Sentences with phrase «provide valuable ecosystem services»

Environmental and social advocacy organization Navdanya has stated concerns that expanding Jatropha cultivation on wastelands will simply be a land grab by corporations, and that so - called wastelands actually provide valuable ecosystem services, and I tend to take such concerns seriously.

High biodiversity is a trademark of ecosystems that are healthy, resilient to stress, and those that provide valuable ecosystem services like clean air, water, or food.

«There are dozens of native ant species in the preserve that provide valuable ecosystem services like decomposition and pest control,» said Solomon, an ant expert, co-principal investigator on the grant and associate teaching professor of biosciences.

But even if oyster farming does not become a major solution to reducing nitrogen in Great Bay, Grizzle emphasizes that oyster farming still provides valuable ecosystem services.

Not exact matches

But basically sustainable development is an ideal of trying to promote prosperity around the world while also recognizing that we need to preserve the sort of valuable services that the natural ecosystems provide because they are an essential strut of the world's economy.

Initiatives like NEON and the Long Term Ecological Research Network aim to help us to track and understand the effects of human activities on ecosystems that provide valuable services to society.

Local governments are looking for ways to better manage their nature and the valuable ecosystem services nature provides.

Coastal and marine ecosystems provide a range of valuable ecosystem services, ranging from fisheries and coastal protection, to carbon stocks that are important for mitigating climate change.

Not only are the Nari Nari providing a valuable service in the national interest by caring for the ecosystem and rehabilitating the wetlands, they are also conducting management activities which the State Government has a responsibility for.