Sentences with phrase «future ocean resources»

The new proposed model could allow a better quantification of the impacts that will likely occur under changing climate and could be considered in future ocean resources and land use management.

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«New York State strongly opposes the Department of the Interior's National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program as it poses an unacceptable threat to New York's ocean resources, to our economy and to the future of our children,» Cuomo said in announcing the exclusion request.

A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine finds that continuity of ocean observations is vital to gain an accurate understanding of the climate, and calls for a decadal, national plan that is adequately resourced and implemented to ensure critical ocean information is available to understand and predict future changes.

Understanding the oceans, which cover two thirds of Earth's surface and contain information about climate, the history of our planet and yet - to - be-explored energy resources and forms of life, is essential to the future of our planet.

The maps could also be useful resources for deciding where to place instruments to monitor ocean oxygen levels in the future to get the best picture of climate change impacts.

(1) establish programs for assessing the current and future impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources within the department's or agency's, respectively, jurisdiction, including cumulative and synergistic effects, and for identifying and monitoring those natural resources that are likely to be adversely affected and that have need for conservation;

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Though there will never be 100 % agreement, this has been a consensus - seeking process and the Council aimed to balance current and future needs to use ocean resources.

«As a boater and business person I am pleased to join the Ocean Champions Board to help elect congress people who will improve and conserve marine resources for the benefit of the oceans as well as present and future generations who enjoy its bounty,» said Randy Repass.

«We think the future ocean will see an increase in scenarios where these resources are limited,» said co-author Sonya Dyhrman, a biogeoscientist at Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory.

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.

(1) establish programs for assessing the current and future impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources within the department's or agency's, respectively, jurisdiction, including cumulative and synergistic effects, and for identifying and monitoring those natural resources that are likely to be adversely affected and that have need for conservation;

(2) identify and prioritize the department's or agency's strategies and specific conservation actions to address the current and future impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources within the scope of the department's or agency's jurisdiction and to develop and implement strategies to protect, restore, and conserve such resources to become more resilient, adapt to, and better withstand those impacts, including --

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«She maintains a balanced approach to managing ocean resources to ensure that Hawaii can enjoy and benefit from healthy oceans both today and in the future.»