Sentences with phrase «for global biodiversity»

Invasive mammalian predators («invasive predators» hereafter) are arguably the most damaging group of alien animal species for global biodiversity (1 ⇓ — 3).

Researchers at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent say that with over 4 million km2 of tropical forests harvested for timber worldwide, improving the way logging impacts on wildlife is essential for global biodiversity conservation.

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The new report will highlight untapped opportunities for both business and society, stemming from five risks: Resistance to Lifesaving Medicine, Accelerating Transport Emissions, Loss of Ocean Biodiversity, Global Food Crisis and A Generation Wasted.

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

He is also a commissioner for the Global Ocean Commission, whose mandate is to formulate politically and technically feasible short -, medium - and long - term recommendations to address four key issues facing the high seas: overfishing, large - scale loss of habitat and biodiversity, the lack of effective management and enforcement, and deficiencies in high seas governance.

IRRI works to ensure the long - term preservation of rice biodiversity as a part of the global strategy for the conservation of rice genetic resources in partnership with national programs and regional and international organizations worldwide, including through the International Rice Genebank.

Palsgaard has been a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since 2008, and sees the topic of sustainability as an essential issue for protecting the global environment, upholding biodiversity and providing suitable working conditions for local plantation workers.

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

She is currently a lead author for the global assessment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), for instance, is a platform to collect and make huge amounts of biodiversity dataBiodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), for instance, is a platform to collect and make huge amounts of biodiversity databiodiversity data accessible.

Growing evidence for global pollinator decline is causing concern for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services maintenance.

They are also the key factors that permit us to tackle some of the vexing, even life - threatening global problems we face — climate change, loss of biodiversity, and the destruction of our marine environment (see Next Wave's recent feature for further information).

Scientists propose a list of planetary boundaries for human impacts ranging from biodiversity loss to the global nitrogen cycle

Juan Esteban Rodríguez, a graduate student in population genetics at the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity (LANGEBIO) in Irapuato, Mexico, initially planned to study a recent thread in the global tapestry that is Mexican ancestry.

That is another reason for concern about the worldwide decline in biodiversity, he notes: «The loss of diversity is probably having adverse effects on stability and productivity and the ability of the ecosystem to respond to global climate change.»

Satellites can help deliver such information, and in 10 years» time, global biodiversity monitoring from space could be a reality, but only if ecologists and space agencies agree on a priority list of satellite - based data that is essential for tracking changes in biodiversity.

«In Singapore there is a growing realization of the importance of biodiversity and species [preservation] especially in relation to global warming, says Barry Halliwell, NUS's deputy president for research.

By comparing the contemporary global distribution of tropical marine fish1 with that of the paleo - reefs, the researchers were for the first time able to test the key role of habitats that persisted over many glacial periods and thus served as biodiversity refugia.

Of the $ 1.65 million for biodiversity and climate change work, $ 750,000 is for a global change research program primarily dealing with long - term forest research, $ 250,000 for a species identification program called Barcode of Life, and $ 300,000 for an online database of species called the Encyclopedia of Life.

The methods established in the new study can be used in future for applied purposes — for example for local protection measures, for environmental assessments by authorities, or to integrate the long - term effects of road building into scenarios of the World Bank regarding global biodiversity changes.

The record shows, for example, that in a world unmarred by humans, global warming actually increases biodiversity.

The commission says it aims to provide advice to the United Nations on how to make improvements leading up to global talks on high seas biodiversity scheduled for early next year.

On board of this ship belonging to the Spanish Armada, and the Sarmiento de Gamboa ship belonging to the CSIC, researchers studied for nine months (seven aboard the Hespérides and two aboard the Sarmiento) the impact of the global change on the ocean ecosystem and explored its biodiversity.

«While urbanization has caused cities to lose large numbers of plants and animals, the good news is that cities still retain endemic native species, which opens the door for new policies on regional and global biodiversity conservation,» said lead author and NCEAS working group member Myla F. J. Aronson, a research scientist in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

The results of these findings help unveil how natural systems operate and have global ramifications for the management and conservation of grassland biodiversity.

This latest analysis by scientists ensures that future assessments made under the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 - 2020 will be truly global.

In December 2010, the UN General Assembly created a body to do for biodiversity and ecosystem services what the IPCC does for the global climate.

The Aichi targets are part of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 - 2020, adopted under the CBD, to assess progress in halting global biodivBiodiversity 2011 - 2020, adopted under the CBD, to assess progress in halting global biodiversitybiodiversity loss.

Bees and other insects pollinate many of the world's important food crops and wild plants, raising serious concerns about the impacts of reported global pollinator declines for food security and biodiversity.

«Extensive deforestation in Indonesia is a cause for global concern as it contributes substantially to land - based global carbon emissions and potentially high rates of biodiversity loss,» explained Asst Prof Carrasco.

Trump signed into law last month a surprisingly strong allocation of $ 139.5 million for the Global Environment Facility, which supports programs to alleviate a host of environmental ills, including climate change, biodiversity and desertification.

To help him spend the # 6 million made available for the new Darwin Initiative on global biodiversity over the next three years, Britain's environment secretary Michael Howard this week announced the formation of an advisory committee.

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an increasingly popular strategy for protecting marine biodiversity, but a new global study demonstrates that widespread lack of personnel and funds are preventing MPAs from reaching their full potential.

Two years after setting targets in Aichi, Japan, for saving global biodiversity, the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity has struck its first deal on how to pay for the goals.

Now, a study, recently published in the open access Biodiversity Data Journal, suggests that the latest advances in both digitization and machine learning might together be able to assist museum curators in their efforts to care for and learn from this incredible global resource.

«The fact that India made a financial commitment at national and international level sets a precedent for other emerging economies to offer more support to global biodiversity conservation,» Gustavsson said.

«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.

In 2011, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research and the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment released a joint report assessing climate change and biodiversity in the Andes.

The OIST researchers chose to honor Mr. Obama for his prodigious contributions to global biodiversity conservation.

Experts share their priorities for what must be done to make protected areas more effective at conserving global biodiversity

Appreciate the support of the Global Environment Facility, Global Tiger Initiative, Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Snow Leopard Conservancy, Snow Leopard Trust, United Nations Development Programme, United States Agency for International Development, World Bank, World Wildlife Fund, and others for the cause of snow leopard conservation, and invite all interested stakeholders to expand partnerships to enhance the Program.

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.

For instance, he was a Lead Author in the Working Group II of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a Coordinating Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and Global Biodiversity Outlook.

by Adam D. Sacks Executive Director Biodiversity for a Livable Climate On November 21 - 23, 2014 at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (Bio4Climate) presented its ground - breaking (no pun intended) conference, Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming.

Wolfgang Cramer, Professor of Global Ecology, Mediterranean Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology, CNRS, Aix - en - Provence, France

Today, global collaborations among research organizations, research initiatives, and biobanks enhance the trust of countries and organizations that help to protect biodiversity, and provide legal and transparent access to these samples for research — with clear agreements ensuring that the countries providing the samples will gain some benefit from the genomics research.

Deep economic and social inequalities, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, disruption caused by natural disasters and climate change are a litmus test for the global community.

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