Sentences with phrase «concerns about biodiversity»

The artist uses a wide range of materials, including fabric, charcoal, synthetic hair, vellum paper and oil paint, to reflect her concerns about biodiversity in a rapidly growing society.

Not exact matches

BASC Northern Ireland Director Tommy Mayne said: «BASC welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence to the Environment Committee and while we welcome some aspects of the Marine Bill which will benefit marine life and biodiversity, we are greatly concerned about certain clauses within the draft Bill that pose a potential threat to wildfowling and other rural activities.

Mary Creagh MP, Labour's shadow environment secretary, said: «The white paper fails to set out a clear plan for major challenges such as reforestation or biodiversity loss; nor does it deal with concerns about planning policy.

That is another reason for concern about the worldwide decline in biodiversity, he notes: «The loss of diversity is probably having adverse effects on stability and productivity and the ability of the ecosystem to respond to global climate change.»

Natural resource managers and biodiversity experts are becoming increasingly concerned about invasions of weeds such as leafy spurge, which has swept across Western landscapes, and the melaleuca tree, a major threat to ecosystems in Florida.

Speaking about the policy options emerging from the four regional assessments, Watson said: «Although there are no «silver bullets» or «one - size - fits all» answers, the best options in all four regional assessments are found in better governance, integrating biodiversity concerns into sectoral policies and practices (e.g. agriculture and energy), the application of scientific knowledge and technology, increased awareness and behavioural changes.»

Bees and other insects pollinate many of the world's important food crops and wild plants, raising serious concerns about the impacts of reported global pollinator declines for food security and biodiversity.

Bruna says he sees a lot to be concerned about in the report, both from a biodiversity and socioeconomic perspective.

«If the world is so concerned about preserving biodiversity, protecting indigenous rights and trying to find solutions to climate change, this proposal merits support,» he adds.

Indeed, the findings of this study have important implications for today's concern about the loss in diversity of bees, a pivotal species for agriculture and biodiversity.

Express strong concern about the increasing threats arising from growing human footprint and climate change to the survival of snow leopards and associated mountain biodiversity and to the maintenance of watershed and ecosystem services their habitats provide;

It is true that there are real concerns about the short - term outlook for biodiversity loss, climate change and resource availability.

There are already many excellent volumes that capably expose the fraudulent theories about ozone depletion, global warming, pollution, pesticides, cancer risks, nuclear power, PCBs, asbestos, acid rain, deforestation, carbon dioxide, biodiversity, soil depletion, etc. 2 Rather, we hope to demonstrate convincingly that concerns about the environment (some overblown, others completely fabricated) are being cynically exploited by influential individuals and organizations whose goal includes building a global tyranny.

I don't tend to write much about this, but my concern over global warming is based, to a great extent, on the losses in biodiversity that will inevitably result from climate change, even at rates that don't greatly damage human economic activity in general.

A reduction in biodiversity, with concerns about a lack of public knowledge or understanding of it.

As it is the cold periods of earths history that reduces biodiversity and decimates humanity then this is what we should be concerned about and preparing for.

With growing concerns about the greenhouse gas balance of many types of biomass and bioenergy — as well as effects on biodiversity, land use, and competition with food production — the EU needs to get policies right by capping the contribution of bioenergy to renewables targets at sustainable levels, and promoting only bioenergy that is both sustainable and delivers real carbon benefits.

Barriers to large scale deployment of bioenergy include concerns about GHG emissions from land, food security, water resources, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods.

Bahroeny went on to say that first is was concerns about orangutans and biodiversity, and now it's climate change.

There are significant concerns about the threats to biodiversity in the Torres Strait.