Sentences with phrase «pressure of growing population»

The current major global challenges in attaining food and nutrition security are compounded by pressures of growing populations, climate and other environmental change, and economic inequity and instability.

By 2050, he said, the triple pressures of growing population, economic development, and higher irrigation needs due to a warming climate will increase that to 0.82 millimeters per year — enough to raise sea levels by 40 millimeters (1.6 inches) above 1990 levels.

Not exact matches

The structural deficit will subsequently grow larger as a result of slowing potential economic growth and pressures on program expenses resulting from an ageing population.

As a result of population growth, estimated to grow from 7 towards 10 billion and a doubling of the consumption per capita in 2050, the pressure on land and nature increases significantly.

This pressure, together with possible interbreeding with migrating groups of smaller - brained peoples, may have led to a gradual decrease in the frequency of the Boskop genes in the growing population of what is now South Africa.

«It is unlikely that historically low rates of deforestation can persist in the face of growing pressures to clear land due to increases in population, demand for wood and charcoal, cropping with reduced fallow periods leading to soil degradation, and international interests in large scale land investments for oil, biofuel and other crops,» the study states.

The population of Nicaragua is expected to grow by 37 % by 2050, so water shortages and pressure on natural resources are already set to increase, limiting sustainable growth and public welfare.

Waring says his «ingredients» for growing environmental cooperation include «a population of tight - knit groups, under high pressure to preserve resources, who have the power to manage them, and who learn from each other's successes and failures.»

Growing population and climate change are likely to increase the pressure on already limited water resources and diet change has been suggested as one of the measures contributing to adequate food security for growing popuGrowing population and climate change are likely to increase the pressure on already limited water resources and diet change has been suggested as one of the measures contributing to adequate food security for growing popugrowing population.

If the human population continues to grow, more pressure will be put on carbon dioxide emissions — leaving future generations vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

As pressure mounts for farmers to grow enough healthy crops to meet a burgeoning population's needs, and for new land management strategies that improve soil carbon storage to reduce atmospheric CO2 and produce healthy soils, the soil microbiome is the subject of more in - depth scientific research than ever before.

While the city's charter schools ran independently of Rhee's efforts to reform the public school system, the slow improvement in the schools overall paralleled the city's growth — as the city's population grew over the last decade, more parents chose to enroll their children in the city's school system, creating pressure for better schools and more schools.

The population of Japan is now officially shrinking, which puts major downward pressure on its ability to grow economically.

However, as the world's growing urban population continues to put pressure on ecosystems outside of our cities, it's likely that farming innovations like this one will find a niche and a market.

As populations and economies grow, peak water pressures on existing renewable water resources also tend to grow up to the point that natural scarcity begins to constrain the options of

Reaching a goal of zero net deforestation will require reducing the pressures to deforest that come from population growth, rising affluence, the construction of ethanol distilleries and biodiesel refineries, and the fast - growing use of paper.

It is reasonable to assume that human CO2 emissions will continue to grow at a slightly higher level than population, despite the fact that there is considerable pressure on fossil fuels (economic as well as environmental) and the carbon efficiency of all nations is continuously improving (especially in the developed nations).

In many parts of the world, water supplies are under increasing pressure from growing human population, demographic changes and climate change, which is changing the rules by which rivers, rain and snowfall, and annual storms have operated for thousands of years.

Reaching a goal of zero net deforestation will require reducing the pressures that come from population growth, rising affluence, growing biofuel consumption, and the fast - growing use of paper and wood products.

Now, more than ever before, our oceans are under pressure to meet the needs of growing populations in developing countries and a growing appetite for fish and seafood in developed nations.

Increased weed and pest pressure associated with longer growing seasons and warmer winters will be an increasingly important challenge; there are already examples of earlier arrival and increased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is increased.72

As populations and economies grow, peak water pressures on existing renewable water resources also tend to grow up to the point that natural scarcity begins to constrain the options of water planners and managers.

According to GFN, if we don't rapidly shift things, by 2030, we'll be using the equivalent of two Earths» worth of natural resources and ecological services, and the pressure put on these natural systems could possibly lead to significant damage to the long - term biocapacity of the planet, which will then negatively affect the amount of resources available for our ever - growing population.

Over time, coal plants grew in size, facing pressure to locate far from population because of their pollution.

Dyer has Pakistan and India, increasingly under the pressure of food insecurity — due to more frequent failures of the monsoon combined with still - growing populations — confronted in the mid-2030s by drastically reduced summer stream flows in the Indus river system.

As the human population grows, the planet is buckling under the pressure of our needs.

There are a number of trends currently facing the legal profession (increased client sophistication, fee pressures, stagnant growth, the number of lawyers growing at a faster rate than the general population, succession planning needs and an increased emphasis on non-traditional skills — see the CBA Futures Report for a more fulsome list) that make the traditional practice model difficult (impossible?)

The sector is experiencing rapid and sweeping changes, driven largely by the development of new technology, new market entrants offering alternative modes of transport, and growing urban populations putting existing services under pressure..

The changed economy of the country has uplifted the pressure from the public sector to create more jobs for the growing youth population and opened the pathway for the private sector to recruit the bright and young talent of the country.

The population continues to grow all the time, but we're low in inventory — we're going the wrong way and it's putting a great deal of pressure on commission.