Sentences with phrase «of rich forests»

Greenpeace, which warns of an imminent «climate bomb» due to the destruction of rich forests and peat bogs that currently serve as a massive carbon sink, reports groups such as the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, and Flora and Fauna International have joined them in calling for an end to the conversion of forests to croplands for the production of biofuels

Ours was located on the edge of a rich forest, which would come alive vibrantly in the spring.

In terms of biology, it is one of the richest forests in the world, boasting at least 100 mammal species, 400 bird species and 3,000 plant species.

The Luangwa River is a pivotal lifeline for some of the richest forest areas in the entirety of Africa.

Not exact matches

Given that we are rich when the world is poor, that we cling to our nuclear arms as if world extermination were a noble risk, destroy ancient forests, gouge the landscape, pollute the soil, water and air, that we copulate and abort with unrestrained abandon — how then are we to interpret Jesus» words, «It is what comes out of a person that defiles,» so as to come up smelling like roses?

Some while back, Robert Jenson wrote «How the World Lost its Story «(FT, October 1993), and it has provided rich grist for many intellectual mills, including Steven D. Smith of Notre Dame Law School in an article in the Wake Forest Law Review.

In a region with one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, the conservation of biodiversity - rich natural forest through harvest and sale of a single non-timber forest product (NTFP) stands out as a compelling counterpoint.

The concession is particularly rich in mahogany and other hardwoods, and holds a host of important non-timber forest products as well.

Cellaring Will drink well now and will develop complex aging characters of rich earth, leather and forest floor over the next 5 years.

If the Point Leo chardonnay is a watercolour, this is an oil painting, rich in swirling brushwork that evokes the wild coastline and wind in the forests of the Margaret River region.

Our extracts are made using a slow, cold - extraction process, that brings out the deep flavor notes and rich aroma of our forest - grown vanilla.

Ripe pods are hand - picked from mesquite trees by small producers operating in the native, mineral - rich mesquite forests of northern Peru's Piura region.

It's a bit of Black Forest rich chocolate deliciousness... and tastes just like decadent chocolate covered cherries!

It was here he began to cultivate cacao trees, creating rich chocolate by hand in a thatched bamboo house secluded in the heart of the forest.

«Wake Forest is in year three of the Dave Clawson Era, and Clawson has a rich history of building programs.

The aroma of a majestic winter forest is created by blending white pine, fir balsam, and birchwood over a base of rich musk and amber.

Scenic Caves Nature Adventures boasts 22 kilometers of groomed beginner and intermediate cross country ski and snowshoe trails winding through a 200 year old forest rich with wildlife.

«I'm really excited to be returning to Mass Audubon, especially in the Berkshires with its rich landscapes, large tracts of forest, and, from a personal standpoint, living where you can hike and otherwise enjoy the outdoors so easily,» Cushing said.

The sampling reception featured Aron's Kissena Farms of Flushing, Bittergreen Catering of Long Island City, Coffeed of Long Island City, Redwood Deli of Forest Hills, Richi Rich Palace of Richmond Hill and Youcake Bakery of Astoria.

Roughly the size of a peppercorn (not including the tail, which stretches several times the body length), this newly described extinct species lived in forests in what is now Myanmar during the dinosaur - rich Cretaceous Period.

The 1300 - page report, entitled Securing India's Future — Final Technical Report of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, was commissioned in 2000 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to look at how the country should manage its rich biodiversity.

The good news for the Estonian mycophile is that when it comes to mycorrhizal fungi, which include almost all edible and poisonous mushrooms, the forests of our climate zone are the richest in species.

The discovery of the Sciaphila yakushimensis, nurtured by the fungi and the nutrient - rich forests in which it grows, should make us reaffirm the value of Yakushima's lowland primeval forests.»

Those nutrients incorporated into the fog then become a gift from one of the richest marine currents on Earth to the tallest forest on the planet.

