Sentences with phrase «significant loss of biodiversity»
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted a significant loss of biodiversity in surrounding regions.
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In a research paper on biodiversity released today for Copenhagen Consensus 2012, Salman Hussain and Anil Markandya find that there will be a significant loss of biodiversity over the next 40 years.
5.3.3 In Australia and New Zealand a significant loss of biodiversity is projected to occur in some ecologically - rich sites, such as the Great Barrier Reef.
The logging of primary forests precipitates a significant loss of biodiversity, as shown in all four of our indicators.
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In 2002, world leaders committed, through the Convention on Biological Diversity, to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010.
This is a moment to chart a new course — to change practices and actions that favour development at a significant environmental and social cost, including pollution, deforestation, loss of biodiversity and growing urban deprivation.
The issues of human - driven biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and rampant resource dissipation, among other things, appear extremely significant to human and environmental health as well as to life as we know it and the integrity of Earth, even in these days.
«This unacceptable loss of significant native biodiversity is a result of the lack of any rigorous ecosystem - based pre-planning analysis to guide the proposed development.
The degradation of our air, water, and land, combined with significant loss in biodiversity, have resulted in substantial health impacts, incuding: