Sentences with phrase «environmental impact of deforestation»

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Furthermore, UTZ works on the landscape - based adaptation planning project with Malawian tea smallholder farmers which will not only address the effects of climate change on tea, but also tackle such environmental impacts as land degradation, deforestation and availability of clean water.

These cover all the major social and environmental impacts of palm oil, including deforestation, soil, water, climate, labour and the consent of local communities.

Unfortunately, conventional production has resulted in significant negative environmental and social impact, including large - scale deforestation that's endangering the future of orangutans.

The findings highlight the importance of accounting for the time lag between deforestation and its environmental impacts in meeting conservation goals.

«The time is ripe to increase the scope and impact of zero - deforestation commitments by transnational companies, said study lead author Eric Lambin, the George and Setsuko Ishiyama Provostial Professor in Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.

Even if we consider the impact of environmental degradation on humanity, deforestation has a more significant and immediate impact on local weather, water availability, water quality, and soil erosion than does global climate change from greenhouse gases.

Deforestation and high quantities of feed required to raise cattle are also factors that contribute to the negative environmental impacts of beef.

We have seen in Kenya how the detrimental impact of climate change is further compounded by local environmental degradation caused by deforestation, illegal encroachments, and livestock grazing.

The environmental impacts of Amazon hydropower projects are many and varied, from inundating primary rainforest, driving deforestation, and releasing the potent greenhouse gas methane, to interrupting long - distance aquatic migrations, altering sediment flows and attenuating flood cycles.

A paper published in Environmental Research Letters assessed climate impacts of deforestation beyond releasing carbon dioxide, including methane and nitrous oxide emissions.

This team, which is working in close coordination with other initiatives to address social and environmental risk in supply chains, will produce a set of common definitions, norms, and implementation guidelines to help companies and their suppliers meet their commitments to reduce the impact of their supply chains on deforestation.