Sentences with phrase «for scarce water resources»

The global agriculture and beverage industries competes head on with the energy industry for scarce water resources.

In the Southwest, «Drought and increased warming foster wildfires and increased competition for scarce water resources for people and ecosystems.»

And greater than the impact on winter tourism, the expected variability in precipitation is likely to bring greater conflict for scarcer water resources — after all, the glaciers of Europe provide 40 % of the continent's fresh water.

Not exact matches

Some farmers and city leaders worry that the fracking boom is consuming too much of a scarce resource, while others see the push for production as an opportunity to make money by selling water while furthering the nation's goal of energy independence.

The National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia recently highlighted that Australia's food and grocery industry is «at a crossroads» as population - driven demand grows faster than food production, pointing to challenges ahead for sustainable development.1 Water is one of the most significant and increasingly scarce resources that producers need to meet this demand.

«As surface water sources became more scarce during a given climate cycle, the only species to survive may have been those with adaptations for sufficient mobility to discover a new and more persistent groundwater source, or those already settled within home range of such a resource,» co-author Professor Gail Ashley, Rutgers University (US), said.

Jatropha, for example, largely grown in East Africa and India to date, has proved to require more water than initially anticipated, a problem in areas where fresh water is a scarce resource.

We can use the scarce resource to generate more power, or we can use it for drinking water and irrigation to support a growing population.

They have a big problem of chronic over-use of scarce water resources, both for farming and rapidly expanding cities.

It involves the struggle for survival and international conflict over scarce water resources.

World Water Day falls within National Water Week, the awareness campaign by the Department of Water and Sanitation, which emphasises the need for sustainable management of this scarce resource and the role water plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South AfWater Day falls within National Water Week, the awareness campaign by the Department of Water and Sanitation, which emphasises the need for sustainable management of this scarce resource and the role water plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South AfWater Week, the awareness campaign by the Department of Water and Sanitation, which emphasises the need for sustainable management of this scarce resource and the role water plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South AfWater and Sanitation, which emphasises the need for sustainable management of this scarce resource and the role water plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South Afwater plays in eradicating poverty and under - development in South Africa.