Sentences with phrase «of human encroachment»

Tiger numbers in recent decades have plummeted because of human encroachment - with the loss of more than nine - tenths of their habitat - and poaching to supply a vibrant trade in tiger parts.

Similar themes of human encroachment on nature are also found in Susan Graham's newest works.

Because the Channel Islands are almost entirely owned and controlled by either the Catalina Island Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, or the federal government, the fox has a chance to receive the protection it needs, including constant supervision by interested officials without the ongoing threat of human encroachment on its habitat.

What the public missed Since attending a rally on Feb. 16 at Wekiwa Springs State Park, which was organized to emphasize the harmful effects of human encroachment in the area, I have felt compelled to express the impact the rally should have in eliminating some of the deteriorating conditions of the springs, rivers and aquifer.

Published Aug. 25 in the online journal PLOS ONE, the study explores options for mitigating the impact of human encroachment on five predators who cling to survival in isolated pockets of protected forest surrounded by a mosaic of roadways, unprotected forest, plantations and pastures.

These events appear to be the result of human encroachment into the monkeys» natural habitat, and probably resulted from transfer of human bacteria from hands to food that was then fed to monkeys, according to the report.

Paradoxically, I'm struck more by the sheer persistence of biological systems in the face of human encroachments.

Not exact matches

Every human infringement, every unauthorized encroachment into the holy sphere of necessity results in the death of the transgressor.»

Descartes attempted to protect Catholic metaphysical methodology from the encroachment of science through his «innate ideas», which depicted the Greek static form as something known a priori to human experience of the physical.

According to the study, the encroachment of human and industrial activity can have catastrophic effects.

The pronghorn is one of several endangered species whose habitat is severely impacted by human encroachment in the form of highways, access roads for increased border patrols, fences and other barriers.

Following closely behind are a multitude of threats, including human - lion conflict, encroachment of PAs by humans and livestock and in some cases, the emerging threat of direct poaching of lions for the illegal wildlife trade.

Human encroachment on leatherback nesting sites, in the form of beachfront construction and sand mining, is a major threat to the animals» continuation as a species.

«Previous studies in mice have indicated that bacteria that are able to encroach upon the epithelium might be able to promote inflammation that drives metabolic diseases, and now we've shown that this is also a feature of metabolic disease in humans, specifically type 2 diabetics who are exhibiting microbiota encroachment.»

As climate change converges with human encroachment in these mountains, the degradation of high Andean ecosystems is accelerating.

This is a shame, because stress and suffering in individual wild animals due to the encroachment of humans is contributing to the demise of whole populations.

Studying how ecosystems respond and adapt to changes can help us understand what will happen in the face of species extinction due to human encroachment and climate change.

There is strong anthropogenic pressure on the Tapanuli orangutan due to conversion of pristine forest for mining, plans to build a hydro - electric dam, hunting, and general human encroachment.

She discusses in today's episode how to avoid it (eating an organic diet is key) and how to take action to help stop its encroachment on the health of the human race.

This campaign is to stop poaching and habitat encroachment as many animals are in danger of extinction brought on by human activities around the world.

Whenever a population of birds, insects, rodents etc... becomes endangered, city officials always choose to make the feral cats the scapegoat, in spite of the fact that it is usually human encroachment, various predatory species other than cats, hunters, climate change, disease or various other non - cat related causes that are to blame.

But while the numbers of shark attacks have been climbing, the uptick has less to do with an increasing shark population, but rather attributable to human encroachment of their territory.

Unfortunately, Irrawaddy dolphins are still facing great risk of extinction due to human encroachment.

In a world where climate change, endangered species and human encroachment are increasing at an alarming rate, sustainability is fundamental to ensuring the future of the tourism industry let alone the future of our planet.

The insertion of these man - made elements articulates the artist's broader interest in the human encroachment on the natural environment.

Beard's visual record of Africa serves as a prophetic warning concerning the irrevocable threat to wildlife caused by human encroachment — cautionary tales of loss, distance from nature, density, and stress that still resonate today worldwide.

It will feature De St. Croix's new site - specific installation, High Rise, a monumental / miniature sculpture referencing both the beauty and devastation upon the Florida Everglades, including issues of encroachment, climate change and the myriad of ways human behavior effects and modifies the natural landscape.

Tony Oursler's «PriV & te» draws on the artist's long - standing concern with the implications of data's encroachment on personal life, in particular Big Brother's and big business» yearning to map and identify the human face.

It states that there is growing evidence that climate change significantly exacerbates other major human - induced pressures such as encroachment, deforestation, forest degradation, land - use change, pollution and overexploitation of wildlife resources.

A new study finds that human encroachment and climate change are on the verge of transforming half of the Amazon into less productive grasslands.

It is clearly a result of economic development in Africa, which inevitably means the encroachment of humans into the domains of dangerous wild animals.

When asked to describe his «skepticism» about human - caused global warming, Watts went into a long discussion about his concerns that encroachment of human development near surface temperature stations has introduced a bias into the temperature record.

That old phrase tossed out by parents at fearful children about spiders, «They're more afraid of you than you are of them,» has never been more true, at least according to researchers from the King Juan Carlos University (URJC) who have found that spiders, like many other animal species, are suffering from habitat loss and human encroachment.

And yet, there are few places facing as much risk of losing its flora and fauna to logging, pollution, human encroachment on habitat and other problems.

The series was conceived by Cabral as a way to highlight the plight of elephants, apes, tigers, pandas, lions, wolves and other animals that are currently being threatened by habitat loss, poaching, and other environmental pressures brought on by human greed, encroachment and massive climate change.

While it may be kind of cute that this tiny owl would try to make a home on a cruise ship of all places, human encroachment into its natural habitat is likely the reason it ended up vying to live in such an unnatural spot.

The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has announced their intention to take their case against Bill Whatcott, a Christian fighting the encroachment of homosexualism, to the Supreme Court of Canada.

In Solloway v Hampshire County Council (1981) 79 LGR 449, 258 Estates Gazette 858 Lord Justice Dunn said that, in Leakey v National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty [1980] QB 485, [1980] 1 All ER 17, Lord Justice Megaw had placed nuisance by tree roots and branches into the same category as any other nuisance not brought about by human agency, and had imported into tree root cases, as conditions of liability, the requirement of knowledge of the encroachment and the requirement of a reasonably foreseeable risk that the encroachment would cause damage.