Sentences with phrase «expense of forests»

They also represent the main source of new land for agriculture at the expense of forests.

With the help of data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Lian Pin Koh at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and David Wilcove of Princeton University found that more than half the palm plantations came at the expense of forests — largely pristine, intact forest...

Metaphorically speaking, «unpacking» often leads educators to concentrate on the trees at the expense of the forest.»

To avoid mounting food scarcity, the geographic expansion of agriculture at the expense of forests and other habitats, or both, effective investment in research and development, especially in agricultural biotechnology, is needed so that per - hectare yields can continue increasing.

It was published in January and showed that only 1 percent of new soy production in Brazil came at the expense of the forest.

Even their coffee and the paper they use to make their packaging often come at the expense of forests — and let's not even talk about the Styrofoam.

She found that 80 percent of agricultural expansion since the 1980s came at the expense of forests

EU biofuel targets are leading to a rapid increase in demand for agricultural land at the expense of forests and other carbon rich habitats.

While we've just learned that over 80 % of new farmland in the tropics came at the expense of forests, another new study shows us that when it comes to calculating how much carbon tropical forests store, variable on the ground

While we've just learned that over 80 % of new farmland in the tropics came at the expense of forests, another new study shows us that when it comes to calculating how much carbon tropical forests store, variable on the ground conditions make estimating how much sequestration potential forests have more tricky than thought.