Sentences with phrase «such global importance»

«Space for interpretation» has no place in a document of such global importance.

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Would Microsoft have been such a powerful global business if IBM had recognized the importance of software as an independent phenomenon from hardware?

Mid-career and more senior Franklin Fellows, both sponsored and self - nominated, work on global issues of vital importance to the United States, such as the environment; counterterrorism; human rights; consular matters; international development assistance; HIV / AIDS and other trans - national diseases; trade, energy and financial policy; and many others.

«The startling results reflect the vital importance of funding and conducting assessments of the threatened status of all of the species in major groups of plants, such as the cacti,» says Kevin Gaston, from the University of Exeter, who co-led the Global Cactus Assessment.

Northern Central African Republic historically supported some the most pristine wilderness and intact and abundant wildlife assemblages in Africa, including species of global importance such as elephant, Kordofan giraffe, hippopotamus, lion, giant eland, and more.

As global populations of domestic bee pollinators decline, it is of utmost importance for us to understand what factors attract wild pollinators such as hoverflies to flowers, and how these preferences differ in the face of environmental change.

As global populations of domestic bee pollinators decline, it is of utmost importance for us to understand the factors that attract wild pollinators such as hoverflies to flowers, and how these preferences differ in the face of environmental change.

«We hope that Nereus will help scientists investigate some of the «big questions» of our time — questions of vital societal importance such the relation between seafloor dynamics and global climate change,» said Whitcomb.

The ability of these RM systems to allow bacteria to reversibly switch between different physiological states, combined with the existence of such loci across many species of medical and industrial importance, highlights the potential of phase - variable DNA methylation to act as a global regulatory mechanism in bacteria.

Despite the unfortunate absence of economy or finance ministers or experts as such from the GSP membership, the Panel realized early enough the importance of radically transforming the global economy as a prerequisite for moving towards greater sustainability.

Also on the agenda is the importance of hosting events such as the UNWTO Global Conference on Jobs and Inclusive Growth for the Jamaican hospitality market.

Her aesthetic influences are culled from traditional African and Caribbean visual art and culture; her meticulous fashioning and application of materials such as raffia, beads, and porcelain to her pieces alludes to women's labor and its past and present importance in global trade.

She celebrates through her textile work those art - making practices that are frequently misunderstood and considered craft, low art or feminine domestic activities by incorporating them in her monumental projects that examine and critique topics of global importance, such as creation, human rights and dignity.

After Sachs spoke of the importance of fostering a «global ethics,» Stefano Zamagni, an economics professor at the University of Bologna, cautioned that it was important to qualify such statements.

But, the global warming issue is of such importance that, because I've read the book and because Andy raises the topic here, I feel that I should express my thoughts.

In an interview regarding an issue of vast importance such as global warming, a science writer (who himself knows important components of the «big picture» answer to a question of vital importance) asks someone else the question without ultimately providing a full answer to the public, perhaps leaving many people thinking that the question really doesn't have a comprehensive and sensible answer.

This process inherently gives disproportionate weight to quantitative data and economic costs, while diminishing the perceived importance of qualitative benefits such as saving lives, maintaining the equilibrium of the global eco-system, and protecting wild places

The forum that has produced such amazing results in shining the spotlight on forests, illuminating their fascinating complexity and global importance to a public that had never before been exposed to it, is suddenly dimming the light.

The effects of oil price on the development of renewables and the global distribution of consumption is likely to be convoluted and issues such as trade and technology transfer will be of great importance.

Now, on a matter of vital importance (global warming), I think we are seeing problems that occur when a person without a rigorous completed scientific background writes about science in such a way that he casts considerable doubt on the findings of a huge number of scientists and major scientific bodies.

«We have found that collaboration with a diverse array of partners, such as AFF, GreenBlue, the Forest Service and Esri, has provided us a deeper understanding into our supply chain and the importance of family - owned forests,» said Rachel Goldstein, Global Sustainability Director at Mars.

For example, in the Croker Island case, if such a determination had been made, the specification of other rights such as the right to use and control resources, the right to trade and the right to protect places of importance would not have been crucial because, in effect, they are all subsumed under the global right of exclusive possession.