Sentences with phrase «local water resources»

Rising population, increasing industrial and agricultural activities in new markets, pollution and climate change impacts are combining to put unprecedented stress on local water resources.

Growing and processing sugar is the first step of making rum — and it's also one of the most environmentally destructive — resulting in soil degradation and erosion, the overuse and pollution of local water resources, the spread of pesticides and fertilizers, emissions of greenhouse gases, and habitat destruction.

The decision to return clean water to local communities wasn't an idea dreamt by a bright - eyed Coca - Cola employee, but rather a decision following years of mounting dissatisfaction from locals, consumers and NGOs who have seen the company exhaust local water resources in small communities in the developing world.

Freshwater withdrawals are expected to increase with the expanding human population, potentially worsening local water resources in many reg...

In Imider, southeast Morocco, a coalition of seven rural villages and their Amazigh inhabitants (the native population of North Africa) has organized a long - running protest camp, Movement on the Road ’96 (Amussu Xf Ubrid N 96, in the original Tamazight language), in opposition to Imider Metallurgical Society (SMI)-- the biggest silver mine in Africa — which exploits local water resources and pollutes its environment.

Across the United States, coal mining is destroying wildlife habitat, polluting local water resources and dirtying our air.

Nestlé Waters has been engaged in long - term collaborative solutions, at both factory and watershed levels, for 25 years to preserve the quantity and quality of local water resources.

Maurizio Patarnello, Nestlé Waters CEO: «Collaborating with AWS is a new step on our water stewardship journey which will allow us to further engage with local communities to secure the sustainability of the local water resources where we operate.

The case studies are based on on - going Inter-American Development Bank activities in the Latin American region, and they are aiming at providing local information and analyses assisting the local water resources managers.

Because its local water resource is so pristine, Abita doesn't need to use filters or chemicals to clean its water.

Intensive sugarcane production — most of which now takes place in India and Brazil — results in soil degradation and erosion, the overuse and pollution of local water resources, and the spread of pesticides and fertilizers.