Sentences with phrase «ecosystem health in»
Once an acceptable trail - building material, it poses a threat to ecosystem health in Muir Woods.
http://www.parksconservancy.org/
Ecosystem Health in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, NIH, Arcus Foundation, Morris Animal Foundation
We are investigating the relationship between microbial diversity and ecosystem health in marine environments.
New analysis by ecologists at UC Santa Cruz demonstrates that even higher levels of biological diversity are necessary to maintain ecosystem health in larger landscapes over long periods of time.
Birds are often used as an indicator of overall ecosystem health in Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona, Hatten said.
Not exact matches
A decade and a half after the MaRS Discovery District opened its doors in Toronto, the city's promised health - care ecosystem is at last starting to emerge.
The US Food and Drug Administration issued a «preliminary finding» that the genetically modified insects, produced by Oxitec at its labs in Oxford, England, and shipped as eggs to Florida, would have essentially «no significant impact» on human health, animal health, or the ecosystem.
In order for individuals to feel comfortable sharing their data, everyone in the health care ecosystem must constantly remain vigilant about protecting data and keeping private information privatIn order for individuals to feel comfortable sharing their data, everyone in the health care ecosystem must constantly remain vigilant about protecting data and keeping private information privatin the health care ecosystem must constantly remain vigilant about protecting data and keeping private information private.
American Well, which is partnered with some of the biggest providers and payers in health care (including the Cleveland Clinic and insurance giant Anthem), is aiming to create a host of new services with Samsung and being dubbed as an end - to - end digital health «ecosystem.»
For three years, for instance, Prime Health — a «digital health innovation ecosystem» based in Colorado — has sponsored a «Digital Health Challenge,» says Prime Health CEO Steve Health — a «digital health innovation ecosystem» based in Colorado — has sponsored a «Digital Health Challenge,» says Prime Health CEO Steve health innovation ecosystem» based in Colorado — has sponsored a «Digital Health Challenge,» says Prime Health CEO Steve Health Challenge,» says Prime Health CEO Steve Health CEO Steve Adams.
It came away believing that to ensure the long - term health of the ecosystem, it has to give users confidence in how their app privacy is handled.
Fitbit's strong growth abroad might eventually offset its weak U.S. sales, while the expansion of its digital ecosystem — which includes its subscription - based Fitbit Coach and its acquisition of digital health platform Twine Health — could lock in more health platform Twine Health — could lock in more Health — could lock in more users.
New York City Coming in at 9th in this year's ITM report, New York City's technology ecosystem, sometimes called «Silicon Alley,» is home to just about every startup niche imaginable, with notable sectors including education tech, health tech and financial tech playing a big role.
He hopes to contribute to a future where our decision - making focuses on the long - term health of ecosystems and communities, and accounts for the integral role of Indigenous laws and governance in that process.
Both in terms of planning and regulation, the PCs have shirked their responsibilities as stewards of the priceless ecosystems that sustain health and life.
Global decentralized health platform MintHealth ™ has announced the release of its associated white paper — «Aligning Stakeholders in a New Healthcare Ecosystem» — ahead of a planned Vidamint token sale planned for Q1 of 2018.
As a Series A investor who evaluates seed - funded firms, Trinity Partner Ajay Chopra views the drop in seed funding as a market correction, good both for the health of the ecosystem and for entrepreneu...
The recommendation is part of a comment letter signed by 58 people who are, in the words of the petition, «business persons; members of angel groups, trade associations and advocacy groups; partners and associates of venture capital funds; startup founders; individual angel investors; and other persons interested in the health and vibrancy of America's startup ecosystem.»
The wellbeing of individual animals is a function of the health of the ecosystem, and the ecosystem has value in and through the myriads of individuals that make it up.
If we view economic development in terms of its contribution to the health and well being of human communities and natural ecosystems, we will not seek increased production as such as the good in itself.
With the rainfall in 2016 there was increased scope to improve the health and resilience of aquatic ecosystems using a top up of Commonwealth environmental water within the Namoi River Valley.
On the contrary, it is fundamentally important to human health and well - being, and the long - term sustainability of ecosystems; and as such demands priority recognition in our political, economic and legal systems.
Environmental water is also being used to improve the overall resilience of the ecosystems — that is, ensuring the rivers and wetlands are in good health so they can withstand the short - term effects of events such as blue - green algal blooms.
