Sentences with phrase «headwaters region»
PUCALLPA, Peru — Tribal people in a remote headwaters region in the Peruvian Amazon are reacting with defiance and despair to the recent brutal murders of four community leaders who were ambushed on a jungle trail near the border with Brazil.
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We worked with activists and First Nations in Telkwa, Cache Creek, Smithers, Princeton, Fernie, Iskut, Dease Lake, and throughout the Peace Region, and were able to shut down commercial coalbed methane everywhere in B.C. Dogwood's early support for Tahltan opposition to Shell's massive coalbed methane plan in the Sacred Headwaters led to a high - profile victory when Shell pulled out for good in 2012.
This was New Zealand's Babich, which earned a Master for its Headwaters Organic Chardonnay from Marlborough, and a Gold for a Pinot Noir under the same label, proving that this region can produce first - rate results with organically grown grapes, and, great wines with varieties other than Sauvignon Blanc, which is, of course, the bread and butter for this New Zealand wine region.
«Any planned infrastructure development in the region's sensitive Andean headwaters must consider the cumulative impacts on the entire ecosystem, especially to fish populations that are vital for the region's food security.»
Headwater streams, which provide the coldest available habitat in many areas, are often assumed to be the ultimate refuges for coldwater species, but many of these species are also acid - sensitive — and many headwaters of the southern Appalachian region are already too acid to support them.
The Peruvian Ashaninka people live in the headwaters of the Tamaya River, where they had been forgotten, passing unnoticed, until a new threat under the guise of a demand for mahogany and other hardwoods began to extend its tentacles into their remote region.
The mountains in the region form the headwaters of several major river systems — including the Ganges, Mekong, Yangtze, and Yellow rivers — which serve as sources of drinking water and irrigation supplies for roughly 1.5 billion people.
Both observational data and statistically downscaled global climate model output were used and the regions chosen were the Salmon and Willow headwater sub-basins in the Fraser River, in British Columbia.
A third pipeline, called the Sandpiper, will move fracked oil through the north country, crossing pristine watersheds, the headwaters of the Mississippi and then pour ed into a set of newly proposed refinery expansions, pipelines and possibly tankers in the Great Lakes region.
Much of the political opposition to fracking has focused on the Catskill region, headwaters of the Delaware River and the source of most of New York City's drinking water.
This region is also at the headwaters of the drinking water supplies of many US cities.
The vulnerable region is home to most of the headwaters of major rivers, including the Danube, Rhine, Po, and Rhone, and its glaciers provide 40 percent of Europe's fresh water.