High in the Andes and finally open to scientists after years of conflict, Colombia's cloud forests host rich biodiversity, which is being lost before its even documented

Forest elephants gather around mineral - rich pools and salt licks that form a 30 - acre clearing called Dzanga Bai, part of the Dzanga Sangha Reserve in the Central African Republic.

Since epiphytes are cut off from the rich pool of forest floor nutrients, each species has to extract what it needs from the air, rainwater and scant canopy soil, with hundreds of plants tapping into the same 1 - inch acidic layer that forms from decomposing organic material.

Scientists encountered this reticulated glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium valerioi, in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, one of the most biologically rich forests in the world.

But what's true for a stand of saplings may not be true for a forest, says physiological ecologist Rich Norby of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Efforts to combat deforestation there have been the focus of worldwide interest, in large part because of the region's rich biodiversity and the forest's role in shaping regional climate.

The running sore of conflict between environmentalists from the rich and poor worlds was inflamed at the summit over the proposed conference statement on forests.

The plateau supports tracts of relatively open miombo forests of mainly leguminous trees, deep - rooting and productive of protein - rich beans.

In the miombo forest, for example, the game animals make full use of the browse and the protein - rich beans and are therefore better able to graze the grassy dambos, where the grass loses its protein content so quickly.

One has to keep in mind that this normally does not harm the rich populations — in contrast to the loss of habitat through destruction of the forest.

+ / - 2 million: km2 of land designated as protected (including 6 % of biodiversity - rich tropical evergreen broadleaf forests and 2.5 % of Africa's seas

And a metal - rich region of the galaxy will take longer than a metal - poor one to produce a lot of RR Lyraes — just as a forest growing on poor soil will take longer to produce a lot of 100 - foot trees.

«I'm not at all surprised that an experiment like this would produce the unexpected,» says forest ecologist Rich Norby of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

The rugged, arid landscape of juniper forest proves a rich habitat for wildlife.

Erlandson believes that kelp forests — rich oases of seaweed — were key to their success all along the route.

They found that sacred forests support a richer collection of bird species and more total birds than the surrounding areas.

Dr Bicknell said the research demonstrated that RIL is a «cost - effective option'that will ensure the long - term sustainability of biodiversity - rich tropical forests around the world.

As tropical forests become increasingly broken up by roads, farm fields, pastures and other developments, corridors of trees provide vital pathways for pollinators and contribute to a rich diversity of plant species, scientists have confirmed.

Iron - rich sediment from deserts feeds plankton blooms in the ocean and plants in the upper canopy of tropical rain forests.

FSU researchers studying the rich tropical forests of Panama's Barro Colorado Island found that climbing rates of carbon dioxide have set the stage for a multidecade increase in overall flower production.

The two countries, both rich in tropical rainforests, signed their agreement this month after links were established in Britain at a meeting of the Tropical Forest Forum, an informal group of forest experts based at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, LForest Forum, an informal group of forest experts based at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, Lforest experts based at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London.

The researchers also found that certification did not affect fire occurrence in these plantations or the amount of carbon - rich peat swamp forests cleared and drained for oil palm.

Relatively low levels of carbon and nitrogen isotopes indicate a diet rich in forest plant material or prey that ate it.

On June 30, following on work published in the scientific journal Nature by STRI post-doctoral fellow, Scott Mangan, a group of 50 researchers from 12 countries published a paper in Science (lead author, Joe LaManna, Washington University in St. Louis) showing that close plant relatives make bad neighbors and that the negative interactions between relatives are stronger in the tropics, which may explain why tropical forests are so rich in species diversity: Because plants do not do well next to their relatives, there is more space for non-relatives to fill.

Despite the often lush appearance of the terrain, the soil in a rain forest is typically nutrient - poor compared with, say, the soil of the American Midwest, which is rich enough to support most of our farming.

The air changed as we entered the forest, becoming suddenly rich and earthy, the heat of the day eased by moisture and shade.