Sentences with phrase «on biodiversity including»

A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.

A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.

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For example, 81 % of the coffee in Nicaragua and El Salvador grew under a shade canopy in 1996, and although recent surveys document declines in shade tree diversity since then, these declines mostly occurred on larger farms; in contrast, many smallholder cooperatives preserve high levels of biodiversity, including more than 100 species of shade trees on fewer than 30 farms (Méndez et al. 2010a).

This study radiotracked several species of resident forest birds in the Coto Brus province of southern Costa Rica, now «dominated by sparsely - shaded coffee farms» — recall that in my post on coffee growing in Costa Rica that most farms, including those marketed as «shade» coffee, have few shade trees of only a couple of species, and lack the structural complexity necessary for true biodiversity preservation.

There, you can read about Hispaniola's great biodiversity, including 30 endemic bird species; the importance of the island to birds that winter and migrate through the West Indies and breed in North America; and the critical role of shade coffee in preserving habitat on an island with a very high level of deforestation.

The SDAS is designed to track, measure and improve on - farm practices including minimizing carbon footprint, improving soil and water quality, maintaining biodiversity and supporting animal welfare.

The 2002 IFOAM Basic Standards for Organic Agriculture Production and Processing67 include principles and recommendations on «organic ecosystems» where provisions are made to «maintain a significant portion of farms to facilitate biodiversity and nature conservation», including (among others) wildlife refuge habitats and wildlife corridors that provide linkages and connectivity to native habitat.

Deer can have a significant effect on woodland biodiversity including ground flora, small mammals and bird communities.

For the last three years, around 550 researchers, including experts from the Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency), Leiden University and the University of Twente, have been working on providing insight into the effects of land degradation and the corresponding loss of biodiversity.

Crowley points out that several organizations — including Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership, WeForest.org and natureisspeaking.org — have put forth a great effort to plant trees and vegetation on the island.

This study highlights the importance of considering hydrological drought for wildfire prediction, and the researchers recommend that hydrology should be considered in future studies of the impact of projected ENSO strength, including effects on tropical ecosystems, and biodiversity conservation.

The discovery, based on DNA evidence and reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on July 30, increases the overall biodiversity of the Canidae — the group including dogs, wolves, foxes, and jackals — from 35 living species to 36.

That report highlighted the UN Convention on Biodiversity as a potential tool with which to regulate gene drives, including how, when and even whether they are deployed.

Other priorities include understanding phenomena of complex networks such as malware propagation and new models of cybersecurity based on biological concepts such as biodiversity and immunity.

On 24 November, the two countries signed a joint statement on environmental protection that will facilitate and guide U.S. - Cuba cooperation — both governmental and non-governmental — on issues including coastal and marine protection, the protection of biodiversity including endangered and threatened species, climate change, disaster risk reduction, and marine pollution, Wiley saiOn 24 November, the two countries signed a joint statement on environmental protection that will facilitate and guide U.S. - Cuba cooperation — both governmental and non-governmental — on issues including coastal and marine protection, the protection of biodiversity including endangered and threatened species, climate change, disaster risk reduction, and marine pollution, Wiley saion environmental protection that will facilitate and guide U.S. - Cuba cooperation — both governmental and non-governmental — on issues including coastal and marine protection, the protection of biodiversity including endangered and threatened species, climate change, disaster risk reduction, and marine pollution, Wiley saion issues including coastal and marine protection, the protection of biodiversity including endangered and threatened species, climate change, disaster risk reduction, and marine pollution, Wiley said.

The extensively peer - reviewed IPBES assessment reports focus on providing answers to key questions for each of the four regions, including: why is biodiversity important, where are we making progress, what are the main threats and opportunities for biodiversity and how can we adjust our policies and institutions for a more sustainable future?

Conover hopes that instead of using non-native invasive landscape plants like Chinese silvergrass, homeowners and horticulturists will use one of this area's beautiful native tall grasses such as prairie dropseed, little bluestem, big bluestem, switch grass or Indian grass because, «restoring the flora to its native species will enhance the biodiversity of native plants and the native animals, including butterflies that depend on them.»

