Sentences with phrase «significant nature areas»

Often referred to as the «Father of Our National Park System,» Muir was an advocate for the protection and preservation of significant nature areas.

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Sadly, a lot of us live in the city, far away from the nature, hopefully near some park area, and it takes us a significant -LSB-...]

The convention obliges its members to establish nature reserves in wetland areas and promote the protection of internationally significant wetlands and waterbirds.

The Karkloof Nature Reserve is a vital and significant area because of its biodiversity.

Padre Ramos has been a nature reserve since 1983 and is important because it is one of only two known nesting areas (of significant size) for the critically endangered Eastern Pacific hawksbill sea turtle.

Now a study in this week's edition of the journal Nature, «Climate Change and the Global Malaria Recession,» squarely concludes that the ongoing shrinkage of areas where the disease is endemic is many times more significant than any expansion of the potential malaria threat from climate change.

Research in this area is so far along, in fact, that researchers are considering whether it might be possible to identify the right «dose» of nature that people need to receive in order to actually reap significant health benefits.

In a story featured on the cover of Nature, Eric J. Steig, David P. Schneider, Scott D. Rutherford, Michael E. Mann, Josefino C. Comiso and Drew T. Shindell report to have found «significant warming» that «extends well beyond the Antarctic Peninsula to cover most of West Antarctica, an area of warming much larger than previously -LSB-...]

The nature of the industry ensures regulation is hugely important, meaning a career in this area would offer significant opportunities both domestically and further afield.