Sentences with phrase «essential ecosystem services»
They provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as coastal protection from storms and nursery grounds for fish.
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«Deforestation and forest degradation are the biggest threats to the health of the Congo Basin, including Cameroon, as forests store large amounts of carbon and provide essential ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation, the regulation of the water cycle and the provision of wildlife habitats,» says Corinne Moser, the Rainforest Alliance's senior manager of landscapes and livelihoods in the Congo Basin.
Remote mountain regions are closer to the climate problem than we think, particularly in the context of safeguarding essential ecosystem services such as safe and adequate water.
These wetlands provide essential ecosystem services on an enormous scale, but they are being depleted at a rate of 25 — 35 square miles per year, a loss the size of one football field every hour.
Dr. Eric Allan from the University of Bern adds: «Many different groups are important for providing essential ecosystem services.
Pollinators provide an essential ecosystem service that contributes to the maintenance of biodiversity, and ensures the survival of plant species including plants that provide food security to numerous households.
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;
«In addition to providing essential ecosystem services, including water regulation across the landscape and habitat for unique biodiversity, peatlands are globally important for their prominent role as a carbon pool and sink,» says Kristell Hergoualc» h, a CIFOR scientist, and contributor to the special issue and IUFRO session.