Sentences with phrase «of threats to the environment»

The extent of these threats to environment journalists makes a mockery of the 20 - year old commitment by almost all nations on Earth to ensure that the public has access to adequate information about the environment and can participate in decision - making about how it is managed.

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«Yes, we must protect the environment — it is our number one resource — but at the end of the day, studies have pointed to global warming, human contact, coastal development» as other significant threats to coral.

«The environment we live in, where the threat vectors are everywhere, one foundational thing we have to do as — I think of us as first responders — is to build products that are more secure,» Nadella said.»

But it's also becoming increasing clear China can no longer be counted on to power the economies of other countries, which, in today's low - growth global environment, is increasingly a threat in its own right.

«With the threat environment unlikely to abate per a host of global tensions spanning China, the Mideast, North Korea, and Russia, we do not foresee any imminent fall - off in US military budgets,» wrote Morgan Stanley analysts led by Rajeev Lalwani.

While the livestock sector supports livelihoods of one billion of the world's poor, and its products provide one - third of our protein intake, it poses serious threat to our environment: it is responsible for 14.5 percent of GHG emissions, 29 percent of total water footprint of agriculture, and occupies 30 percent of the land surface of the planet.

Regulation has increased the credibility of the trade, and it is more secure for the traders to trade in a regulated environment than the previous market settings which were permissive and allowed scam brokers to present as a potential threat to the business.

The stock has been punished for its inability to execute on profit margins, slowing sales growth, the threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China, a general environment of China slowing in early 2018, and general weakness in financials globally.

It has been a great concern for humanity to deal with the natural environment, for the nature has been the «source of human life» as well as the threat to it at times.

Dalits, who have been subjected to social and cultural oppression for generations are facing new threats to them by the wanton destruction of the natural environment.

In my view, there are at least six key factors which have caused and continue to affect a global transformation of consciousness: the revolution in communications, globalization of the economy, a growing awareness of the degradation of the environment, demographic shifts, the threat of nuclear destruction and the advent of the new science.

«12 He is of course referring here to our inhumanity to all creation, but then the question I ask is whether such an enquiry can ignore the fact that for women living in unsafe environments it is life itself that is constantly at threat.

His recognition of globalization's threat to culture and the environment should make him willing to consider proposals for radical changes.

It has been a great concern for humanity to deal with the natural environment, for the nature has been the «source of human life» as well as the threat to it at...

Man increasingly is a threat both to himself and to other species by virtue of the powerful things he does to his environment with his machines, his chemicals, his weapons, and his waste products.

As soon as your daughter's belief in fairies and leprechauns starts becoming a threat to women's reproductive rights, people's marriage rights, separation of church and state, and even the environment we live in, then we'll start caring about her idiotic beliefs as well.

Bultmann, on the other hand, tries to avoid this threat to the kerygma, not by denying the influence of its environment, nor by a naïve dogmatism which the study of the History of Religions has rendered obsolete, but by penetrating through the temporary framework of mythology to the permanent truth behind it.

They overestimated the threats of growth to the environment and underestimated our capacity to deal with them.

The self - confidence of prominent spokespeople and main actors of the dominant system has began to hesitate and they have had to recognize some of the problems and shortcomings, particularly at three points: First, the inadequacy of the «market» to solve by itself some of the serious threats to human survival, like the deterioration of the environment and the depletion of the energy resources.

Therefore, a «need imposed by the environment» will be experienced by an occasion not merely as a «threat» to its own subjective fulfillment but also in terms of its capacity to disrupt the future which that occasion is able to affect by its aims.

Overpopulation in rich countries presents a much greater present threat to the health of the environment than does population growth in poor nations.

Historic Environment Scotland report that Ewan Hyslop, Head of Technical Research and Science at HES, said: «Climate change poses a number of very real threats to Scotland's historic environment, from an increased frequency of extreme and unpredictable weather events to rising sea - levEnvironment Scotland report that Ewan Hyslop, Head of Technical Research and Science at HES, said: «Climate change poses a number of very real threats to Scotland's historic environment, from an increased frequency of extreme and unpredictable weather events to rising sea - levenvironment, from an increased frequency of extreme and unpredictable weather events to rising sea - levels.»

Dalits, whose life has been subjected to social and cultural oppression for generations, are facing new threats by the wanton destruction of natural environment.1

In a world of toxic threats, learn why glass is the responsible choice to help protect your health and the environment for generations that follow.

24 August 2012 MEDIA RELEASE Drink Container Tax is a Triple Threat to Jobs, Weekly Shop, and Consumer Choice The Australian Beverages Council has today expressed disappointment that Australia's Environment Ministers are still considering the triple threat of a drink container tax — job losses, increased grocery costs and a reduction in consumer cThreat to Jobs, Weekly Shop, and Consumer Choice The Australian Beverages Council has today expressed disappointment that Australia's Environment Ministers are still considering the triple threat of a drink container tax — job losses, increased grocery costs and a reduction in consumer cthreat of a drink container tax — job losses, increased grocery costs and a reduction in consumer choice.

