Sentences with phrase «identified planetary boundaries»

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More acreage was converted to growing crops between 1950 and 1980, than from 1700 to 1850, and arable land is one of nine «planetary boundaries» that scientists have identified — limits past which humanity should fear to tread.

In essence, the Planetary Boundary analysis simply identifies Earth System processes that — in the same manner as climate — regulate the stability of the Earth System, and if impacted too far by human activities potentially can disrupt the functioning of the Earth System.

(2) Establishing the Planetary Boundaries, i.e. identifying Earth System scale boundaries for environmental processes that regulate the stability of the planet, does not (of course) contradict or replace the need for local action, transparency and democratic Boundaries, i.e. identifying Earth System scale boundaries for environmental processes that regulate the stability of the planet, does not (of course) contradict or replace the need for local action, transparency and democratic boundaries for environmental processes that regulate the stability of the planet, does not (of course) contradict or replace the need for local action, transparency and democratic processes.

Our Planetary Boundaries research identifies that there are also other processes critical to the functioning of the Earth System that are so impacted by human activities that they, too, demand management at the global level.

Furthermore, it uses the translated boundaries as benchmarks for EU environmental performance,, and offers a preliminary mapping of current EU environmental policy in order to identify possible entry points for mainstreaming the Planetary Bboundaries as benchmarks for EU environmental performance,, and offers a preliminary mapping of current EU environmental policy in order to identify possible entry points for mainstreaming the Planetary BoundariesBoundaries.

According to Lynas, Rockström and his associates — referred to by Lynas as the «planetary boundaries experts group» — believe that they have identified nine fundamental measures of the planet's ecological health that human development must not interfere with, if ecological catastrophe is to be avoided.

Despite his memorable description of the worst possible outcome of the Anthropocene as being «a Frankenstein planet stitched together by geological resurrection men» (p258), Morton's sympathies seem to lie closer to the Promethean scientists who seek to manage an unavoidable (and potentially even «good») Anthropocene, than with more precautionary scientists and environmentalists who use the term as a warning — a reason for humanity to pull back from scientifically identified «planetary boundaries» and lessen our interference.