Sentences with phrase «fragile ecosystem»

Therefore, feral animals and plants can cause disruption or extinction to some indigenous species, affecting wilderness and other fragile ecosystems.

Global warming threatens to change that whole fragile ecosystem even faster than in the rest of the world.

Unfortunately, that could lead to a collapse of certain fragile ecosystems.

It's driven up the price of resources like oil and put strains on already fragile ecosystems.

The threats posed by pollution, indeed, extend beyond fragile ecosystems or endangered species into an area held by some to be superior to all others: the basics of human reproductive rights.

This increase in storm surges can have a detrimental effect on fragile ecosystems in the area, such as low relief tundra, underlain by permafrost, according to the report.

Cape Farewell has led two youth expeditions to the High Arctic, taking young people to some of the most fragile ecosystems of our planet to witness dramatic environmental changes»

Besides acting as an endocrine disrupter, high concentrations of oxybenzone can also damage fragile ecosystems like coral reefs.

We have an extremely fragile ecosystem as well which does not bode well for future climate change predictions.

How about working with Belizeans to provide care to the needy, medical help for the sick, and protection for fragile ecosystems?

Climate Himalaya: The Himalayan region consists of extremely fragile ecosystem, and source to 10 major Asian river systems, on which over 1.3 billion people rely for sustenance, water, livelihoods and prosperity.

For the first time ever, Eco-Business embarks on an expedition to Antarctica to uncover how warming temperatures are altering fragile ecosystems there, and how this could endanger Asia.

Because these bulkheads block the small flow of health sediment, one section of bulkhead can impact fragile ecosystems for miles downstream.»

Moreover, the mine would mean destroying four forested mountains, contaminating multiple rivers and devastating several fragile ecosystems.

Despite some degree of protection due to their inherent inaccessibility, mountain regions are still fragile ecosystems threatened by human - related impacts such as logging and erosion, acid deposition, and climate change.

«Caverns are known to have very fragile ecosystems and several lack proper protection, so works like ours are an important step for conservation efforts.»

Extreme weather like droughts and large tropical cyclones would become more common, fragile ecosystems like coral reefs would be at risk of destruction and polar ice melting would swamp many coastal cities over the next century.

Winrock believes that climate change will have a profound impact on the poorest populations and the most fragile ecosystems around the world and that markets are the most effective path to mobilize actions to reduce emissions.

He said he believes other Arctic lakes are also fragile ecosystems, which are likely also sensitive to warming.

Utz requirements protect avian habitats by ensuring coffee trees are grown in the shade of lush forests, and help to safeguard fragile ecosystems by ensuring that all water is reclaimed and recycled.

Ecologist David Breshears of the University of Arizona, Tucson, says the report is «an important step forward,» especially because of its unique emphasis on how abrupt climate changes could upset fragile ecosystems.

This is a much subtler variant on the economics of scarcity, one with three components — the immediate financial rewards of misusing fragile ecosystems, the fact that the consequences of such misuse can be reported far and wide, and the desire of many Westerners to see, to commune with, the planet's remaining wild places and its inhabitants, whatever the cost.

In the world beyond Kassel, the exhibition is an unsettled entity; it has yet to prove itself a model of good or meaningful engagement, capable of relating to communities of artists and curators in their own fragile ecosystems, or able to act gracefully in situations of considerable political upheaval, ambiguity and uncertainty.

Through a diverse array of mediums, including photography, drawing, sculpture and video, these artists depict fragile ecosystems, otherworldly landscapes and creatures both real and imagined.

If Greens love nature, why aren't they more concerned about carpeting unspoilt, pristine landscapes and fragile ecosystems with industrial wind turbines?

For example: Fisheries who are allegedly «certified» with the MSC are supposed to be fishing in regulated areas that will not cause great harm to fragile ecosystems such as seagrass beds.

«I had this aha moment that if every single person on Earth could see the reef and the connections of hundreds of species living together and how fragile that ecosystem is, maybe people would want to protect it,» she says.

The Galapagos has one of the most fragile ecosystems in the world, as the species that have survived and thrived there for centuries have struck a delicate equilibrium.

It was Sue's passion for rescuing animals and protecting fragile ecosystems that inspired Grant and her family to organize the tournament.

Herbalists use it for impotence, kidney problems, allergic asthma, and hay fever — and they discourage the use of wild - gathered cordyceps because it's rare, expensive, and because gathering it damages fragile ecosystems.

But because the plan emphasizes provision of water for human activity, some scientists worry that it may end up diverting water from wetlands and other fragile ecosystems.

Exploiting the mine would mean destroying four forested mountains, contaminating multiple rivers, devastating several fragile ecosystems and destroying over 900 buildings.

The effect is of a dystopian society — but it's complicated because the hive is a very fragile ecosystem.

Winrock believes that climate change will have real and profound impacts on the poorest populations and the most fragile ecosystems around the world, and that markets are the most effective path to mobilize actions to reduce emissions.

With the aim of protecting Mongolia's vast and fragile ecosystems as well as promoting environmentally sustainable tourism, Mass Audubon partnered with Nomadic Expeditions, Mongolia's premier tour operator and expedition outfitter.

Despite its biodiversity, the park is an extremely fragile ecosystem, constantly under threat from invasive plants, species loss, habitat fragmentation, climate change, and tourism.

Our partners in the Peruvian Amazon, ACOPAGRO cooperative, strategically plant native trees in the forest, naturally sequestering CO2, replenishing the forest canopy, increasing biodiversity, protecting against soil erosion, and preserving the fragile ecosystem that provides their livelihood.

And yet, it's quite likely that parts of your breakfast may have imperiled that fragile ecosystem.

As Chloe Hart reports, it aims to revitalise the fragile ecosystems.

According to research by the MacArthur Foundation (EMF), merely 14 percent of the plastic packaging used globally makes its way to recycling plants, while 40 percent ends up in landfill and only 1/3 in fragile ecosystems.

A new multiyear study focusing on Nassau groupers deepens our commitment to the country's fragile ecosystems and the people who depend on them.

The Executive Director of the Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental management Koshi Kwawu Kumi told Joy News» Volta Region correspondent Ivy Setordzie «oil exploration in the fragile ecosystem will not in any way benefit the citizens of Anlo land.»

They then focused on the small wedges of coastal land, sandwiched between river drainages, where groundwater drains directly into the fragile ecosystems near shore.

But since the 1970s, explosive growth from tourism has damaged many of these fragile ecosystems, at times beyond repair.

Bryozoan skeletons - like coral's - usually build the basic structure of isolated small reefs (known as patch reefs) and contribute to the formation of the known coral reefs, fragile ecosystems that are sensitive to the ocean acidification.