«In a world that is full of toxic threats, glass is the responsible choice for consumers to protect both their health and the environment.»

Around the world, the popularity of strained yoghurt is creating growing volumes of acid whey, which is both hard to handle and a potential threat to the environment.

Apart from the adoption of high - yielding, uniform cultivars, a further possible threat to genetic diversity, and biodiversity in general, are the side - effects of the release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment.

The overpopulation of the Axis Deer are a threat to both the the environment and agriculture in the islands, as the deer spread invasive plants, cause erosion, and damage ecosystems.

Playing a lone striker in that environment is just about the dumbest thing you could do... he would become isolated very quickly, the threat of an aerial ball against Stoke becomes almost comical, Stoke have height in spades — attempting to beat them in the air sounds just about as stupid as attempting to out pass Barcelona.

Soldiers are responsible for integrating all air defense detection assets and firing units, maintaining tactical computer data links / networks that provide situational awareness, communication of detected threats throughout the air defense network, and serves as an air defense liaison to other services in all combat environments involving air defense.

Creating a safe sleep environment is one of the most important ways to protect your infant from life - threating injuries.

The threat to the older child's sense of self can be felt especially severely if that child's powerful early needs for love, attention, recognition, and a trustworthy environment were frustrated and not adequately met.

A recent meta - analysis of 11 studies that investigated the association of bed - sharing and SIDS revealed a summary OR of 2.88 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.99 — 4.18) with bed - sharing.158 Furthermore, bed - sharing in an adult bed not designed for infant safety exposes the infant to additional risks for accidental injury and death, such as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, falls, and strangulation.159, 160 Infants, particularly those in the first 3 months of life and those born prematurely and / or with low birth weight, are at highest risk, 161 possibly because immature motor skills and muscle strength make it difficult to escape potential threats.158 In recent years, the concern among public health officials about bed - sharing has increased, because there have been increased reports of SUIDs occurring in high - risk sleep environments, particularly bed - sharing and / or sleeping on a couch or armchair.162, — , 165

Other research in political psychology suggests that the no campaign has had a much easier job — those inclined to political conservatism are more likely to have a «negativity bias» in their response to environmental stimuli — conservatives have more of a physiological reaction to potential threats in the environment and subsequently devote more psychological resources towards dealing with them: conservatives, quite literately, see more things that could go wrong than liberals.

He noted that thereafter, attempts to discuss a wage review had always resulted in unresolved disputes, threats of strikes and general instability in the work environment.

Legislator Rob Calarco (D - Patchogue) said the Southern Pine Beetle Joint Commission would assemble a team of representatives from several agencies to combat the threat: four towns — including Riverhead and Southampton — the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the County Executive's Office, parks and environment departments, Cornell Cooperative Extension as well as the Pine Barrens Commission and the county water authority.

The Erie County Department of Health's («ECDOH») Division of Environmental Health works every day to protect the environment and educate the public about threats to our environment, both big and small.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday, April 25, 2017 plans to require manufacturers of cleaning products to disclose all ingredients and trace contaminants added during processing if the compounds are considered threats to public health or the environment.

BASC Northern Ireland Director Tommy Mayne said: «BASC welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence to the Environment Committee and while we welcome some aspects of the Marine Bill which will benefit marine life and biodiversity, we are greatly concerned about certain clauses within the draft Bill that pose a potential threat to wildfowling and other rural activities.

«People of Jewish faith have every right to learn and grow in a safe and nurturing environment, free from fear and the threat of violence,» Flanagan said.

Federal regulators described PFOA as «a chemical or material that is characterized by a perceived, potential, or real threat to human health or the environment or by a lack of published health standards» in the March 2014 document.

«Aquatic invasive species are a significant threat to the environment and economy of New York State, and these EPF grants will go far in reducing their spread,» said DEC Acting Commissioner Basil Seggos.

But as Rivers people and Nigerians, we can only keep the memory of Saro - Wiwa if we join hands to end the threat on our environment and free our people from poverty and degrading lives.

Commandant of the Army War College, Major General John Enenche while noting that participants are made up of 51 army officers, 1 Naval officer, 1 airforce officer and 1 officer from the Federal Road Safety Commission, stated that the contemporary security environment in Nigeria and the world in present day, can be aptly referred to as complex, due to the nature of threats and advancement in technology.

Narwhals use highly targeted beams of sound to scan their environment for threats and food.

«We are quickly running out of time to prevent hugely dangerous, expensive, and perhaps unmanageable climate change,» wrote the report's authors, who include former U.N. Environment Programme chief Achim Steiner and Mexican chemist Mario Molina, who won the Nobel Prize for his role in discovering the threat that chlorofluorocarbon gases pose to the Earth's ozone layer.

A study published yesterday in Nature Climate Change showed that early exposure to high levels of CO2 during the larval stage of development had significant negative effects on the fish's size, metabolism and ability to sense threats in their environment.

The public widely believes that the marine environment is under threat from human activities, and supports actions to protect the marine environment in their region, according to a new study to be published in the February issue of the journal Ocean and Coastal Management.

Some of these species present a real threat to Ireland's environment and economy.