Sentences with phrase «island countries such»

This contributed to significant coral bleaching and disruption of marine ecosystems in some tropical waters, including the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia, and Pacific island countries such as Fiji and Kiribati.

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Of all the «lopsided» questions in the survey, this one is easily the most egregious because it completely ignores certain realities, such as the fact that Canada remains one of the only countries in the world where capped home internet plans are the norm (the others being islands: Australia, New Zealand and Iceland).
The regular menu will highlight a variety of dishes, such as Hawaiian - style ahi poke, Kaneshiro Farms pork country pate and Makanalani lamb burgers with caramelized mushrooms and onions, incorporating organic vegetables and produce from 12 different farms on the island.
To avoid this to happen again, Xie Zhenghua in Tianjin proposed that issues such as MRV, the claims of small islands or the status of developing countries «Should not be put forward at international occasions» but rather be dealt with in smaller fora.
Clinton cited recent incidents of unarmed black men around the country being killed by police such as Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Tamir Rice in Cleveland and Garner, who she said was «choked to death after being stopped for selling cigarettes on the streets of our city,» in Staten Island.
On - topic questions included the timing of the effectiveness of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal government do about immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go through the justice system before being subject to an ICE detainer.
Landscape features and facilities such as Ryton Island, Tyne Riverside Country Park, the city's golf courses, Newcastle Racecourse, and Newcastle Airport are also within the green belt area.
If it were to create such a program, New York would be the fourth state in the country to do so, behind California, Rhode Island and New Jersey.
Instead of Australia dumping millions of tonnes of sludge onto their Great Barrier Reef so they can export more coal to be burned (8 February, p 7), why don't they send it to an island country that needs it because of rising sea levels caused by climate change, such as Tuvalu in Polynesia?
What it means: Island states, African nations and other vulnerable countries are pushing for a system that provides funding to help them recover from disasters made worse by climate change, such as rising seas or powerful storms.
«Many parts of the coast can, with forward planning, adapt to sea - level rise, but we need to better understand environments that will struggle to adapt, such as developing countries with large low - lying river deltas sensitive to salinisation, or coral reefs and particularly small, remote islands or poorer communities,» said Dr Brown.
Local fisheries in countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and East Timor (the six countries forming the Coral Triangle, the world epicentre of marine biodiversity) feed hundreds of millions of people and are under growing stress from development, overfishing and climate change.
Countries that consume high amounts of coconut and coconut oil in their diets such as the Philippines, India, and the Pacific Islands have significantly fewer cases of heart disease and obesity clearly disproving any agenda driven smear campaign against this marvelously healthy oil!
We had such an amazing time and traveled to some great cities including Dublin and Galway as well as getting a taste for the Irish country - side in Dingle, Doolin and the Aran Islands.
Thanks to very effective and easy to use dating services such as instant messenger, chat rooms, personal profiles, extended search, photo gallery and much, much more that only dating site Love USA Dating.com has to offer, you will be able to search new friends or even life partner from the Caribbean Islands at any time of day and to connect with them from any distance or country.
«Landline» has some of that, too, to be sure: In some scenes, such as the secret - spilling encounter between the sisters in the family country house on Long Island, the glibness becomes less a part of the characters» armor and more a matter of avoiding a scene's deeper possibilities.
One of those directions involved a virtual summer camp on a private island in TSL, where fifteen teens from three countries participated in an interactive, experiential workshop learning about global issues such as economic inequality and the genocide in Darfur.
For such a small and obscure island country, the Solomon Islands played an unpredictably large role in World War II (as the character Jim experiences in The Bird Skinner).
The investigation spanned many different countries such as the Ukraine, Italy, Germamy, Ireland, and the Pacific coral island of Niue.
Their global operations extend to countries such as Belarus, Cyprus, Russia and the islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
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Local and international speakers discussed the advancements that had been made in the control of major diseases of these animals, most notably rabies, and the changes that had resulted in the laws, regulations and policies of other rabies free countries such as the UK, the Cayman Islands and Barbados, with the introduction of «Pet Travel Schemes.»
The doctors practicing on the island and the mainland have been trained in countries such as the USA, Cuba, the United Kingdom, Mexico or Guatemala.
Furthermore, the country features secluded Caribbean islands such as Yemaya and Calala.
It is a country of outstanding natural beauty and the bustling city of Bangkok has attractions for all but many visitors prefer to stay on one of the country's idyllic islands, such as Koh Lipe, where the pace of life changes down a gear allowing for all of the natural wonders to be enjoyed.
We discover the ever - popular Cape Town, discovering Robben Island and Table Mountain, and join the splendid Pride of Africa for a wonderful journey to some of the country's hidden gems such as the Garden City of George.
The country has hundreds of such gorgeous islands, ranging from the laid - back party town of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye to the diving paradise of atolls fronting the Belize Barrier Reef.
A year ago I would have been hard - pressed to find the island on a map — it was one of the mysterious «G» countries near the equator such as Guyana or Guadeloupe.
