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Daydream's resident marine biologist has described the fringing reef as one of the healthiest ecosystems in the Whitsundays.

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«We care a great deal about making sure that a healthy news ecosystem and journalism can thrive,» Fidji Simo, director of product at Facebook, said in a blog post.
Through an ecosystem of consumer technologies, Wellable allows employees to track their healthy behaviors, earn rewards, compete in friendly competitions, and share their success with their so...
On the other hand, it is obvious that normal life in a healthy ecosystem includes a great deal of suffering as well as a great deal of enjoyment on the part of the creatures that make it up.
His team does this to prevent overfishing and ruining the natural salmon habitat, and this way each fisherman only harvests a particular number of fish so as to ensure that the ecosystem remains in healthy balance.
Environmental water is also being used to improve the overall resilience of the ecosystems — that is, ensuring the rivers and wetlands are in good condition to promote diverse and healthy native plants, fish, waterbirds and other animals.
In addition to our organic certification, our produce is grown in a sustainable farming system that nourishes a healthy ecosystem, cares for our environment and fosters safe working conditions for our family of employeeIn addition to our organic certification, our produce is grown in a sustainable farming system that nourishes a healthy ecosystem, cares for our environment and fosters safe working conditions for our family of employeein a sustainable farming system that nourishes a healthy ecosystem, cares for our environment and fosters safe working conditions for our family of employees.
Secondly, the messages delivered by all keynote speakers were uncompromising in their honest presentation of the reality that if Australia wants to have a secure food supply — and above all one based on a healthy diet, produced in ways that restore rather than further degrade soil, water tables and ecosystems — then business as usual is simply not an option.
Conservation of healthy ecosystem and biological diversity is a priority in this exclusive environment composed of coastal lagoons, marshes and paddy fields.
«The missing link in the health of many babies being born today is establishing the presence of a healthy inner ecosystem where good microflora outnumber the bad.»
Her vision of a healthy and vibrant food - based ecosystem in the Southern Tier and beyond is truly inspiring, as is her ability to see past the short - term challenges to the real opportunities ahead for our local farmers and food producers.
«Trout are one of the best indicators of healthy river ecosystems; they're the aquatic version of the canary in the coalmine,» says NRDC's Theo Spencer.
This research is part of SEACW (Ecosistema Social para el Envejecimiento, la Capacitación y el Bienestar - Social Ecosystem for Aging, Training and Well - being), a European Project whose objective is to become an Internet meeting point for anyone interested in active, healthy aging through the use of Information Technology and Communication (Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones — TIC).
A healthy global debate has occurred concerning the benefits of using non-native trees for restoring some aspects of ecosystem function in degraded habitats.
Because we share similar ecological networks, truly individualized or personalized therapies, which consider not only the unique microbial state of an individual but also the unique dynamics of the underlying microbial ecosystem, may not be needed in order to shape the healthy microbiome.»
There are already some schemes in Brazil to pay private land owners to set aside land to conserve the forest, preserve species and maintain healthy ecosystems, but these have been local - scale initiatives that have had little impact on maintaining and improving the conditions of the forest as a whole.
«The increasing frequency and intensity of these harmful algae blooms will impact our ability to achieve the ultimate goal of restoring a healthy ecosystem in the Bay and put a premium on effective methods to reduce nutrient pollution,» said Don Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
«Coastal resiliency and disaster risk reduction have become a national priority, and healthy coastal ecosystems play an important role in building resilient communities,» said Holly Bamford, Ph.D., acting assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management at NOAA, and co-author of the study.
Future forest management techniques and protection of salamanders are important to healthy forest ecosystems and should be considered in all forest management decisions, Semlitsch said.
«By providing new insights into the functioning and future of global environments, we hope such studies will help us keep ecosystems healthy in a fast - changing world.»
Bellwood compares the tubelips and other coral - eating fish to leeches or mosquitoes — harmless to a healthy ecosystem, but if there are too many of what he calls «slimy suckers» in an unhealthy reef, they could stress the corals.
In healthy coral reef ecosystems, concentrations of ammonia — a toxic waste product produced by most animals — are close to zero.
in fact, healthy terrestrial ecosystems can contribute significantly to the delivery of multiple, priority developmental goals.
Investing in healthy land can generate multiple benefits required under the SDGs, such as food, water and energy security, poverty eradication, resilience of rural communities and ecosystem restoration.
The characterization of viral consortia in healthy, diseased, and different life stages of corals will provide scientists clues about the roles that viruses play in the establishment, health, and resilience of these critical ecosystem engineers.
