Sentences with phrase «impact in the broader context»

«The reefs provided us with a unique opportunity to isolate the impact of over-fishing of sharks on reef resilience, and assess that impact in the broader context of climate change pressures threatening coral reefs,» said Ruppert.

Roger A. Pielke, Jr., of the University of Colorado, has a must - read article in The Wall Street Journal, «Hurricanes and Human Choice,» that sets Hurricane Sandy and its impacts in the broader context of hurricane and climate history — and drawing on his invaluable work assessing such impacts when the losses are «normalized» — a process akin to adjusting economic analysis for inflation.

Not exact matches

Design, implement, and collaborate with external researchers to carry out evaluation and impact assessment research for Rainforest Alliance's agriculture sustainability certification programs as well as broader research on the effectiveness of strategies to conserve forests, promote the sustainability of production systems, and improve human wellbeing in the context of agriculture and forestry landscapes and supply chains.

Without kinship as a pivot point, cooperation could be seen in a broader context, impacting evolution as a whole.

As planetary scientist Shane Byrne of the University of Arizona (UA), Tucson, and his colleagues reported last month at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, MRO's broad - scale Context Camera has been finding the dark smudges of impact debris that weren't there as recently as a month earlier.

Broad primary objective: «To longitudinally assess the impact of clinical practices, biological factors and socio - behavioral issues on HIV infection and disease progression in an African context.»

The reason saturated fat is mentioned, is because 1) it is a useful control when unsaturated fatty acids are the desired variables, and 2) in a broader impacts context, those eating the Standard American Diet are often told essentially to replace butter and lard with vegetable oils.

Seen in the broader context of China's colossal One Belt One Road infrastructure project, the impact of this on future trade dynamics for global fashion players could be huge.

«Individuals who are consumer and financially literate have the ability to apply knowledge, understanding, skills and values in consumer and financial contexts to make informed and effective decisions that have a positive impact on themselves, their families, the broader community and the environment.»

An equally important step is to place the areas of ongoing scientific dispute (hurricane strength, extinction impact, pace of sea - level rise) within the broader context of what is not in dispute (more CO2 emissions will heat the world, changing climate patterns and raising seas for centuries to come).

while in the context of the ongoing climate debate we continue — albeit with some embarrassment — to employ the scientifically meaningless phrase «climate change», we recognise that, in principle, a planetary warming to fend off otherwise imminent glacial inception, together with CO2 greening (the latter offsetting loss of vegetation footprint, the only real environmental concern) is having broad positive impacts on society, including the global economy, natural resources, and human health.

Energy policy decisions in Germany inevitably have an impact beyond the country's borders and must be taken within the context of a broader European energy policy framework and in close consultation with its neighbours.

a broad range of issues relating to the structure of the government and to civil rights and civil liberties — ranging from racial justice to federalism from the right to privacy to the separation of powers from the right to vote to the role of juries — have a unique impact and import in the context of the criminal justice system.

Education encompasses a broad variety of topics, including education on legal and jurisdictional issues, an understanding of the role of a judicial officer, ethical issues impacting on judicial conduct, the development of specific skills necessary to perform the functions of a justice of the peace, and the development of an awareness of social and cultural context in which social issues and challenges may arise and manifest themselves in judicial proceedings.

She has a broad understanding of the changing contexts of legal education and law schools, and is deeply committed to seizing the opportunity before the Schulich School of Law to take the lead in curriculum reform, to increase its scholarly impact, to cultivate the professional legal community and to encourage students to work in the public interest.

The latter evidence for moderating effects of resources on family outcomes is consistent with previous investigations (Rivara et al., 1996; Wade et al., 2004) and underscores the importance of considering the family impact of pediatric TBI in the broader context of the social environment.