Sentences with phrase «ecological benefits»

The author ties it all together with chapters on the economic and ecological benefits of organic coffee farming.

Their original plan was to reduce pollution the most where this will have the greatest ecological benefit, rather than calling for more blanket reductions of emissions.

Whether they are absorbing or releasing the gas, they will always be keeping some CO2 out of the atmosphere and providing other ecological benefits.

On the other hand, well - managed tea production landscapes can help arrest or even reverse land degradation, while providing a range of economic and ecological benefits for local communities, downstream beneficiaries, and the global commons.

Eel Grass is considered a foundation species as it provides many ecological benefits.

In years of relatively low flow, changes in weir pool levels in conjunction with environmental water use can confer ecological benefits between the river and floodplain, such as nutrient exchange and wetting of fringing vegetation.

But it also has the major ecological benefit that it's made from ordinary, recyclable wood.

However, the researchers point out that seagrass should be looked at holistically, not just through a carbon budget lens, because it also offers ecological benefits including habitat to marine organisms.

«The debate is about whether the dingo can provide positive ecological benefits.

The 1982 Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom over ownership of a group of small islands in the South Atlantic Ocean also had an unexpected ecological benefit.

An experiment in Melbourne, Australia, shows that the recent vogue for rooftop gardens could have real ecological benefits

The research team also studied engineered log jams — human - made dams which have numerous ecological benefits and have been shown to locally slow the flow of rivers.

Dorothy Merritts, a geoscientist at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, points out that whatever the inadvertent ecological benefits of logging, it still destroyed the coast's original ecosystem.

Cooke's own research has documented ecological benefits in a different suite of species: When he removed rabbits from experimental plots, he observed recovery in kangaroos and wombats.

Based on the results, Hautier is now expanding his research to explore whether the decline in diversity affects natural grasslands» ability to provide multiple ecological benefits simultaneously.

Although this may benefit free - roaming pet cats that interact with feral ones (and ultimately, wildlife), returning healthy cats, even if sterilized, to the environment has no clear ecological benefits.

Though a very small niche, the originally Danish concept of cohousing has been gaining ground since the 1980s in the United States, which now has more than 150 communities, many touting ecological benefits.

In partnership with European retailers and other stake - holders, Volkert has launched the «Dr. Good Food» campaign to raise awareness of the health and ecological benefits of fruits & vegetables.

Dozens of companies hope nutritional and ecological benefits can overcome diners» squeamishness

Clean capitalism is an economic system whose prices fully incorporate social, economic and ecological benefits and costs, and whose actors know the impacts of their marketplace actions.

But even if there were to be ecological benefits to be gained from the kangaroo trade, there are broader problems with a purely environmentally - driven approach.

She advocated that it was «important that kangaroo meat be made generally available throughout Australia», a view which is unfortunately inconsistent with its comparatively limited supply and with the notion of it becoming sold as a speciality meat at a much higher price, with the ecological benefits which that could bring (see Chapter 8).

A smaller living space has both economical and ecological benefits.

As the world celebrates World Environment Day on June 5, WABA would like to remind everyone about the ecological benefits of breastfeeding and that the practice of bottle feeding including the production of breastmilk substitutes and baby foods are non - renewable products that create ecological damage at every stage of their production, distribution and use.

«The idea that buildings are rebuilt on a 30 - to 40 - year cycle is itself about 20 years old,» he says, adding that the ecological benefits of keeping a building in service outweigh even the most efficient means of demolition.

Guided by progressive conservationists, its managers embraced the ecological benefits of fire before the Forest Service did.

On the other hand, forcing improvements in the selectivity of fisheries by offering no compensation has dramatic conservation benefits; hence there is a trade - off between practicality and ecological benefit.

«I hope this will highlight to fisheries decision - makers the ecological benefits of robust populations of spawning salmon,» says Nelson.

The study suggests combining well - designed marine reserves with sensible management of the target fishery for broad economic and ecological benefits.

GREEN GRASS Growing switchgrass (left) for biofuels produces more biodiversity and ecological benefits than growing maize (right) does.

Plant - Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere: Mechanisms and Their Ecological Benefits — Kulandaivelu Velmourougane, Plant - Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives

Thinking forward to de-extinction goals, collaborator Holland Shaw is conducting extensive trials testing the breaking point of tree limbs so that we can understand the population density that once generated beneficial canopy disturbances — a population density we will need to achieve again to produce the ecological benefits we hypothesize will be gained from Passenger Pigeon de-extinction.

With various «de-extinction» projects in the works right now, researchers have published a paper analyzing the ecological benefits, risks and responsibilities of reintroducing once - extinct species into modern ecosystems.

Perhaps you're a naturalist who is interested in the ecological benefits of pollinators.

In fact, a number of studies have examined the ecological benefits or the economic impacts of growing grasses for biofuels, though the key word is «or.»

«More than anything, we are doing it for the future, so people can enjoy the shade, the economic and ecological benefits and reduce our carbon footprint,» said Augusta University Landscaping and Grounds Manager Scott Davis.

In addition to the economic and ecological benefits these partners can provide to schools, we work with them to ensure we maximise the learning opportunities too.

Still, we're pretty excited, because in addition to the financial and ecological benefits of going plug - in hybrid, we're excited to see the Crosstrek get some sorely needed power and torque increases from its electric motors, as that's historically been the weak point of the platform.

«I love the ecological benefit of not having the waste of needing to buy a lot of copies and then having to discard half of them two years later,» one library department head told us.

However, as more Americans are becoming environmentally conscious and looking for ways to conserve energy around their homes, «green» also refers to the ecological benefits of owning a pond.

But don't forget to remind pond owners and potential pond owners of the ecological benefits that come with owning a pond.

The ecological benefits — she notes — are a wonderful bonus.

During its rapid expansion, Zijin «was overconfident, had a lack of crisis awareness and did not properly handle the balance between economic efficiency, ecological benefit and public interest».

The book discusses the different models of bidets, the health aspects and ecological benefits.