Sentences with phrase «loss of their habitat continues»

This study adds to a growing body of evidence that the species will likely face large declines as loss of their habitat continues.»

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As part of the mines continued operations the waste rock dump is to be expanded, resulting in the loss of 75.7 ha of habitat for three threatened species of Black Cockatoo.

If the extinction trend continues apace, modern elephants, rhinos, giraffes, hippos, bison, tigers and many more large mammals will soon disappear as well, as the primary threats from humans have expanded from overhunting, poaching or other types of killing to include indirect processes such as habitat loss and fragmentation.

Likewise, habitat degradation and loss is continuing apace, pushing many species to the brink of extinction.

Anthropogenic climate change and land use change in the form of agricultural expansion («habitat conversion» — a sweet description for deforestation) act as synergistic drivers of biodiversity loss — in a Costa Rican environmental experiment — literally drying out the... Continue reading →

Our continued destruction and degradation of natural habitat, driving extinction, means much less carbon storage and the loss of water from natural systems as well as our own.

Although it is not yet inevitable, scientists warn that if current trends of habitat loss continue, exacerbated by the effects of climate change, there could be an imminent and dramatic number of extinctions before long.

Meanwhile, the abandonment of scientific perspective by some Alarmists in order to join the crusade to climate Jerusalem gives tacit permission to continue to those who are causing the real damage via habitat loss, pollution, lax procedures that allow invasive species to be introduced inappropriately, and over-hunting.

As it turns out, for the DOD to continue weapons practice on the base without interruption, it'd have to do its damnedest to make sure the fluttering little butterflies make a comeback.According to biologists, checkerspot butterflies may have seen their populations plummet to near - extinction due to habitat loss, but ironically the fragile insects have found safe haven in the unlikeliest of places, forming one of their largest colonies on the firing range of the military base.

The opportunities to report on issues of habitat loss and to continue the dialogue between humans and our animal neighbors.

The population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline of more than 10 % over the next 30 years, mostly due to habitat loss and poaching.

The need for wildlife - friendly backyards is more crucial than ever before, owing to the rapid loss of habitat as suburban subdivisions (and their requisite big - box stores) continue gobbling wildlife habitat across Canada.