Sentences with phrase «protect key ecosystems»

«It's been our experience that, once you have offshore oil and gas or shipping or fishing, it becomes much more difficult to protect key ecosystems,» she says.

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Conduct research, analysis, and synthesis of the scientific literature to assess implementation processes and their effectiveness related to key elements of responsible commodity supply chains (e.g., curtailing deforestation and ecosystem destruction, avoiding forest degradation, promoting ecosystem restoration, improving land governance, and protecting human rights);

In fact The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project is saying «natural systems represent one of the biggest untapped allies» in combatting climate change, because of their carbon storage potential — and that incorporating funding for forests in a global climate deal should be a key priority: TEEB highlights the fact that in addition to absorbing some 15 % of global carbon emissions, forests provide a whole range of ecosystem services that are worthy of protecting.

COTAP's community - owned carbon offset projects serve and connect key UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 1 — ending poverty, and Goal 13 — taking action on climate change; as well as enhancing food security, fighting deforestation, boosting sustainable growth and employment, and protecting ecosystems and biodiversity.

The increased competition over limited land has not only disrupted the balance of the ecosystem, but also physically displaced the indigenous peoples whose existence and livelihoods had played a key role in protecting the wildlife and environment.

That's the word from the Ecosystems Climate Alliance, which says several key safeguards, as well as explicit language protecting intact forests, are missing: According to ECA, safeguards for transparent forest government structures, for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, for conservation of biodiversity all have not been finalized — considering that many of the countries which will benefit from REDD have weak governance to start with, ECA describes these as «gaping holes» that need to be closed.

One way to do this is to protect the biodiversity and balance of ecosystems by setting aside key areas for conservation in marine protected areas.

«The key need in any [such] legislation is to treat all participants in the internet ecosystem equally» with the goal of protecting consumers on all fronts, privacy included, IIA said.