Sentences with phrase «from ecosystem health»

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Biodynamic farming is centered on the idea of a diversified, balanced ecosystem that generates health and fertility from within the farm itself.

This principle points out that the health of individuals and communities can not be separated from the health of ecosystems - healthy soils produce healthy crops that foster the health of animals and people.

From June 2010 — December 2015, I was the National Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, (AFSA) which is Australia's first national alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrity.

From beginning to end, we've worked hard to build a company ecosystem that promotes the health and safety of the entire family.

Climate change has certainly been good for the health of at least one ecosystem, judging from a piece that appeared in National Journal's Under the Influence blog this week:

How Mercury Gets into Seafood Scientists have known how mercury from industrial pollution affects local freshwater ecosystems and poses a human health threat [see «Mapping Mercury»; SciAm, September 2005].

NRC called for an «end - to - end» approach going «from understanding causes and processes to supporting actions needed to cope» with likely impacts on natural disasters, freshwater availability, agriculture and food security, ecosystems management, human health, and economics.

Photographs portray the wide variety of environmental health problems that have afflicted people and ecosystems from Ho Chi Minh City to Lake Erie

And overall, climate change now affects agriculture, human health, ecosystems, water supplies and the livelihoods of people, according to a major 2014 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Their impact ranges from upsetting native ecosystems, to damaging the physical environment and even threatening human and animal health; hence the cost to agriculture, fisheries and forestry, as well as the expense of control and eradication programmes.

A pioneering study — led by scientists from Imperial College London in collaboration with marine biologists from UC Santa Barbara — found that the predators, through their fecal material, transfer vital nutrients from their open ocean feeding grounds into shallower reef environments, contributing to the overall health of these fragile ecosystems.

And a diet shifted away from eating beef would conserve ecosystems while improving human health.

Insects play a vital role in ecosystem health, helping to aerate soil, keeping the natural system in balance, and preventing detrimental pests from taking over essential natural resources.

The vegetation at the surface of the bogs is important for maintaining the health of the ecosystem and protecting the peat that lies beneath from decomposing, he said.

A range of health issues have been linked to the ecosystem of microbes that lives inside us, and babies born by C - section are thought to miss out on bacteria from their mothers» vaginal canal.

«This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, but also from other social and environmental issues,» he said in a book chapter he co-authored in «Extreme Events and Natural Hazards: The Complexity Perspective» earlier this year.

Those missions include the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite to monitor Earth's ocean health and atmosphere in 2022; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 3 experiment that would track carbon - dioxide levels from the International Space Station; the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) pathfinder Earth climate instrument for the ISS in 2020 time frame; and, finally, the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), a joint NASA - NOAA mission that is in orbit today and monitoring Earth from space.

Key to assessing the health of today's rapidly changing ecosystems is understanding their history, which can only be read from the fossil record, or the paleobiology of the region, the scientists argue.

Science at EPA provides the foundation for credible decision - making to safeguard human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants.

It should not be misunderstood as indicating a health risk from bats and does by no means justify their persecution; on the contrary, bats provide value to ecosystems in several respects and should enjoy strict protection.

October 28, 2015 — A consortium of 48 scientists from 50 institutions in the United States has called for an ambitious research effort to understand and harness microbiomes — the communities of microorganisms that inhabit ecosystems as varied as the human gut and the ocean, to improve human health, agriculture, bioenergy, and the environment.

Scott has recently taken up an adjunct research position at the Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University where he is currently: (i) investigating the importance of enhanced larval survival and strong «local» reef interconnectedness as a triggering agent for primary outbreaks of crown ‐ of ‐ thorns starfish on the central GBR, and (ii) assessing potential improvements in the health of coastal seagrass and dependent dugong populations due to targeted reductions in fine sediment loads from the GBR catchment.

Air and water pollution from fossil fuel extraction and use have high costs in human health, food production, and natural ecosystems, killing more than 1,000,000 people per year and affecting the health of billions of people [232], [234], with costs borne by the public.

Even if you don't suffer from this condition, consuming high quality glutamine powder can restore health in your whole gut ecosystem by reducing inflammation and enhancing nutrient absorption, resulting in improved overall health.

