Sentences with phrase «ecological balance in»

As Australia's top predator, the dingo is considered important in helping to keep a natural ecological balance in the environment but increased contact with people has in many places — including Fraser Island — turned dingoes into a problem.

It's where some of the world's greatest predators — cougars, wolves, bears and killer whales — maintain ecological balance in pristine waters and vast rainforests.

Wolf Education Project — Julian To increase public awareness and understanding as to the true nature of wolves and the critical role they play in maintaining ecological balance in their natural habitat.

George shows how the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park has restored the area's ecological balance in this beautifully illustrated story that focuses on a single wolf pup.

Long before the advent of agriculture, hunter - gatherers began putting down roots in the Middle East, building more permanent homes and altering the ecological balance in ways that allowed the common house mouse to flourish, new research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates.

Jackson was studying microbial communities around the world, including in the Amazon, when he realized that the ecological balance in those environments was not so different from the balance present in a healthy human gut.

Not exact matches

«The concept of «maintaining ecological function» refers to the balance of ecological processes necessary for the reef ecosystem as a whole to persist, but perhaps in a different form,» a spokesperson for Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority explained, «noting the composition and structure may differ from what is currently seen today.»

Hedström's essay, abridged by the editors of this book and translated by Kathlyn Smith, combines sections from two of his books: We Are Part of a Great Balance: The Ecological Crisis in Central America [3d ed., published in San Jose, Costa Rica, by Editorial DEI, 1988] and Will the Swallows Return?

The effects of sin in man will directly and indirectly, consciously and unconsciously affect the order of the very laws of Nature, and what we now call the «ecological balance» of Nature.

But Pandora itself, in its flourishing ecological balance, does not come with natural meaning built in.

USDA regulations require that organic farms be «managed in accordance with the Act and regulations in this part to respond to site - specific conditions by integrating cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity» (USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, 2000).

It seemed that any small fluctuation in an ecological system was always balanced out by some other change, maintaining equilibrium even in complex situations.

Here in the Daintree, keystone species play a critical role in maintaining ecological balance.

For the first time in history humans are affecting the ecological balance of not just a region but the entire world, all at once.

But microbes, too, may upset the ecological balance at their destination, in addition to creating public health risks.

«Political sway is a big problem for wildlife agencies,» says Lance Fisher, a professional fisherman and fishing guide based in Portland, Ore. «You would find better ecological balance if the experts at these agencies were left alone to do their jobs, but that's not how it goes down.»

«In essence, we need to work towards restoring the natural balance of ecological and geomorphic processes on coral reefs.

And the local ecological balance can become seriously disturbed without the overall balance in Britain becoming disrupted.

«Conservation on this scale,» said Pew's Kallick, «helps assure that growth can not overdraft ecological balances, that an ample reserve of natural resource capital will remain in the bank for future generations to use.»

An important predictor of future ecosystem drought (defined as ecological drought in the Water chapter) susceptibility is the net balance of water gained through precipitation and water lost through evapotranspiration (the combined effect of water evaporation and the transpiration of water by plants).

«The concept of «maintaining ecological function» refers to the balance of ecological processes necessary for the reef ecosystem as a whole to persist, but perhaps in a different form, noting the composition and structure may differ from what is currently seen today,» a spokeswoman for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority explained.

Demonstrating just how far - reaching the health impact of the bacterial balance in your gut can be, another recent study claims the key factor behind cancer appears to be ecological rather than genetic.11

The Victorian Government is considering releasing the Tasmanian devils into Wilson's Promontory National Park in a bid to restore an ecological balance between feral cats and wildlife.

Olsen has painted the subtle tones of the deserts in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the precarious balance of life and death surrounding Central Australia's Lake Eyre, and South Australia's Coorong National Park where he explored the complex inhabitants of the wetlands and the microscopic ecological drama beneath the water line.

Participation in a real work project allows students to contribute to ongoing efforts to help restore ecological balance to Wave Hill's woodlands.

The exhibition «Groundswell,» at Kala Gallery, revisits territory explored earlier this year in Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison's «Green House Britain and the Force Majeure,» although it doesn't contain the depth of research or intensity the Harrisons accomplished in delimiting the precarious balance between human and ecological forces.

Coral reef health requires an ecological balance of corals and algae in which herbivory is a key element.

Ecological citizenship is the framework in which we can see both the need for individual responsibility and the absurdity in laying the onus of responsibility on the individual, both the ecology that sustains communities and the sustainability demanded from communities in order to maintain a balanced ecology.

For the first time in history humans are affecting the ecological balance of not just a region but the entire world, all at once.

She has a Ph.D. in ecology / biology from the University of Michigan and worked previously as a field biologist, gaining first hand experience with the complex balance between the needs of people and the ecological systems they depend upon.

Elgin, with his great concern for ecological and spiritual health, presents possibilities for «living with balance in order to find a life of greater purpose.»

If this was a scientific imperative and if means of addressing climate change had anything whatsoever to do with true ecological sustainability we would be carefully implementing strategies that are known to work and environmental concerns / ecological balance would be foremost in our decision making process.

Following airtightness, 475 focuses on related components such as high - efficiency ventilation by Lunos, ecological insulation by GUTEX and FOAMGLAS, triple - pane roof openings by LAMILUX and FAKRO, and Passive House energy balance software by the Passive House Institute — all complementary and essential elements in making high - performance buildings.

«A balanced use of CRAs should focus on improving functional and ecological attributes of forested landscapes, e.g., habitat integrity (and thus biodiversity), carbon stocks, and water balance regulation, crucial for maintaining hydroelectric power generation in Brazil.»

As a collective ecological consciousness rose and environmentalism emerged throughout the industrialized West in the years after the Second World War, Canada found a tenuous but manageable balance between its resource development economy and its increasingly stewardship - minded civil society.

Real versus Imagined Ecological Footprints,» authored by Linus Blomqvist (Breakthrough Institute), Barry Brook (University of Adelaide), Erle Ellis (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Peter Kareiva (The Nature Conservancy), Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger (Breakthrough Institute), decomposes the six metrics that make up the Ecological Footprint and finds that five of the six — cropland, grazing land, built - up land, forests, and fishing grounds — are either in balance or surplus, suggesting that the Earth's renewable capacity in these categories meets or exceeds human demand for these resources.

Conversely, using young forests — which grow faster than more mature ones — as the carbon offset mechanism in the EF balance sheets eliminates the entire global ecological overshoot.

But beyond the serious matter of what we humans are doing to alter the planet's ecological balance, there's also the matter of our place in the universe, says Forman:

Why not instead talk about enthusiastic love of life, compassion for all beings, the sacred imperative to live in balance, in an ecological sustainable way?

drew heavy criticism from the left for his alleged indulgence in theories that may justify genocide on the grounds of ecological balance.

Ecosphere + (E +) is part of the impact investment Althelia Climate Fund, and is led by Lisa Walker, with a mission to grow the global demand for carbon reductions, thereby creating an incentive to prevent the destruction of critical ecological systems, such as rainforests, which balance the carbon in our environment.

To save money, landscape designer Barbara Stock of Stock & Hill Landscapes Inc. in Seattle says, home owners can contact their local land department, since many offer native plants for free to reintroduce ecological balance to their area.

At this location, only dead or dying sandalwood is harvested to maintain the ecological balance on the island and to follow the deeply rooted Hawaiian belief in humans» respectful relationship with the land.

When sourcing products and vendors we are conscientious about entering agreements with companies who share in our commitment to ecological balance and organic sustainability.