Sentences with phrase «ecological risks»

Each proposed field test or environmental release of a gene - drive modified organism should be subject to robust ecological risk assessment before being approved, the report says.

The agency is holding a public meeting to review ecological risks of the dastardly herbicide known for turning male frogs into females.

1 - US EPA, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment of Coal Combustion Wastes, August 6 2007 (draft).

In a paper published online today in Biology Letters, a group of ecologists argues that the guppies — and other nonnative fish used for mosquito control — haven't actually proven very effective mosquito fighters, but are known to pose ecological risks.

As for ecological risks, guppies in isolated containers may be less likely to spread than those dumped into urban sewers and ditches.

But ecological risks abound as well.

The cleanup is driven by ecological risk, not risk to the homeowners, Rockafellow said.

Forest area loss alone underestimates ecological risks from forest fragmentation.

Some screens compile this information via a questionnaire with numerical scoring (such as the Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit), while others assemble the data qualitatively (e.g. Ecological Risk Screening Summary, which has been used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to assess many species, including the 43 in the aforementioned petition).

«Global Footprint Network has extensive experience in measuring ecological risks at the country level, specifically as it relates to their incorporation into sovereign bond investments and credit ratings.»

Yet seabed mining promises new ecological risks to already fragile and exploited environments.

These potential causal mechanisms link early exposure to ecological risk with future developmental outcomes of aggression and violence (Aber, et al. 2003).

The report recommends that the governing authorities, including research institutions, funders, and regulators, develop and maintain clear policies and mechanisms for how public engagement will factor into research, ecological risk assessments, and public policy decisions about gene drives.

In a paper published online this week in Biology Letters, a group of ecologists argues that the guppies — and other nonnative fish used for mosquito control — haven't actually proven very effective mosquito fighters, but are known to pose ecological risks.

Debates are now erupting over the benefits and ecological risks of releasing such insects into the wild — and whether gene drives could also thwart invasive species such as Asian carp and cane toads, or combat other animal - borne pathogens such as the one causing Lyme disease.

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2012.

They say revenue estimates are vastly overblown, drilling is too big of an ecological risk and the greenhouse gas emissions would hurt Alaska — which is warming at a rate 2.5 times the global average.

As of May 2016, no ecological risk assessment has been conducted for a gene - drive modified organism.

That eye - opening expose» chronicled how energy companies had duped landowners in Pennsylvania and Colorado into signing over the drilling rights on their property while downplaying the ecological risks.

Ecological Risk Assessment for Chlorpyrifos in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems in the United States (Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology)

Imidacloprid — Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment USDA «These studies... were conducted to fulfill EPA requirements for testing as part of the pesticide registration process.

So the ecological risks we are willing to take would likely depend on the risk of the methane catastrophe itself.

Many use it in that sense — an economy in which there is an improved sense of human wellbeing and social equity, with reduced environmental and ecological risks.

Relying on negative emissions to «undo» earlier emissions may lock us into higher levels of warming if the expected technologies do not materialise or pose unacceptable social and ecological risk, «she said.

Belzer has been published many times since the late 80's, topics including regulatory risk assessment, ecological risk assessment, and environmental decision making.

since the late 80's, topics including regulatory risk assessment, ecological risk assessment, and environmental decision making.

Despite the ecological risks, governments of developing nations around the world are eager to attract foreign investors, whose development projects often come with promises of jobs and security.

Beyond their potential use as direct input to policy formulation, indicators also inform broader understanding of ecological risks and opportunities [39].

The six criteria are: 1) technical potential 2) cost - effectiveness 3) ecological risk 4) ethical concerns 5) institutional capacity and 6) public acceptance.

Not surprisingly, low - cost, high - impact options including ocean fertilization and SRM present more serious drawbacks in terms of ecological risk, institutional capacity, and ethical concerns.

NOAA, the US agency with oversight on the US coastal zone, recognizes the ecological risk and has banned commercial krill harvesting in it.Science Daily has the coverage.

According to biologist Sesse Koivisto, whose husband contributed in the Helsinki Zoo, Finnish forest company UPM plant is an ecological risk in Uruguay.

Resilience in Parenting Among Young Mothers: Family and Ecological Risks and Opportunities Easterbrooks, Chaudhuri, Bartlet, & Copeman (2011) Children and Youth Services Review, 33 (1) View Abstract Examines resilient functioning in parenting among young mothers within the context of risks from their childhood histories and current economic and neighborhood conditions.