Sentences with phrase «scarce natural resources»

The risk is that it will also trigger the wholesale destruction of scarce natural resources, notably forests.

The plan is to drive non-stop across the desert to «The Green Place,» a Shangri - La rumored to be teeming with water, vegetation and other scarce natural resources.

As he made clear in a Fortune story three years ago («The Rainwater Prophecy») he believes that the world is facing a future shaped by scarce natural resources.

It is time for a global awareness campaign to alert us all to the ways we encourage the slaughter of endangered animals, the dubious trade in scarce natural resources and the terrorisation of vulnerable people.

In a world where scientists have found a way to reduce human beings to a fraction of their original size, mostly for purposes of preserving scarce natural resources, shrinking to mouse proportions is the new route to high living.

This volatile environment of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and intense heat serves as a metaphor for the ongoing political instability of a region in which salt traders, nomadic people and militia vie for scarce natural resources.

Amidst a lingering global recession, a widening gap between rich and poor, and heightened competition for energy, food and other scarce natural resources, the conference could not be more timely.

If you take that to 100 mpg, now you're really saving money and saving a scarce natural resource and reducing CO2 emissions drastically.

«An impassioned environmentalist, Vivienne reveals that the meat trade squanders global water supplies by diverting rivers and depleting our scarce natural resources.

One, from the United Nations Environment Program, asserts that persistent conflicts within states most often relapse when the root cause is scarce natural resources and environmental issues are not incorporated into efforts to forge peace.

It is more meaningful to teach them how to minimize the impact of natural disasters and how to maximize the use of the scarce natural resources there.