Sentences with phrase «richest forest ecosystems»

However, the potential rewards from getting it right stretch beyond the emission reductions themselves and include the sustainable development of forest - dependent communities and the conservation of some of the world's richest forest ecosystems.

«The loss of Sumatra's carbon - rich forest ecosystems is not just Indonesia's problem — this affects the environmental health of the entire planet,» added Tomasek.

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Areas with carbon - rich ecosystems with key wilderness habitats, such as tropical forests, were identified as those where new roads would cause the most environmental damage with the lease human benefit, particularly areas where few roads currently exist.

The island itself is blessed with a rich marine ecosystem with hectares of mangrove forest on the south, hectares of sea grass beds throughout and kilometers of beautiful coral reefs surrounding the island.

The Atlantic Forest along the south - eastern coast of Brazil is one of the world's richest ecosystems but has been severely threatened.

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is a unique ecosystem, rich in flora and fauna, and home to the Resplendent Quetzal.

Finally, if the forest ecosystem was rich and valuable, as for example a wetland forest, its wildlife may be lost forever.

California is a big state — we have redwood forests, desert regions, mountains, coasts, rich agricultural lands, amazing natural ecosystems.

The rich rockfish assemblage of the deep - water Cordell Bank, a quarter million nesting seabirds of the islands of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, the Humpback and Blue Whales frequenting the coast of Monterey, the lush kelp forest ecosystems of the Channel Islands: these are all part of our National Marine Sanctuary.

The number of initiatives that protect and restore forests, wetlands, and other water - rich ecosystems has nearly doubled in just four years as governments urgently seek sustainable alternatives to costly industrial infrastructure, according to a new report from Forest Trends» Ecosystem Marketplace.

Now, the great Northern Boreal Forest, one of the world's richest ecosystems and one of its greatest carbon sinks, was face to face with a grave threat — a plague of insects, each the size of a grain of rice.

This refers to that part of the framework convention itself that recognizes «common but differentiated» responsibilities between rich and poor countries, and also the need to promote the sustainable management of natural carbon sinks, including «biomass, forests and oceans as well as other terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems.»

«With these beautiful lands, their forests, their rich ecosystems, we... expand the network of parks to more than 10 million acres,» Chilean president Michelle Bachelet said in a statement announcing the signing of decrees.

TThe group behind the advert is SOS Mata Atlantica, a 23 year old Brazilian non-profit private organization, with no political or religious affiliations, which works for the protection of the Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlantica), one of the richest sets of ecosystems in terms of biodiversity, and also considered one of the most threatened with extinction on the planet.

The degradation of forest quality might cause a gradual depletion of rich diversity of the forest flora and fauna of the Sundarbans ecosystem» (Ministry of Environment and Forestforest quality might cause a gradual depletion of rich diversity of the forest flora and fauna of the Sundarbans ecosystem» (Ministry of Environment and Forestforest flora and fauna of the Sundarbans ecosystem» (Ministry of Environment and ForestForest, 32).