Sentences with phrase «natural habitats such»

Natural habitats such as coral reefs, marshes and dunes can act as buffers for waves, storms and floods.

The Asian bush mosquito can adapt to natural habitats such as mountain regions as well as to the infrastructure of human settlements.

Not exact matches

What are we to make of such teachings at a time when it is becoming increasingly urgent to make the natural world our beloved habitat lest we perish of our own recklessness toward it?

Stefanie Covino, Coordinator of the Shaping the Future of Your Community program notes, «Our water resources are increasingly stressed, but conserving and restoring the natural landscape with native plants can offer social, environmental, and economic benefits such as improved air quality, property values, energy savings, and habitat — both locally and downstream.»

This includes restoring natural systems, minimizing stressors such as invasive species and residential development, increasing habitat diversity, and connecting protected landscapes.

Within the 31 squares, researchers analysed the presence of 35 key species of mammals and birds for which these regions are natural habitats, such as pumas, giant anteaters and red howler monkeys.

And it is a mass extinction entirely caused by the relentless expansion of human habitat and agriculture, as well as human domination of the natural systems — such as the climate — that make life possible.

Wetlands are widely valued as natural pollution filters and as habitat for endangered species such as the Yuma clapper rail, whooping crane and least tern.

«If you're basically farming a reef, you've taken a natural habitat and you've converted it,» says Steve Vollmer, a coral geneticist at Northeastern University's Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts, who feels that more needs to be known before embarking on such programmes.

• More effective management and protection of large areas outside of formally protected areas; • Increased law enforcement combined with improved legal frameworks and stiffer sanctions for poachers; • Coordination across all sectors on land use and protection of natural resources with a priority on conserving great ape populations; • Conservation advocacy for wildlife and law enforcement to effect behavior change; • An enhanced understanding of diseases such as Ebola to guide conservation actions; • Monitoring of great ape abundance and distribution, habitat loss, and illegal activities.

According to Joseph P. Gill, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, impacts associated with sea level rise are already being seen along Maryland's coast, such as the documented loss of islands within the Chesapeake Bay, as well as visible changes to wetland habitats all along Maryland's low - lying eastern shore.

Such low concentrations are increasingly found in natural habitats or in patients during drug treatments.

Martín Ramírez, from the Argentinian Museum of Natural History and co-author of the study, commented on the habitat specificity of this species, «confined to the oldest and extensively hollow myrtle beech trees in the humid forests in the western part of the Great Otway National Park, or in mountain ash trees, upon which the myrtle trees depend,» thus making an important case for the conservation of such habitats.

The lab results suggest that one group of spiders could reward mimicry whereas the other penalizes it, but it's not yet clear how important those particular spiders are to the mimics in their natural habitat — especially compared with other predators such as birds.

However, there was a growing fragmentation between those habitat patches, due to human activities such as roads or development, and natural events, such as the catastrophic Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008.

They can cause damage to fishing gear and river banks, block intake screens, modify natural habitats and compete with native species, and it is this economic and ecological damage that makes this crab such an unwelcome arrival.

The study identifies such climate change refugia based on the amount of natural habitat present and the risk that regions shift to a different type of natural vegetation due to climate change — a phenomenon known as «biome shift».

Urbanization is an important factor because it changes the species composition in an area, favoring the types of mosquitoes that live near and feed on people, such as Aedes aegypti, and causing other species to decline, such as those adapted to wetlands and other natural habitats.

Urban environments differ from natural habitats in many regards and are for instance associated with higher levels of anthropogenic pollution, such as traffic noise, artificial light pollution and air pollution, which enhance oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.

«It's amazing that something we now take for granted, cooking, was such a transformational technology which gave us the big brains that have made us the only species to study ourselves and to generate knowledge that transcends what was observed firsthand; to tamper with itself, fixing imperfections with the likes of glasses, implants and surgery and thus changing the odds of natural selection; and to modify its environment so extensively (for better and for worse), extending its habitat to improbable locations.»

But in many places, these plantations are taking over rainforests, the natural habitat of endangered species such as orangutans.

A slew of factors associated with human activity threaten our natural landscapes, such as conversion of forests to agriculture, habitat fragmentation, and chemical contamination.

