This unprecedented change in shark populations significantly threatens the sensitive balance required for healthy marine ecosystems, thus endangering the fisheries and
economic livelihoods of fishing communities around the world.
Most importantly it's about the risks a changing climate poses to the poor and vulnerable and how to tackle that without undermining
the economic livelihoods of those same people by driving up their bills or depriving them of power.
If this blog — now starting its NINTH year — has done nothing else, it has asked the likes of Greenpeace activists for debate about «the risks a changing climate poses to the poor and vulnerable and how to tackle that without undermining
the economic livelihoods of those same people».
If the greater and Gunnison sage grouse are listing under the ESA could stymie drilling and mining activity on wide swaths of land throughout the western U.S., harming
the economic livelihoods of people living in those areas.
«Our suggestion is that impunity to destroy
economic livelihood of people should stop because we believe that no fuel marketer approved for himself the construction of any filling station.
Not exact matches
In his speech, Yifei emphasized the importance
of 2018 for China's long - term
economic strategy, and discussed how the central bank's gold and silver department used problem - oriented, market - oriented, and
livelihood - oriented «philosophy, style and methods» to promote reform and innovation in «key areas»
of «currency bullion» as well as «currency gold and silver business.»
Meanwhile the last decade's rapid
economic expansion has yet to filter down to many
of the population who continue to live well below the poverty line and whose
livelihoods remain at risk from adverse climatic conditions.
We are now confronted with a form
of capitalism which concentrates
economic power in vast, impersonal institutions, with the result that decisions vitally affecting the
livelihood of average citizens are made in places far removed from their capacity to have any influence at all.
Luther collapsed sexual identity and family status into the
economic order because the household in the broadest sense was the basic sphere in which people secured all the necessities
of livelihood.
On such acts
of faith our
economic livelihood depends.
- increase in the poverty
of many poor people, diminishing their means
of livelihood and
economic self - reliance such as through domestic agriculture and industrial production.
CGI also convenes CGI America, a meeting focused on collaborative solutions to
economic recovery in the United States, and CGI University (CGI U), which brings together undergraduate and graduate students to address pressing challenges in their community or around the world, and, this year, CGI Latin America, which will bring together Latin American leaders to identify, harness, and strengthen ways to improve the
livelihoods of people in Latin America and around the world.
The non-alcoholic beverage industry has a direct
economic impact
of $ 141.22 billion, provides more than 233,000 jobs and helps to support hundreds
of thousands more that depend, in part, on beverage sales for their
livelihoods.
The non-alcoholic beverage industry employs more than 240,000 people with a direct
economic impact
of more than $ 169 billion and helps to support hundreds
of thousands more that depend, in part, on beverage sales for their
livelihoods.
As one
of the first companies to introduce an organic and fair trade vanilla from Madagascar, we are committed to programs that promote sustainable environmental practices and which enable farmers to earn a successful
livelihood in countries where poverty is common.As part
of this sustainability commitment, Nielsen - Massey has taken a leadership role in improving the overall health
of the vanilla industry, with a particular emphasis on improving
economic prospects for the farmers who make the industry possible.
Today's global
economic and labor conditions are changing rapidly, with some positive, but many negative implications for women's health and
livelihoods, as well as that
of their children and families.
Although the north will become increasingly significant to Kenya's political and
economic future,
economic transformation is unlikely to radically improve
livelihoods of the majority.
And so you have to build social and
economic infrastructure first and then after that you put
livelihood empowerment on top
of it.»
The party knows it must differentiate itself from the Tories and highlight the
economic cataclysm
of May's ideological Brexit, which would casually smash
livelihoods along with immigration figures.
The Erie county legislature hereby finds, declares, and determines that farming is important to Erie county because it is a major occupation within the county, providing a
livelihood and employment for thousands
of residents; farming remains the single - largest industry in New York state; farming provides locally produced, fresh commodities; agricultural diversity promotes
economic stability; agriculture promotes open space and promotes environmental quality; agricultural land does not increase the demand for services provided by county or local governments.
It is immoral to take the
livelihood of low and middle income people in addition to their taxes to bail out a State, which hasn't done the
economic planning it should have done.»
Report author Stewart Lansley said: «Up to a third
of those
of working age are facing a deepening
livelihood crisis, one which has brought weakening job opportunities, low living standards and a range
of new
economic uncertainties compared with the immediate post-war decades.
A change to advance the
economic fortunes
of this country and bring about improvements in their
livelihoods.
Now that the party has come down on the side
of the extreme Brexiters, they risk not only destroying the
livelihoods of the northern voters they want to woo, but also any remaining reputation they have for
economic competence.
President Mahama told the people that apart from the government investing heavily in infrastructural projects to transform the lives
of the people, it was also investing heavily to improve the
livelihoods of the people and
economic activities.
