Sentences with phrase «on ecosystem integrity»

The Philippines and Turkey intervened to restore the language on ecosystem integrity in the Preamble, while Mexico made sure we were able to preserve the gains on human rights.

We don't know exactly what the impacts will be, but we expect there will be a tangible impact on ecosystem integrity that will also have an effect on humans.

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Agriculture and forestry services should focus on techniques that can make small farms viable productive units while protecting the integrity and productivity of land ecosystems.

From June 2010 — December 2015, I was the National Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, (AFSA) which is Australia's first national alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrity.

The functional integrity and resilience of the ecological processes, ecosystems, and biological diversity that is the basis of all life on earth, respecting which entails a realization of the ecological limits within which human economies and societies must restrict themselves.7

Future lessons should continue to build on these concepts, especially on the idea that ecosystems are dynamic in nature and that the completeness or integrity of an ecosystem's biodiversity is often used as a measure of its health.

The symposium also will focus on using the One World, One Health concept, which establishes a more interdisciplinary and cross-sectional approach to preventing epidemic or epizootic disease and for maintaining ecosystem integrity, according to Merial.

Further, the new climate deal tasks countries to ensure the integrity of all ecosystems, including oceans, and to protect biodiversity when taking action on climate change.

At an intersessional meeting in Geneva in February 2015, provisions on human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples were incorporated in the negotiating text, but ecosystem integrity was omitted in relation to mitigation actions (with text inserted only in the adaptation section).

The GBMs commitment on this path is focused on the restoration of Kenya's degraded landscapes, knowing full well that our survival depends on the integrity of these forest ecosystems.

Water monitoring will be done through a comprehensive and integrated approach that quantifies and assesses the sources, transport, loadings, fate, and types of oil sands contaminants in the Athabasca River system and effects on key aquatic ecosystem components (both within the oil sands development area and in downstream receiving environments) that are measures of ecosystem health and integrity (fish, invertebrates).

Exporting countries would profit by protecting the integrity of forest ecosystems, and could secure higher prices for certified wood on international markets.

Nature Letter Published online: 18 April 2018 Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages Terry P. Hughes et al Abstract Global warming is rapidly emerging as a universal threat to ecological integrity and function, highlighting the urgent need for a better understanding of the impact of heat exposure on the resilience of ecosystems and the people who depend on them.

Making sure to protect the integrity of its ecosystem, Amazon has made the kit available to commercial developers on an exclusive, invitation - only basis.

In the context of both national and international interests in the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity, Indigenous peoples as custodians have a responsibility to ensure the integrity and maintenance of ecosystems on our lands and waters.