Sentences with phrase «environmental trends such»

While the decline of early civilizations can be traced to one or possibly two environmental trends such as deforestation and soil erosion that undermined their food supply, we are now dealing with several.

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Many reported that they were taking note of trends such as locally sourced food and environmental sustainability, as well as some revamps of old favorites like pickling and dessert mashups.

«If Mr. Trump is unable to reverse the trend towards increasing social polarization, U.S. democracy will be at greater risk of further deterioration,» the EIU said in its report, referring to the extreme divides between Republicans and Democrats on issues such as immigration and environmental regulation.

«Menu trends today are beginning to shift from ingredient - based items to concept - based ideas, mirroring how consumers tend to adapt their activities to their overall lifestyle philosophies, such as environmental sustainability and nutrition,» said Hudson Riehle, Senior Vice President of Research for the National Restaurant Association.

Tjard Westbroek, global sector head of supply chains at Rabobank, said: «As market trends, such as environmental footprint, sustainability, access to recycled material and food safety make it more difficult for smaller players to cope with growing investment necessities, it is inevitable that further market consolidation will happen.

Reacting against this and other «science over nature» trends, the pioneers of the environmental movement in the late 1960s were quick to pick up on the negative aspects of factory farming, with books such as «Silent Spring» and «Animal Machines» generating considerable interest.

The trend worries many local environmental groups, such as California's Surfrider Foundation or Australia's Nature Conservation Council of NSW, which are concerned about protecting nearby ecosystems by safely disposing the concentrated brine left from the process as well as increased fossil - fuel use and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions.

The $ 3 - million cruise is part of a post-Cold War trend of using the Pentagon's assets such as spy satellites and submarines for environmental research.

The scientists must constantly adapt and develop new technology for environmental monitoring, given such trends as the shift from staffed platforms to subsea installations.

«While the study's cross-sectional design limit the conclusions we can draw, our results support the hypothesis that environmental exposure to endocrine - disrupting chemicals such as phthalates could be contributing to the trend of declining testosterone and related disorders,» Meeker said.

Such a systematic and long - term monitoring programme of stranded animals facilitates the investigation of spatio - temporal trends in disease, causes of mortality and exposure to environmental pollutants largely inaccessible by other methods.

«The major differences in the incidence of cancers among different countries, between the sexes, among population groups within each country, and between migrant and native populations, as well as time trends, point to environmental factors as explaining such variances.»

Extensive Federal requirements and guidance call for transportation planners to evaluate potential economic, community, and environmental impacts of transportation programs; examine past trends and future projections for travel demand for people, goods, and information; and address societal issues such as community values and goals.

It has healthy household incomes and its 8.3 % unemployment rate (close to the national average) is on a downward trend, mainly because Guelph has rolled out an Economic Development and Tourism Strategy, encouraging growth in key sectors such as the life sciences, biotechnology, agri - food firms, environmental and high - tech.

This trend can be seen in such areas as the narcissistic involvements of video, the fetish orientation in many environmental works, or the new idiosyncratic architectural sculpture.

These new «secondary» forests are emerging in Latin America, Asia and other tropical regions at such a fast pace that the trend has set off a serious debate about whether saving primeval rain forest — an iconic environmental cause — may be less urgent than once thought.

This study analyses trends and opportunities for trade among developing countries (i.e. South - South trade) in selected environmental goods, in order to assess the contribution such trade can make to a green economy transition.

Building on current developments in international initiatives such as the Research Data Alliance (RDA), the Belmont Forum (BF) and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), the workshop entitled Research Data infrastructures for Environmental related Societal Challenges will be an opportunity to discuss trends of the current global landscape of e-Infrastructures for environmental data management and exploitation to enhance collaboration on a global level in support of sharing research and publicEnvironmental related Societal Challenges will be an opportunity to discuss trends of the current global landscape of e-Infrastructures for environmental data management and exploitation to enhance collaboration on a global level in support of sharing research and publicenvironmental data management and exploitation to enhance collaboration on a global level in support of sharing research and public sector data.

Current technological, economic, and policy trends make such commitments exceedingly risky, both from a financial and environmental perspective.

What We're Looking Forward to Seeing This Year First of all, there are some interesting talks I have plugged in on my calendar revolving around energy efficiency, renewable energy, developing technology for longer - lasting batteries, developing trustworthy green labels for consumer electronics, and trends such as cloud computing and tablet devices and their roles in the marketplace (and therefore the environmental impacts of these trends).

They require information also on a whole range of topics, such as business, social, financial and other statistics and trends, commercial and industry practice, medical, health, educational and environmental developments, local, national, regional and international government policy and plans.

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