Based on their findings, the researchers show that the biodiversity crisis is real and stressed the need to include assessments of invertebrates in order to obtain a more realistic picture of the current situation, known widely as the «sixth mass extinction.»

Most indicators of the state of biodiversity (covering species» population trends, extinction risk, habitat extent and condition, and community composition) showed declines, with no significant recent reductions in rate, whereas indicators of pressures on biodiversity (including resource consumption, invasive alien species, nitrogen pollution, overexploitation, and climate change impacts) showed increases.

Those limits include caps on greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, the global conversion of land cover to cropland, and other mega-impacts on the earth's ecosystems.

A host of problems, including overfishing, practices such as cyanide and dynamite fishing that cause long - term reef damage, coastal development, and climate change are all taking their toll on the ecosystem and its biodiversity.

Recognize that mountain ecosystems inhabited by snow leopards provide essential ecosystem services, including storing and releasing water from the origins of river systems benefitting one - third of the world's human population; sustaining the pastoral and agricultural livelihoods of local communities which depend on biodiversity for food, fuel, fodder, and medicine; and offering inspiration, recreation, and economic opportunities;

The granted projects focus on several human diseases including leukemia and Alzheimer's disease as well as the study of biodiversity of organisms as diverse as barnacles, mycorrhiza and rabbits.

To help shed light on the ultimate causes of biodiversity, the National Science Foundation has awarded $ 2 million over five years through the Dimensions in Biodiversity program to a group of researchers from five institutions, including the Universitybiodiversity, the National Science Foundation has awarded $ 2 million over five years through the Dimensions in Biodiversity program to a group of researchers from five institutions, including the UniversityBiodiversity program to a group of researchers from five institutions, including the University of Chicago.

«This Biodiversity Library includes information on bacteria that are model microorganisms for studying photosynthesis, carbon and nitrogen assimilation, evolution of plant plastids, and adaptability to environmental stresses.

Published in Nature, this review looks into the values of different pollinators on issues including food secutiry and biodiversity, their status and trends, risks from environmental pressures and the consequent management and policy response options to safeguard pollinators.

The focus is on molecular microbiology and virology, and includes topics such as genomics, the gamut of plant and animal host - pathogen interactions, host immune responses, characterization and evolution of virulence determinants, cell cycle and differentiation, symbiosis in plant and animal associations, environmental microbiology, biodiversity and evolution, population dynamics, sex and mutagenesis, antibiotic resistance and production, drug and vaccine targets, as well as aspects of prion diseases and of fungal and protozoan biology.

The next steps in this research are hoped to include experiments in recreating passenger pigeon ecology and thereby examining the actual effects the bird had on forest biodiversity and nutrient systems.

Climate change will have far - reaching impacts on biodiversity, including increasing extinction rates.

Consumers are becoming increasingly educated on various agricultural practices and their impacts on the environment, including deforestation, biodiversity loss, the acceleration of climate change, and the depletion of limited natural resources.

Rome & Bonn, also Nairobi About Blog Keeping a close eye on biodiversity in agriculture, including crops, livestock and wild relatives, for food security and sustainability.

To sum up, teachers need to support sustainable alternatives to neoliberal capitalism with its emphasis on economic growth; protect nature's resources for future generations; protect ecosystems and help support biodiversity; support a community based economics, and a grassroots democracy that includes participatory and direct forms, embody anti-racist, anti-ableist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic pedagogies that respect diversity and work from a post-patriarchal perspective.

Key facts about the lesson are: The content covered by the lesson are; the definition of deforestation, methods of deforestation (slash and burn, industrial clearing etc), the causes of deforestation and the effects of deforestation (on the climate, on the soil, on biodiversity and on people) Learning resources used in the lesson are; images (including a satellite image), map, video clips, analysis and writing task and a quiz.