Avoiding these two things: antibiotics (including those from conventionally - raised meats and rBGH - laced milk), and sugar by adhering to a low - sugar diet, along with plenty of unpasteurized fermented foods and / or a high - quality probiotic supplement, are crucial elements for restoring and maintaining both your gut's inner ecosystem and your overall health.

· Electricity generated from renewable sources causes 70 - 90 per cent less pollution harmful to ecosystems and human health than coal power.

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Specifically, this program will train candidates to integrate expertise in aquatic animal medicine into the broader fields of animal, human, and ecosystem health, through experiences from aquaculture, fisheries, public aquaria, companion animal medicine, academia, and research.

Dedicated to advancing animal and human health from the cellular level through entire ecosystems.

Joining Peter Greenberg on the program will be Judy Schwartz, Author of Water in Plain Sight, who speaks about the soil health movement in Bismarck, and why people from all over the world are traveling to North Dakota to see how they maintain their ecosystem.

Currently, he holds an adjunct professorship in wildlife pathology from the University of Calgary, membership on the Strategic Advisory Board of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and the Marine Ecosystem Health Network (Pacific Northwest).

After receiving his bachelor's degree in classical music performance from the University of Michigan in 2004 (and since supplemented with years of volunteering in the park, interning at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, running his own California native gardening business, and taking countless classes in all aspects of the natural world), you can find him at Lands End, often performing experiments to assess the health effects of accordion music on newly - planted California coastal scrub ecosystems.

March 18th: from 2pm - 3:30 pm A Help the Kelp Panel Discussion on the health of the Mendocino kelp forest ecosystem.

Visiting divers regularly rate Bonaire as one of the best dive spots in the Caribbean and the world and first time visitors are amazed at the wealth and health of the marine ecosystem just a short walk from shore.One of the most popular options for a Bonaire diving holiday is «drive and dive» shore diving, although there is also boat diving available from all the resorts.

in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystems Health, and additionally holds a BFA from Florida Atlantic University.

A wide range of benefits will flow from a concerted effort to alter our energy economy now, including sustainable energy job growth, reductions in the health and economic costs of climate change, and the restoration of ecosystems and revitalisation of ecosystem services.

The report, «Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services,» is one of a suite of studies feeding into what will be the third National Climate Assessment, an overarching analysis of impacts on everything from transportation systems to public health.

-- More than $ 600,000 to Clark University, with equal funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, for Clark Labs to develop a system to improve monitoring, analysis and prediction of the impacts of climate variability and change on ecosystems, food and health in Africa and the Amazon.

The new course will also be six sessions, with sessions exploring food systems — from how agriculture contributes to climate change and how climate change affects global food supply, to food justice and food politics issues, to the health of our bodies and the health of ecosystems.

Protects wildlife, habitats and ecosystem health from acid rain, nitrogen and mercury deposition.

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They include increasing monitoring of how various post-fire actions (re-seeding and Hydro - mulching, for instance) influence such things as flood and erosion risk and long - term ecosystem health; increasing synthesis of scientific findings (in isolation from each other, fire science studies can be confusing and even contradictory); and directing social science research toward further understanding of the disconnects.

[18] The report determines that manmade greenhouse gas emissions will accelerate sea - level rise, increase the intensity and frequency of extreme weather, and warm the planet at an unsustainable rate, adversely affecting everything from human and ecosystem health to transportation, forestry, and agriculture.

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New items were gradually added to the list, ranging from the degradation of ecosystems to threats to human health.

Current air monitoring efforts in the region are more targeted toward measuring compliance with provincial regulations; however, significant questions remain regarding the emissions from point and non-point sources, the chemical transformation of these emissions in the atmosphere, their long - range transport and their effects on the ecosystem and human health.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

Using input from the scientific community, the report identifies priority areas that advance the dual role of atmospheric chemistry: first to advance fundamental understanding of the Earth system; and second to advance research needed to address the societal challenges of climate change, human health, and ecosystem health.

What are the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, of which added CO2 and other greenhouse gases are a part, but also from other social and environmental issues?

SCC is effectively an estimate of the direct effects of carbon emissions on the economy, and takes into consideration such factors as net agricultural productivity loss, human health effects, property damages from sea level rise, and changes in ecosystem services.