Sentences with phrase «say habitat destruction»
Yet Idaho wildlife officials say habitat destruction and fragmentation linked to human activities are the greatest threats to the sage - grouse, with predation ranking 12 among 19 factors that contribute to the bird's decline.
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Proponents of shade cultivation say environmental problems such as deforestation, pesticide pollution, habitat destruction, and soil and water degradation are the side effects of the practices employed in sun cultivation.
«From the complete destruction of the Rockaway Boardwalk to recreational assets and natural habitats broken up by wind and water, New York City's parks were faced with unprecedented damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,» Commissioner Mitchell Silver said.
«It suggests that the findings we can manage locally, like pesticides, habitat destruction and planting companion plants, can actually make a difference because these factors can buy pollinators time for natural selection and evolution, thus allowing the species to keep pace with the things that we can't manage locally,» said Galen.
Population pressure from the reserve's human residents is to blame for most of the destruction of the forest and panda habitat, the scientists say.
To combat habitat destruction, the primary threat to biodiversity, «we need a lot more parks and reserves, and we need them to be much bigger,» said Wilson, who currently serves as university research professor emeritus at Harvard University.
The decline is primarily a result of habitat destruction, bushmeat hunting and illegal capture for the pet trade, said CU Boulder Professor Michelle Sauther, co-author of study.
The 80 to 100 per cent declines seen in Quebec are, he says, due in large part to white - nose syndrome, but «the destruction of their habitats is another major problem.»
DiCaprio said a statement that the world's population of 3,200 tigers was endangered by «habitat destruction and escalating illegal poaching.»
Dr Felix Eigenbrod: says: «Our research will help governments to better understand where to invest resources to safeguard wild plants and animals in the face of the combined threats of habitat destruction and climate change..»
Conservationists say some 16 million sage grouse went from nearly blacking out the sun when they took wing over the sprawling western sagebrush to being nearly blacked out by the destruction of their habitat.
«Our findings suggest that large - brained animals might be better prepared to cope with environmental challenges such as climate change and habitat destruction,» said Dr Szekely, who worked with researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), Pannon University (Hungary) and McGill University (Canada) on the project.
«No one has ever accounted for this time lag between habitat destruction and the species getting extinct,» said Isabel Rosa, one of the authors of the study and a researcher at the Imperial College of London.
Instead of focusing on the nearly immeasurable moment when a species ceases to exist, he and other biologists say, science should focus harder on the forces that lead toward extinction — the destruction or fragmentation of habitat, the introduction of invasive species, the appropriation of water or other vital resources.
Julia Lehmann, from Roehampton University, said: «In reality, the effects of climate change on African apes may be much worse, as our model does not take into account possible anthropogenic effects, such as habitat destruction by humans and the hunting of apes for bushmeat.»
They are part of a culture, and the destruction of the caribou's habitat would destroy the culture of these indigenous people,» he says.
«The results of the study are important in that they confirm what we suspected: habitat destruction is slowly but surely killing our planet's mammal diversity» said Dr. Ahumada.