Sentences with phrase «scarce water resources»

The global agriculture and beverage industries competes head on with the energy industry for scarce water resources.

It involves the struggle for survival and international conflict over scarce water resources.

Reducing the use of animal products can have a considerable impact on areas suffering scarce water resources, as meat production requires more water than other agricultural products.

It also consumes scarce water resources that could be used for irrigation.

You will conserve scarce water resources and reduce carbon emissions associated with inefficient agricultural technologies the drip irrigation systems replace.

The Loa River water system of northern Chile's Atacama Desert, in the Antofagasta region, exemplifies the high stakes involved in sustainable management of scarce water resources.

The Fertile Crescent has been plagued with scarce water resources throughout history, Gleick said, adding that the region also has a long history of conflicts over water.

Over the long term, net exporters may want to alter trade policies to avoid creating their own water shortages or raise prices to reflect the cost of increasingly scarce water resources.

The project studies water resources in the Phoenix area with the goal of understanding decisions about scarce water resources and their impacts: How do water managers think about climate uncertainty?

«These field campaigns help us build better tools to address such issues as managing scarce water resources and alerting the public to natural disasters.»

Part IV: «Climate Change and Water: Rights and Runoff» presents Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Corporate Environmental Management Gary Libecap and Assistant Professor of Hydrology Christina Tague in a discussion about the complexities of managing the ever - increasing demands placed on scarce water resources.

«Domestic animals, wildlife, and people congregate in riparian areas near scarce water resources, impacting these regions.

Legal battles have already been fought in the US over scarce water resources in regions with nuclear power plants, including the Catawba river basin in the Carolinas and the Apalachicola / Chattahoochee / Flint river basin in Georgia, Florida and Alabama.

The city is seen as even more impermanent as wealthy crooks work to divert scarce water resources.

This is because plants in arid regions already use water more judiciously than in other areas, but increasing CO2 levels also drives them to use scarce water resources more efficiently as well.

It's a tactical retreat after decades of cropping that exhausted scarce water resources.

Bali is an island with scarce water resources and ecosystems that are not very well protected and respected.

Touting the apparent success of the project, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said, «The return of the North Aral Sea shows that man - made disasters can be at least partly reversed, and that food production depends on the sound management of scarce water resources and the environment.»

Climate change could threaten domestic stability in some states, potentially contributing to intra - or, less likely, interstate conflict, particularly over access to increasingly scarce water resources.

This is about scarce water resources, desertification and ecological refugees in China.»

The shale gas boom has transformed the energy landscape in the U.S., but in some drier locations, it could cause conflict among the energy industry, residents and agricultural interests over already - scarce water resources, say researchers.

Dana Kolpin of the US Geological Survey in Iowa City says that the findings highlight the complex issue of antibiotic - resistance genes, which will continue to be of concern as treated effluent becomes more widely used in regions that have scarce water resources.

We need to do a better job with our scarce water resources.

With the number of visitors to the northern Cambodian province approaching 2 million a year, increasing pressure is being put on the scarce water resource.

Racked by insurgencies, the region lacks the cooperation needed to manage its scarce water resources.

Clearly the election doesn't change California's severe drought, and nor will it change the proactive steps that many companies are taking to adapt to the new normal of ever - scarce water resources.

Drought and increased warming foster wildfires and increased competition for scarce water resources for people and ecosystems.

And greater than the impact on winter tourism, the expected variability in precipitation is likely to bring greater conflict for scarcer water resources — after all, the glaciers of Europe provide 40 % of the continent's fresh water.

According to a new report by the Canada - based International Institute for Sustainable Development, the changing climate bodes ill for the Mediterranean Middle East, where it «threatens to reduce the availability of scarce water resources, increase food insecurity, hinder economic growth and lead to large - scale population movements,» all of which «could hold serious implications for peace in the region.»

«The return of the North Aral Sea shows that man - made disasters can be at least partly reversed, and that food production depends on the sound management of scarce water resources and the environment,» said Zoellick.