in humans or damaged the environment, but it's too soon to be making broad statements, positive or negative, about laboratory - based manipulations of crop genomes, an elite panel of scientists concluded in a report Tuesday.

«For ingredients to be included in things like shampoos or laundry or dish detergents, they must be known not to cause irreversible damage to the environment.»

There's a chance sprays and other sunscreens contain octinoxate, an ingredient recently banned by Hawaii due to the damage it causes to the environment, in particular to coral reefs.

Dr. Sherry Ross, OB / GYN and Women's Health Expert at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, told Live Science that, «Vitamin C is a vital antioxidant that helps protect cells from damage caused by free radicals that we are exposed to in the environment such as air pollution, cigarette smoke and ultraviolet light from the sun.»

Antioxidants present in turmeric also help to protect your body from both internal and external damage caused by our stressful environment.

The main reason people decide to go organic when gardening is that they think commercial chemicals, including pesticides and fertilizers, may degrade soil quality, harm the environment and cause long - term damage to their personal health.

These dangerous chemicals are being sprayed on our food — every day — and cause massive collateral damage to the environment and human health.

Remember to stay away from too much sun as UV (ultraviolet) rays can damage and dry out the skin, and free radicals in the environment can reduce skin elasticity, which causes wrinkles.

This means that exposures to the numerous chemicals in food and the environment, such as endocrine disrupting chemicals and carcinogens, could be causing levels of damage that would not occur if the body were able to detoxify them.»

Unfortunely, the environment we live in is full of pollution, toxins, UV radiation and wind that can cause slow undetectable damage in our skin leading to saggy, wrinkly skin.

Harvesting crops does cause the death of many small animals and vast mono - crops that use artificial fertilizers and toxic pesticides do indeed do damage to the environment.

His hope is to remedy humanity's greatest problem: over-population (and the subsequent damage we are causing to the environment).

The perilous nature of these situations and the resulting damage to property and the environment could potentially cause little ones some alarm.