Sentences with phrase «generated by rainforests»

We already know of the interconnected life patterns whereby oxygen generated by rainforests nourishes all the earth, or where water falling in northern mountains means green gardens in southern California.

Not exact matches

According to the authors, since the 1970s, when studies conducted by Professor Eneas Salati demonstrated that the Amazon generates approximately half of its own rainfall, the question has been raised of how much deforestation would be required to degrade the region's hydrological cycle to the point at which it would be unable to support rainforest ecosystems.

100,000 acres of Sumatran rainforest to be protected in Indonesia by a new type of zoning, which will generate sustainable revenue from non-timber forest products.

Aside from getting money for not drilling, Ecuador hopes to also profit on the carbon offsets they generate by keeping this rainforest preserve intact.

19 July 2013 Amigos de la Tierra México, the Mexican affiliate of Friends of the Earth, sent a ripple of confusion through the environmental community on Thursday when its Chiapas office posted an error - riddled story that implied the Mexican state had «cancelled» its plans to develop a statewide regulatory regime for generating carbon credits by saving endangered rainforest.

The project generated its first credits in June, 2013, after an audit by Imaflora (Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola / Institute for the Management and Certification of Forests and Farms) and the Rainforest Alliance confirmed that protective actions taken by the Surui had been successful.

In March a private equity firm took the unprecedented step of purchasing the rights to environmental services generated by a 371,000 - hectare rainforest reserve in Guyana.

London - based Canopy Capital is effectively banking that the services generated by a living rainforest — including rainfall generation, biodiversity maintenance, and water storage — will eventually see compensation in international markets.

For a wide selection of holiday - themed e-cards, head over to care2, where each card generates a donation by the organization to «save» a square foot of rainforest.