Coverage of areas specially conserved for biodiversity and ecosystem functions should be increased (at least to the Aichi Target 11 of 17 % terrestrial and 10 % marine area), with systems of conservation being democratized and based on integration of rights and responsibilities; in all kinds of land / water uses, activities that are ecologically damaging need to be modified or replaced; high priority should also be given to the regeneration and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the revival of populations of threatened species; equitable access (including through territorial and resource tenure) must be accorded to natural resources, with special focus on populations with high and direct dependence on such resources for their survival and livelihoods.

He is particularly keen on public scholarship that brings academic insights to the wider public without unnecessary jargon or impenetrable theories.Some of the topics he has addressed includes wolf recovery, outdoor cats and biodiversity, barred and northern spotted owls, the Canadian seal hunt, cosmopolitanism, the Earth Charter, precaution, rewilding, sustainability science, and urban ecology.

The visitor center includes an orientation area that helps visitors plan a safe trip on the island and a variety of interactive exhibits that describe the island's tremendous biodiversity, rich cultural history, and current resource issues.

Enjoy spectacular biodiversity on the northern Great Barrier Reef including the world famous Cod Hole, or venture out into the remote Coral Sea for exciting big fish action, shark encounters and excellent visibility.

Take this good chance to see the rich biodiversity including the white - tip reef sharks, huge sea turtles, barracuda, manta rays, mola - mola, moray eels and more species on more than 25 dive sites around the three Gili islands.

Selected exhibitions include Gridspace, New York; POP Gallery, Queensland, Australia; JayJay Gallery, Sacramento, California; Art Fair Miami; RKL Gallery, New York; the Painting Center, New York; the Portland Art Museum; and the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. Bengtson has lectured on environmental thought at International Environmental Philosophy and Biodiversity Conservation Conferences in the US, Canada, and South America.

Some international groups are helping to foster synergies, including the World Health Organization's recent conference on Climate and Health, the Convention on Biological Diversity's initiative on Health and Biodiversity, the Lancet - Rockefeller Commission on Planetary Health, and the DIVERSITAS - Future Earth ecoHEALTH project, which brings together public and animal health, development, ecology, economics, and other sectors to investigate connections between health and environmental change to generate science and policy outputs that can inform sustainability solutions.

Current and likely future impacts of global warming on ecosystems and human activities are also considered, including biodiversity, system buffering and resilience, and regional inequality and vulnerability.

We build our facilities in locations where competition from other wood users, including other pellet producers, does not cause undue pressure on forest growth and biodiversity.

Similar to 6, 7, and 9 above, «We recognize that climate change, left unaddressed, is expected to threaten food production from land and sea, to limit fresh water availability, to cause more severe weather including cyclones, droughts and floods, to increase life - threatening illnesses, to endanger biodiversity» and so on.

The coming SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) framework includes a proposed set of four goals (oceans, climate, biodiversity and freshwater), which is a de-facto example of applying planetary boundary thinking to create a global framework for safeguarding a stable environment on the planet for societies and communities across the world.

In addition see the C.A.S.S.E. statement on economic growth and its conflict with biodiversity preservation (see steadystate.org) signed by many professional organizations and individuals, including Paul Ehrlich and I think E.O. Wilson.

Increasingly, projects to restore peatlands and prevent carbon release are being urged to include a strong biodiversity component — focusing on reintroducing plant and animal life.

He has given testimony on climate impacts in the United States Senate and his work on biodiversity impacts has been published in journals, including Climate Research, Climatic Change, and Conservation Biology in Practice.

The panel's omission came to light during a June 4 interview with Deborah Olstein of Amaze Design, which received $ 13 million from the Perot Museum to design five halls, including ones on dinosaurs, space and biodiversity.

Central America is no exception, including the southern part, and as we've seen in part 16 of our series, at least in the case of the rainforests of Costa Rica climate change and agriculture seem to have a synergistic effect on the decline of rainforest biodiversity.

Beyond the effects on climate discussed below, these include air pollution, acid rain, marine and freshwater eutrophication, biodiversity loss, and the stimulation of some invasive species.