Sentences with phrase «focus on biodiversity»

As a result the international treaties that focus on biodiversity conservation and environmental protection were extended to cover cultural preservation.

Organic farming practices also focus on biodiversity protection and land regeneration.

Her research is focused on the biodiversity and function of complex communities of flowering plants and pollinators.

Canada About Blog My fibre art represents nature and focuses on biodiversity.

Canada About Blog My fibre art represents nature and focuses on biodiversity.

If we create good adaptive climate strategies focused on biodiversity, we can change the shape of loss.

Canada About Blog My fibre art represents nature and focuses on biodiversity.

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The focus is on research on coffee growing (e.g., how shade impacts pests, yield, and biodiversity), as well as topics such as the economics of various certifications.

The winery holds annual «Hot Topic» seminars for growers that focus on water conservation, reduction in inputs, biodiversity, soil biology, composting and efficient use of equipment.

I'll focus, as usual, on issues surrounding biodiversity and habitat on coffee farms.

17 Apr 2018 — FrieslandCampina has pledged to strengthen its sustainability strategy by introducing a certified Top Dairy line focusing on animal welfare and biodiversity.

For the first time, a summit will discuss ways of promoting ecology in the food industry by focusing on sustainability metrics, ethical sourcing and biodiversity, and sustainable food ingredients.

For the first time, a summit will discuss ways of promoting ecology in the food industry by focusing on sustainability metrics, ethical sourcing & biodiversity, and sustainable food ingredients.

Two others, who focus on cancer immunology, are due to arrive at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School this fall, and an infectious disease researcher and a specialist in biodiversity are due in 2018.

Since then, much scientific research has focused on the presence of giant kelp and the range of biodiversity it supports.

According to Rohr, most research on biodiversity focuses on the diversity of parasite hosts, while this study reveals the importance of the diversity of species that attack and eat parasites.

«The measurement we use for assessing biodiversity is focused almost entirely on loss of species,» says ecologist Daniel E. Schindler, lead author of the paper.

In a project focusing on how climate changes in the past affects the evolution of biodiversity, researchers tried to fill this knowledge gap.

However, existing protected areas are currently too focused on protecting only forest biodiversity, while equally - important freshwater ecosystems are being neglected.

The study focused on how the biodiversity and biological characteristics of fish communities changed in the marine reserve following a sustained period of sea warming in comparison to nearby sites open to fishing.

This study in Science, published on April 18, underlines this emerging reality, giving it a new and worrisome precision and leading Nick Gotelli and his co-authors to conclude that there «is need to expand the focus of research and planning from biodiversity loss to biodiversity change.»

The extensively peer - reviewed IPBES assessment reports focus on providing answers to key questions for each of the four regions, including: why is biodiversity important, where are we making progress, what are the main threats and opportunities for biodiversity and how can we adjust our policies and institutions for a more sustainable future?

«In this centre, we are [all] focused on evolution from different points of view, not only from genetics but [also] ecology, palaeotonlogy, biodiversity, and conservation,» says Pérez.

Conservation dollars are limited, however, and it is important that invasive mammal management efforts be focused on the islands where they will go the furthest toward conserving native island biodiversity.

The EBP would focus on the natural world, providing a better understanding of biodiversity by first sequencing in great detail the DNA of a member of each eukaryotic family (about 9000 in all) and eventually generating coarser genomes for the other eukaryotes.

A change In reality, INBio focuses less on the inventory of the region's biodiversity and more on finding uses and applications for it.

His research focuses on the origins of adaptations and biodiversity at both the molecular and organismal levels.

His research is focused on marine biodiversity, coral reef ecology and conservation and the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems.

Instead, the report focuses on problems that are likely to disproportionately hit developing countries: coastal inundation from rising sea levels, plummeting food production and associated malnutrition, unprecedented heat waves, increasing fresh water scarcity, more frequent and intense tropical cyclones, and the loss of biodiversity.

Some past Scientific American articles have championed focusing protection efforts on biodiversity «hot spots.»

Dual - focus projects are being funded more often, but Veríssimo and his coauthors write that «this rise is relatively small and does not mitigate the plateauing expenditure on biodiversity research.»

The Doñana Biological Station, which has won national recognition as a center of excellence, focuses on studying and protecting the biodiversity of Doñana National Park, one of Europe's largest natural parks.

Watson said most climate studies on biodiversity focus on the effects climate change could have 50 to 100 years from now.

And for all the focus on functional diversity, it is probably just one step towards finding a truly comprehensive view of biodiversity — the ultimate goal for ecologists and conservationists.

«Biodiversity conservation has mostly focused on species, but some species may offer much more critical or unique functions or evolutionary heritage than others — something current conservation planning does not readily address,» said Walter Jetz, a Yale associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and director of the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change.

«We show that a direct consideration of these other biodiversity facets identifies different regions as high - priority for conservation than a focus on species does, and more effectively safeguards functions or evolutionary heritage,» Jetz said.

They estimate that a carefully prepared 5 % increase in conservation area would allow a dramatically improved capture of bird and mammal biodiversity facets; an approach focused on species numbers alone would be much less optimal, the researchers said.

The study is unique in relating soil biodiversity to a whole suite of ecosystem functions rather than focusing on a few.

Her international research programme focuses on the impacts of global climate change and ocean acidification on coastal marine biodiversity and the consequences for ecosystem structure and functioning, and spans the UK, Europe, USA and NZ.

The granted projects focus on several human diseases including leukemia and Alzheimer's disease as well as the study of biodiversity of organisms as diverse as barnacles, mycorrhiza and rabbits.

This will be in partnership with the Natural History Museum (amongst others) and will be focussed on aspects celebrating UK biodiversity.

The focus is on molecular microbiology and virology, and includes topics such as genomics, the gamut of plant and animal host - pathogen interactions, host immune responses, characterization and evolution of virulence determinants, cell cycle and differentiation, symbiosis in plant and animal associations, environmental microbiology, biodiversity and evolution, population dynamics, sex and mutagenesis, antibiotic resistance and production, drug and vaccine targets, as well as aspects of prion diseases and of fungal and protozoan biology.

SciLifeLab has now announced giving 33 million SEK to 14 sequencing projects focused on human whole genome sequencing and biodiversity under the SciLifeLab National Sequencing Projects initiative.

The initiative aims to propel new initiatives in the life science sector with a focus on whole genome sequencing and biodiversity.

Rather than focusing on how to shield ecosystems from our impacts, we could be experimenting with ways to achieve comfort and security while also promoting biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function.

The projects focus on two areas: human whole genome sequencing to study the genetic basis of disease, and biodiversity.

Through a range of study systems this symposium will focus on the emerging eco-evo-devo approach towards understanding biodiversity and its broader implications.

The projects focus on two areas: whole genome human DNA sequencing to study the genetic basis of disease, and studies related to biodiversity.

Currently we are focused on the ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with whitebark pine and the biodiversity / biogeography of true alpine fungi in the Rocky Mountains.

This 9 - day - long summer course intends to provide basic knowledge about the functioning of the Critical Zone and its relationships with ecosystem dynamics, focusing on aspects related to hydrology, soil geochemistry and weathering, vegetation dynamics and distribution, microbiota, biodiversity, ecosystem processes