Sentences with phrase «leaving vulnerable ecosystems»

A project of this scale in a national park has implications for Gabon's wider conservation efforts, possibly leading to the declassification of the national parks system as well as leaving vulnerable ecosystems exposed to logging and other destructive industries.

Not exact matches

They lie on the edge of the largely tropical band in which coral communities are viable, and reef diversity here is relatively low, leaving the ecosystem vulnerable.

This loss left the entire marine ecosystem more vulnerable to damage from the five - million - barrel Gulf oil spill in 2010.

This leaves ecosystems vulnerable to dramatic changes, such as when a single species, like certain algae, grows out of control and forms toxic blooms, like the red tides common off the coast of Florida and Mexico.

«If one school or a number of schools in a locality opt out of the fair access process it can disrupt the entire ecosystem and leave many children very vulnerable,» she said.

The continued shrinkage of thaw ponds could bring significant changes to local ecosystems, as spruce forest is likely to supplant tundra as the dominant land cover.14, 20 This could lead to a northward advance of some species of plants and other trees, while leaving resident vegetation more vulnerable to early mortality — potentially further disrupting the climate.14, 20,21