She demands that her husband deliver such an asset, and Hugo, who is introduced in his natural jungle habitat alongside some forest friends, becomes the target.

Every school has a policy, but sometimes it can be difficult to follow especially when social media is such a natural habitat and part of everyday communication.

They are named as such due to their natural habitat in the wild where they can be found; in central or mainland of Australia.

While a successful captive breeding and release program has yet to be developed for any parrot species, we do support scientifically - based, bona fide parrot conservation programs undertaken by teams of experts in population genetics, ecology, animal behavior, habitat conservation and restoration, natural resource management, economics, politics, sociology, and all of the other fields that must be considered if such a program is to succeed.

Live plants in a terrarium serve many purposes, such as increasing beneficial humidity, providing natural climbing and hiding opportunities, creating ideal nesting areas and helping to create a naturalistic habitat for many species.

Such care includes feeding, hydrating, splinting, medicating, and housing, all with the goal of releasing the animals back into their natural habitat.

Finding homes for these animals means those homes are not available for rescued animals, and even these pets may end up contributing to the feral population which contributes to the destruction of the natural habitat of «native» animals such as birds.

Watching playful whales in their natural habitat with scenic vistas around is such a beautiful experience.

Such active organizations as the Belize Audubon Society are dedicated to preserving the natural beauties and habitats of the country while helping to make them available to visitors from all over the world

Its focus extends beyond preserving natural habitats to the support of local communities in areas such as education, health, sport and council.

It is always such a delight to see koalas in their natural habitats.

Noosa Council has implemented sustainability planning policies such as traffic management, limits on high - rise buildings and population density to ensure the preservation of the surrounding natural habitat.

Uncontrolled and unregulated fast - paced development projects such as illegal road construction and dam prospecting within outstanding natural habitats.

After four months of successfully learning the skills needed to return to its native habitat — including identifying and capturing natural prey such as blue crabs, horseshoe crabs and whelks — the time has come for the Georgia Aquarium to say goodbye to Joey.

The incredible flora and fauna will take your breath away, not to mention that you will get the chance to see animals such as monkeys, flamingos, crocodiles in their natural habitat.

Some islands you will cruise around, due to landing restrictions and others, such as the Chathams, you will venture ashore to see birds nesting etc, in their natural habitats.

It was such a great opportunity to see the penguins in their natural habitat.

During their tour, guests have experienced kayaking with wildlife such as manatee, dolphin and birds in their natural habitat.

From the river boat you will see, huge crocodiles up - close in their natural habitat, up to 50 different kinds of exotic birds, such as the brilliantly colored scarlet macaw, black and green iguanas, Jesus Christ lizards, monkeys, anteaters, and other jungle wildlife, tropical mangrove forests, a breathtaking crocodile feeding show!

This successful eco-business provides a range of fun tours that focus on the wildlife and natural landscapes of Sanibel Island, including a mangrove kayak tour that journeys through the mangrove forests and observes native wildlife such as alligators and nesting birds in their natural habitat.

See native animal and birds such as koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, parrots, cockatoos, galahs and kookaburras in their natural habitat.

Cruise the Daintree River where your guide will help you spot wildlife such as crocodiles, tree snakes, frogs, spiders, izards and birds in their natural habitat.

The major exhibitions of the 1980s (Palazzo delle Esposizioni di San Marino, 1983 and Guggenheim in New York, 1989) were characterised by a pictorial practice that took on increasing significance, becoming «long and fast», a natural habitat for wild, «prehistoric» animals such as the rhinoceros, crocodile, tiger, bison, owl, all of which were also bearers of a clear primacy.

Humankind's relentless consumption of resources such as timber, oil and minerals is continuing to destroy natural habitats around the globe.

With mounting vigor for combating global climate change, increasing the use of renewable energy resources such as solar, without compromising natural habitats...

These increases in runoff would likely improve conditions for water - dependent natural resources, such as cienegas, riparian areas, and aquatic habitats, which are vulnerable to low flows that are experienced seasonally, especially in summer months, and also during droughts [5]--[7].

Beyond lowering greenhouse gases, we're reporting impacts such as the creation of new jobs, access to clean energy and water, better health, and the protection of natural habitats.

Slowing deforestation yields direct benefits such as slowing soil erosion, the destruction of natural habitats, and reducing loss of biodiversity.