Sentences with phrase «ecosystem degradation»

The Platform was developed by accessing accredited governmental, academic, and independent research in order to estimate the social costs of ecosystem degradation.

The ability of gray infrastructure to support water security is itself threatened by ecosystem degradation.

This course covers information about aquatic ecosystem degradation along with conservation measures to protect aquatic resources.

The problems: 1) Indoor air pollution in the developing world caused by cooking fires and sooty illumination results in an estimated 1.6 million deaths per year, 2) Deforestation resulting from over use of wood as an energy source causes serious ecosystem degradation in many parts of the developing world.

Our interdependent world demands imperative, collaborative action to address the challenges created by global ecosystem degradation.

Landscape - scale restoration is the most efficient way to restore natural balance and reverse ecosystem degradation.

Without a change in current practices, the intensive increases in projected livestock production systems will double the current environmental burden and will contribute to large - scale ecosystem degradation unless appropriate measures are taken.

Amelia's broader research focuses on connecting ecological and spatial data to assess responses of coastal and marine systems to threats, in order to determine ecological ramifications of ecosystem degradation.

On top of that, a huge international research project called The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity is drawing attention to the economic benefits of ecosystem services and calculating the costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.

These Nobel Prize winners need to comprehensively investigate the interconnectedness of climate, ecosystem degradation, and humans» ability to survive.

In many cases this situation will worsen with further climate change and ecosystem degradation.

The whole point is ecosystem degradation — in some cases the ecosystem is being degraded by excluding fire, and in other cases its being degraded by fire.

Africa's major economic sectors are vulnerable to current climate sensitivity, with huge economic impacts, and this vulnerability is exacerbated by existing developmental challenges such as endemic poverty, complex governance and institutional dimensions; limited access to capital, including markets, infrastructure and technology; ecosystem degradation; and complex disasters and conflicts.

Socio - economic processes, including land - use change (e.g., forestry to agriculture; agriculture to urban area) and land - cover modification (e.g., ecosystem degradation or restoration) also affect multiple systems.

It's also a leading cause of deforestation, ecosystem degradation and freshwater pollution.

Alongside each pathway, known as a «Representation Concentration Pathway,» we show what the future might hold in terms of climate impacts — ranging from temperature increases to precipitation changes to ecosystem degradation.

This condition, known as «overdraft,» has a number of significant consequences, including loss of stream flows, increased costs and energy use as wells are drilled deeper, ecosystem degradation, and potential salinization of groundwater due to seawater intrusion.

Therein, Pope Francis echoed President Obama's tune, claiming there exists «solid scientific consensus» that human activities are causing a «disturbing warming» of the climate, which left unchecked will result in a type of planetary Armageddon manifested by escalating temperatures, melting polar ice caps, rising seas, more frequent and more severe weather, ecosystem degradation, and plant and animal extinctions, all of which he claimed will severely affect humanity.

Eldis: This paper analyses the connections between climate change impacts, ecosystem degradation and increased risk of climate - related disasters.