«Therefore our believe is that this initiative will target the systemic reduction
of poverty, improvement
of livelihood and human capital development to spur
economic growth in the country», he added.
But as anxiety mounts - even as a swath
of California farmland has been left fallow and extremist groups worldwide exploit the desperation
of people losing
livelihoods to desertification - many are finding new routes to water security with key implications for food access,
economic resilience, and climate change.
Shadow chancellor Alan Johnson accused the Government
of taking a «reckless gamble with people's
livelihoods» which could damage the
economic recovery.
The Managing Director, Remolaz Management Consult, Mr. Ola Azeez, said it was good that the
economic statistics were giving Nigerians a ray
of hope but their
livelihood had not changed.
She noted that the activities
of Boko Haram insurgents in the region had caused untold hardships to millions
of people, destroying their means
of livelihood as well as
economic and social infrastructure.
However, they identified several cases where weaker stocks contribute importantly to the
livelihoods of harvesters and their communities, and healthy fish stocks generated meager
economic or community benefits.
«The bad news is that central African forests have been spared because violent conflicts have prevented
economic development, at the costs
of human lives and
livelihoods.»
«Marine aquaculture provides a means and an opportunity to support both human
livelihoods and
economic growth, in addition to providing food security,» said co-author Ben Halpern, executive director
of the UCSB - affiliated National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS).
The blue economy is the concept for sustainable use
of ocean resources, aiming for
economic growth,
livelihoods improvement, and ocean ecosystem health.
Recognize that mountain ecosystems inhabited by snow leopards provide essential ecosystem services, including storing and releasing water from the origins
of river systems benefitting one - third
of the world's human population; sustaining the pastoral and agricultural
livelihoods of local communities which depend on biodiversity for food, fuel, fodder, and medicine; and offering inspiration, recreation, and
economic opportunities;
A team
of researchers, representing the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Wageningen University, has raised the alarm over the enormous
economic impact
of parasitic weeds on rice production in Africa, threatening the food security and
livelihoods of millions
of resource - poor rice farmers and consumers in the region.
An international team
of researchers representing the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Wageningen University, has raised alarm over the enormous
economic impact parasitic weeds have on rice production in Africa, threatening the food security and
livelihoods of millions
of resource - poor rice farmers and consumers in the Region.
Future impacts
of climate change on marine fisheries have the potential to negatively influence a wide range
of socio -
economic factors, including food security,
livelihoods and public health, -LSB-...]
«The collection
of seeds and nuts contributes to the
livelihood of a large number
of people,» write the authors
of a 2011 study on African seed oils, «and commercialization
of these oils is starting to provide
economic opportunities....
Credit is aligned with a rights - based approach more than assistance because it boosts people's financial assets for
livelihoods while «maintaining the borrower's dignity as
economic actors - not as recipients
of charitable handouts,» (Jacobsen 2005: 77).
This study set out to explore the ways that
livelihood programs operate to improve the social and
economic situation
of Burmese refugees residing along the Thai - Burma border.
The Theory
of Change, presented by Child and Youth Finance International, proposes that financial, social and
livelihoods education, combined with access to appropriate financial services, increases financial capability and social empowerment, ultimately leading to greater
economic citizenship.
ECE, by extension, represents the
economic dimension
of global citizenship, ensuring that young people develop financial responsibility and essential life skills to secure ethical and sustainable
livelihoods.
This is achieved through financial inclusion combined with
Economic Citizenship Education, a framework that integrates the three components
of financial, social and
livelihoods education.
It has also meant making links between formal and informal sectors, urban and rural
livelihoods, coastal and forest
livelihoods, private and public interventions, social conflicts,
economic thinking, agriculture, fisheries, environment, poverty alleviation, and subjective and objective wellbeing analyses in order to approach things from a humanitarian and educative and inclusive dimension that will be relevant to my immediate contexts which is Africa and the rest
of the world.
«Tourism is a major
economic engine and employment generator, contributing to the improvement
of livelihoods of millions
of people around the world,» stated UNWTO secretary general Taleb Rifai in London for the World Travel Market.
Available strategies and actions can increase resilience across a range
of possible future climates while helping to improve human
livelihoods, social and
economic well - being, and environmental quality.
Families that depended on coffee for all, or a substantial portion
of their
livelihood, had new choices that could help increase their
economic security.
2 June 2013 WASHINGTON, DC Four years ago, the indigenous Paiter Suruí
of the Brazilian Amazon voted to shift the basis
of their
economic livelihoods away from logging and other activities that require bulldozing the forest and towards activities that conserve it.
Livelihood and
economic diversification (LED) are considered as complementary and valuable tools that can effectively support the mid to long - term transformation
of economies at risk.