He coined the term «One Health» to describe the interdependence of healthy ecosystems, animals and people and the term has been adopted by many organizations, including the United Nations, in local and global health efforts.
LDN refers to a state whereby the amount of healthy and productive land resources necessary to support ecosystem services in a given community or country, or globally, remains at least stable.
A healthy microbiome is a diverse microbiome, and there's no better way to diversify your microbial ecosystem than to spend time outdoors in nature, play in the dirt, and hang out around animals as often as you are able — all will contribute valuable additions to your resident populations of microbes.
None of the three healthy volunteers participating in the study got sick, but the alteration of their bacterial ecosystem could have longer - term, subtler effects, he adds.
Nourish Your Cells: A robust inner ecosystem that's teeming with friendly microbes requires healthy mucosal tissue — in other words, the lining of the gut needs to be strong.
In order to maintain a healthy, well balanced microbial ecosystem, and as diverse as possible, you need to eat all types of prebiotics, from FOS and resistant starch to beta - glucans and pectin.
The foods I typically include as part of my gut healing programs are anti-inflammatory; they contain nutrients your body uses for intestinal repair; and they nourish your microbiome, the ecosystem in your large intestine that helps you digest food and produces vitamins that keep you healthy.
In fact, our bowels contain an intricate ecosystem of healthy bacteria designed to help breakdown food and keep unhealthy bacteria in checIn fact, our bowels contain an intricate ecosystem of healthy bacteria designed to help breakdown food and keep unhealthy bacteria in checin check.
And like the roots of an old tree in an old forest, they are part of a much larger, healthy, interdependent ecosystem.
At a time when the mantra of leaders is «jobs, jobs, jobs» we are waving goodbye to all the jobs a healthy ebooks ecosystem generates,» says Kroes in her post.
She was named a Publisher's Weekly Star Watch 2016 honoree and is a founding member of Read Local NC, which seeks to promote a healthy literary ecosystem in North Carolina.
In addition, Apple has slashed the price of first - generation iPads by $ 100, in a bid to clear out its existing stock, and a healthy ecosystem of secondhand devices has sprung up on Websites such as eBaIn addition, Apple has slashed the price of first - generation iPads by $ 100, in a bid to clear out its existing stock, and a healthy ecosystem of secondhand devices has sprung up on Websites such as eBain a bid to clear out its existing stock, and a healthy ecosystem of secondhand devices has sprung up on Websites such as eBay.
The goal of this education is to foster understanding and appreciation of the role the coyote plays in healthy ecosystems and the need to keep them wild.
Though it's not the most picturesque member of our plant communities here in the Golden Gate National Parks, this wild, not - so - pretty native proves that plants are not always there to be something nice to look at, but can serve more utilitarian roles within a healthy, thriving ecosystem.
The Foundation's programs promote responsible mining, healthy marine ecosystems and the enhancement of urban environments through strategic design improvements in new and existing parks.
Biorock project in Gili is a new initiative for the local community, helping them to protect their coral reef and understand the importance of maintaining a healthy, vibrant marine ecosystem for future generations.
This archipelago also contains some of the most diverse and interesting marine ecosystems in the world: offshore fringing reefs which present a better visibility, healthy corals and small rocky islands that attract sharks and rays and countless number of marine species.
Known as one of the best dive sites in Asia, Sipadan is lush with coral life, an extraordinary marine ecosystem, and healthy green turtle and reef shark populations.
And for over 25 years, hundreds of Bay Area volunteers have tracked the numbers and movements of these magnificent birds, often considered indicators of healthy ecosystems, and set up the first and only bird of prey monitoring system in California at the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO).
Interactive exchanges will discuss how Cuba has maintained one of the healthiest marine ecosystems in the Caribbean.
It is also widely recognized to represent one of the healthiest marine ecosystems in the Carribean.
Governments need to establish healthy tourism numbers and determine what they can do to protect their ecosystems: Thailand now limits new building in the Andaman islands, post-tsunami; New Zealand limits the number of eager hikers who are allowed to trek Milford Sound; and then on home territory, where you'd think we'd know better, our destruction of possible eco-tourism magnets like the Everglades and the Colorado River continue unabated.
The normal functioning of natural, healthy ecosystems pulls carbon from the air and stores it in soil or biomass.
The best available science suggests that a global system of marine protected areas will need to protect around one third of the sea from fishing to keep ocean ecosystems healthy and the world's fishing industry in business.»
We can not go back in time to some past system, but we can protect and restore the functioning of today's ecosystems so they can be as healthy, productive and resilient as possible.
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