As a country with thousands of miles of coast and numerous island groups such as the Canaries and Balearic's, travelling by ferry is deeply rooted into Spanish culture.
Mercure Samui Chaweng Tana is a luxurious three - star property located along Chaweng Road just 500 metres from the beach on Koh Samui.The exterior features a sumptuous townhouse style design and is ringed by carefully manicured palm trees.Guests will find themselves strategically located for exploring the island, with convenient access to such attractions as the Big Buddha temple, the Grandmother and Grandfather rock formations along Lamai Beach, Na Muang Waterfalls, or a scheduled dive trip to the pristine Angthong National Marine Park.The 85 rooms at this hotel are offered in four varieties: Deluxe, Country Deluxe, Deluxe Corner, and Junior Suite Rooms.
Mayor Edward Hagedorn has been aggressively campaigning and exhorting Filipinos in the country and abroad to vote for the underground river as it faces stiff competition from other admired sites, such as the Island of Maldives, the Amazon in South America, the Dead Sea in Israel, the Grand Canyon in North America, among other sites.
Beach - access villas can be rented in most countries adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea, such as the Balearic Islands of Spain; the French Cote d'Azur, Bordeaux, Basque Coast and Corsica; Portugal; the Amalfi Coast, Sardinia and Sicily of Italy; the Dalmatia Coast of Croatia; the Cyclades Islands of Greece, including Mykonos and Santorini.
Created specifically for online media, the clip features landmarks across the country such as Uluru, Kangaroo Island, Perth's Cottesloe Beach and Rottnest Island, Parliament House in Canberra, Federation Square and Degraves Lane in Melbourne, Sydney's Bondi Beach, Chinatown and Taronga Zoo, Tasmania's spectacular coastline and Crystal Cascades in Tropical North Queensland.
Some of the tours are suitable for children 12 years and up who are good cyclists such as the half day Phuket Country Side Tour that explores the north eastern section of the island including the Gibbon Facility.
He also provides valuable travelling tips such as how to get to Komodo Island, which is extremely helpful if you're living in Malaysia or planning to travel to countries in Southeast Asia.
Thailand is such a diverse country and you just can't compare the countryside in the North to the hedonistic partying that happens in the Southern Islands.
You may enjoy golfing in some of the best golf courses in this island such as Bali Nirwana Golf, Bali Golf and Country Club or in the beautiful countryside Bali Handara Kosaido Country Club.
Its swells generate great waves for countries such as Portugal, Spain, France, Canary Islands, Morocco and many more.
Belize is a country with a low population density, home to dazzling natural landscapes such as beaches, islands, jungles, rainforests, and mountains.
In Thailand, you can see turtles most frequently around the Similan Islands at sites such as Donald Duck Bay, but you maybe lucky enough to spot them just about at any of the destinations, throughout the country.
I had played video games growing up - mostly SNES classics such as Donkey Kong Country and Super Mario World, and I absolutely KILLED at Yoshi's Island — but had never viewed them as anything other than pure brain - melting entertainment.
In addition to classic courses such as Koopa Beach and Luigi's Mansion, new courses in the game include diving into Cheep Cheep Lagoon and gliding through Shy Guy Bazaar, plus courses set in the jungles of Donkey Kong Country ™ Returns and on Wuhu Island from Wii Sports Resort ™.
Whereas the action of Donkey Kong Country took place on Donkey Kong Island, with locations that were to be expected from a platformer starring simians — such as jungles, forests and snowy mountains — the adventure of Donkey Kong Country 2 takes place on K. Rool's home turf of Crocodile Isle, which serves as a dark, gloomy, and melancholic contrast to platforming norms.
In a day and age where classic platformers being reinvented everywhere you look, such as Ubisoft's Rayman Legends or Nintendo's own recent re-imagination of Donkey Kong Country with «Tropical Freeze», Yoshi's New Island does not stand tall.
Other games followed over the years, such as Mario Paint, all three Donkey Kong Country titles, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and the underrated Aero the Acrobat.
Of course the smash hit staples of Super Nintendo era are included, such as Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, Star Fox, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid and Yoshi's Island.
Across from a wall displaying several of his Tropical Readymades, Figueroa's installation Please Hold Me, 2015, resembled a messy collage of handmade signs sporting phrases such as «necesito dinero para producir arte, mi pais esta jodido... please help me» [«need money to make art, my country is fucked»] and «soy un pobre diablo de una isla tropical en banca rota» [«I'm a poor devil from a tropical island in bankruptcy»].
Humane Society International contends that such action goes well beyond Denmark's obligations to represent the indigenous whaling interests of its protectorates, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and leaves Denmark completely out of step with all other EU countries.
China knows that the most vulnerable countries, such as the small island countries, should get priority for international funding, but China has not counted itself out of contention for funds in the long run, when $ 10 billion per year in aid grows to $ 100 billion per year.
Some countries, such as China and the United States of America, are in a win - win position of achieving economic growth through fossil fuel use with few consequences from the resulting climate change, while many other, mostly Island and African, countries suffer low economic growth and severe, negative climate change impacts (see Supplementary Table S4 online).
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