Not exact matches
«The lack of baseline data for deep - sea
ecosystems identified by the report has a direct bearing on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
process... without continued efforts to produce basic underpinning science, regulation and governance of the deep sea will remain an exercise on paper rather than knowledge -
driven decision making.
«A learning and performance
ecosystem enhances individual and organizational effectiveness by connecting people and supporting them with a broad range of content,
processes, and technologies to
drive performance».
Consensus is growing that we have
driven the planet into a new epoch, the Anthropocene, in which many Earth - system
processes and the living fabric of
ecosystems are now dominated by human activities.
The Humboldt Current Large Marine
Ecosystem (off Chile and Peru), the Benguelan Current LME (Namibia and South Africa), the Canary Current LME (Morocco), are the other main upwelling
ecosystems, all
driven by similar oceanographic and atmospheric
processes, all on the eastern sides of ocean basins (western sides of continents).
Right now, NASA researchers are working across the Arctic to better understand both the
processes driving increased sea ice melt and the impacts of rising temperatures on Arctic
ecosystems.
This approach can be extended to a complete industrial
ecosystem, e.g. recycling «waste» outputs from industrial and agricultural
processes as feedstock or energy inputs for other industries and users - cascading and integrating to increase overall materials and energy efficiency, and, where possible topping up with renewables to
drive the system.
When implemented thoughtfully, an ELM
ecosystem of technology,
processes, and engineered workflows enables legal teams to lower spend and
drive efficient legal service delivery while ensuring good value.