Sentences with phrase «scale loss of habitat»

He is also a commissioner for the Global Ocean Commission, whose mandate is to formulate politically and technically feasible short -, medium - and long - term recommendations to address four key issues facing the high seas: overfishing, large - scale loss of habitat and biodiversity, the lack of effective management and enforcement, and deficiencies in high seas governance.

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When we lose one rare species, it actually symbolizes many changes of far broader impact, ranging from the loss of habitats (affecting large numbers of species) to large - scale alterations to the functions of those habitats.

«Loss of rare species often results from habitat - scale modifications that affect far more than the one rare species.

The lower land - use efficiency of organic systems means that «large - scale conversion to organic would likely require bringing more natural habitats into agricultural production,» with a potentially severe impact on global biodiversity due to the loss of rainforests and other currently wild areas.

One concern is that harvesting massive amounts of naturally occurring seaweed for bioenergy could have comparable effects on atmospheric carbon dioxide and habitat loss or fragmentation as large - scale deforestation.

Vast mixing on a global scale on top of pollution and habitat loss stresses may even lead to a mass extinction event.