High Steaks describes progressive food policy shifts that will discourage factory farming and encourage people to eat in ways that support ecosystems and personal health.
The cycle of poverty and deforestation harms critically important ecosystems and imperils the public health and cultural traditions of communities that live in and near forests — not to mention the future development of potentially life - saving medicines.
By introducing organic and biodynamic farming practices in the vineyard Melissa has enhanced the overall health of our vineyard ecosystem.
«Better knowledge will also provide an understanding how pressures such as invasive species, polluted runoff and reduced vegetation cover affect the ongoing health of water - dependent ecosystems in the Basin.
In addition, its cleansing effect on the whole body helps to establish a balanced inner ecosystem for optimum health and longevity.
The MSC standard ensures that wild - caught fish were harvested in a manner that prevents overfishing, minimizes bycatch, maintains ecosystem health and supports inclusive governance processes.
They'll cover why insects are so important and explain the roles they play in maintaining the health and beauty of the ecosystems.
Providing a wide range of plant and animal life, in wild and cultivated areas — which protect biodiversity and the health of the ecosystem — allows farms to be fully integrated into the natural world.
«The missing link in the health of many babies being born today is establishing the presence of a healthy inner ecosystem where good microflora outnumber the bad.»
By providing a setting for the salt marsh to migrate, Rough Meadows is projected to play a key role in assisting this important coastal ecosystem threatened by sea level rise, while also providing tangible public health and safety benefits by storing flood waters and blunting storm surge in the important years ahead.
The Shedd Aquarium Microbiome Project is the world's first comprehensive look at microbiomes in a controlled aquarium ecosystem and how they influence animal health.
As part of the Microbial Ecology Lab, he will help survey the many distinct habitats of Shedd's animal populations, analyzing how unseen members of complex ecosystems are impacted by changes in the environment, advancing the understanding of how these tiny microbes affect animal health.
In such circumstances, «when ecosystems are able to support sustainable diets, nutrition programmes, policies and interventions supporting the use of supplements, RUTF [ready - to - use therapeutic foods], fortificants and infant formulas are inappropriate and can lead to malnutrition, and the marketing of these food substitutes and related products can contribute to major public health problems.»
Climate change has certainly been good for the health of at least one ecosystem, judging from a piece that appeared in National Journal's Under the Influence blog this week:
Maybe the path to indoor health is not a «Kill»em all» approach but one of encouraging a diverse ecosystem in which benign and beneficial microbes crowd out the pathogens.
These variables and the relative intactedness of these ecosystems is likely to be a critical factor in maintaining the health of montane species in the face of climate change.»
«The high ingestion rate of microplastics by mesopelagic fish that we observed has important consequences for the health of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycling in general.»
The organic (carbon - containing) compounds they studied in that patch of Colorado forest play a key role in atmospheric chemical processes that can affect air quality, the health of the ecosystem, and the climate itself.
Characterization of this immensely diverse ecosystem is the first step in elucidating its role in health and disease.
«If we can understand how the landscape has changed over decades and what that does to water quality, human health, and ecosystem health, we can begin to make predictions for the future,» said senior author Kathleen Alexander, professor of wildlife conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and a Fralin Life Science Institute affiliate.
But our modern love of light - filled nights casts a long shadow — wasting energy, disrupting ecosystems, and in some cases harming human health.
The request also calls for canceling five NASA earth science missions, including an operating Earth - facing camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite and the planned Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem satellite, set for launch in 2022, which would assess the ocean's health and its interactions with the atmosphere.
The airborne dust carried in these storms affects the health of people and ecosystems alike.
«If regional policy makers understand fully the health dimension of these biomass fires, we believe they will be in a better position to manage them more effectively and improve human health and ecosystems at the same time,» said Ruth DeFries, of Columbia University and coauthor of the paper.
Their Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forests section looks into improving forest management, and carries out research in biodiversity, forest ecosystems and human health, and climate change and forests.
Frogs and toads also play an important role, serving as both prey and predator, in wetland ecosystems and are considered indicators of environmental health.
COASST sees a future in which all coastal communities contribute directly to monitoring local marine resources and ecosystem health through the establishment of a network of citizen scientists, each collecting rigorous and vital data.