Sentences with phrase «destroy nesting habitat»

Introduced goats, burros and cattle destroy nesting habitat and trample nests.

Not exact matches

As forests are slashed for cocoa production, this also leaves less shade for the plants to protect them from the sun, not to mention the habitat that is destroyed for wildlife.

He also adds that the findings do not endorse clear - cutting or destroying wildlife habitats.

They rule Antarctica, but perhaps not for much longer — climate change looks set to destroy the habitat that emperor penguins rely upon, says Alison George

The Endangered Species Act has significantly improved the number of alligators in the wild, but there are still ongoing encounters between humans and alligators that are not desirable for either species and, in many places, alligator habitats are being destroyed or humans are moving into them, Whiting said.

It is at those times especially, when he emerges as the dominant species in an environment, that man must take care not to make demands upon the community that may destroy his habitat.

These animals have declined as their habitat has been destroyed, they've been caught up in fishing gear, their nesting areas have been disturbed and raided for their eggs, they've ingested plastic pollution and they've been hunted by people and predators.

This research helps to reveal how orangutans can adapt to their changing landscape; however, this does not suggest they can just walk to new territory if their habitat is destroyed.

Conservationists talk of the «good of the species» not of rights of individual animals: for instance, deer and elephant are culled to prevent them from destroying their habitat.

Rare earth mining destroys a lot of trees and habitats, so does ewates and petrol.miqning for plastics and such, I am just not convinced they are any greener as it stands.

Killing EVERY free roaming cat would not save this, or any other, species whose habitat is being destroyed by our wreckless and insatiable, ill - considered greed.

I don't mind destroying enemies when they are actively trying to hurt me and I am the innocent one, but going into a creature's habitat and then shooting it to death when it gets a bit mad at me for invading its home feels very uncomfortable.

A simple composite measure of the resources that went into a product (e.g. water, trees), as well as natural resources degraded (e.g. water pollution, air pollution, carbon release, habitat destroyed) in the production for a wide variety of consumable goods (not just food), would enable people to make smarter everyday decisions.

No one has any numbers or studies to show if it is the cats, or the loss of habitat or hot powerlines or picture - windows or bad birdseed that is destroying songbirds, but it doesn't matter — lets all take sides and have a big fight.

We can pollute and destroy thousands upon thousands of ecologically diverse habitats, but we can't help the creatures whose lives depend on those ecosystems we degraded.

In Louisiana, it's not just beaches, but wetlands that can affected — destroying critical wildlife habitat, hurting tourism and ruining the livelihoods of fishermen throughout the region.

The polar bears (and seal pups they eat) won't have to worry about evil industrialists destroying their habitat yet.

In the case of climate change, just because some scientists and environmentalist believe in their hearts and hearts that we humans are destroying our habitat, (exaggerate the effects) does not make it so.

They shouldn't be using forest floor residue or they will destroy habitat, nutrients, etc..

Destroying aquatic and marine vegetative cover not only releases larges stores of carbon dioxide (CO2) but decimates the habitat provisions for multiple species across the terrestrial and aquatic interface.

Again, citizens went to court, and again a stop order was issued, but not before habitat was destroyed.

It is staying ahead mostly by building hydro, and in the tropics that releases a lot of methane (and displaces people and destroys habitats), in some cases so much that it's «dirtier» than coal, so being renewable isn't much of a plus if you're worried about GHG emissions.

Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), endangered, threatened or extirpated species and their habitats can not be harmed or destroyed, except by permit or if authorized under the regulations.

In the lower court proceedings, the state argued it essentially had the right to «destroy» the fisheries, arguing the treaties did not guarantee the tribes any habitat preservation or any specific amount of fish.

And even then, not all harm is prohibited: the habitat must be permanently altered or destroyed.