Sentences with phrase «conflicts over natural resources»

Not exact matches

While future global conflicts will undoubtedly be over territory and dwindling limited natural resources, there is no way to justify waging war in the name of some deity (not that there ever has been).

As society faces more conflict over natural disasters, natural resource use and climate change, scientists increasingly find themselves in the spotlight, forced to communicate findings in ways they haven't in the past.

A team of marine researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has discovered a three - way conflict raging at the microscopic level in the frigid waters off Antarctica over natural resources such as vitamins and iron.

After House Natural Resources committee chairman Doc Hastings denied Rep. Grijalva's request, Grijalva succeeded in initiating an investigation over this potential conflict of interest through DOI's Inspector General.

As indicated by the title, the exhibition looks into the future and contemplates the world in the year 2050 with over 70 contemporary works selected to address major themes such as over-consumption, global conflicts, scarcity of natural resources, social and economic inequality and the evolution of mankind.

We are well aware that the combination of powerful economic interests and weak government presence in Amazonian frontier regions results in conflicts over land and natural resources, and all too often in the assassinations of outspoken local leaders.

We envision a world where the basic needs of all people are met, where resources are managed sustainably and the natural world protected, and where conflicts over resources are resolved in a peaceful and democratic fashion.

Landlocked areas may also be affected; some experts call the Darfur region of Sudan, where nomads battle villagers in a war over shrinking natural resources, the first significant conflict linked to climate change.

And let's not overlook the fact that most conflicts are fought over natural resources (do we really need to even mention Iraq or Afghanistan?

An argument can also be made that rising ethnic conflicts can be linked to competition over natural resources that are increasingly scarce as a result of climate change, but many other intervening and contributing causes of inter - and intra-group conflict need to be taken into account.

Given that several of the nations around the Arctic are nuclear armed, conflicts over prospective natural resources under the rapidly retreating Arctic icecap could be bad.

Jim Carr, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, recently affirmed Parliament's commitment to seeing the Trans Mountain pipeline expanded, despite the interprovincial conflict over whether the project should proceed.