Sentences with phrase «valuable ecosystems on»

As the NOAA notes, «coral reefs are some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth.

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A photograph of an insect, plant or animal, tagged with the date and location where it was taken, can provide valuable scientific data, e.g., on how urban sprawl impacts local ecosystems or evidence of local, regional or global climactic shifts.

In «Conservation for the People,» on page 50, however, conservationists Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier argue that more good — for both nature and people — will come from saving ecosystems that render valuable services to human communities.

«There are dozens of native ant species in the preserve that provide valuable ecosystem services like decomposition and pest control,» said Solomon, an ant expert, co-principal investigator on the grant and associate teaching professor of biosciences.

Initiatives like NEON and the Long Term Ecological Research Network aim to help us to track and understand the effects of human activities on ecosystems that provide valuable services to society.

However, to combat the chronic under - valuing and under - funding of valuable global assets, such as tropical forests, we still need to create global markets that place a price on their beneficial ecosystem services as well as to find mechanisms for paying developing countries and local communities to maintain such assets.

«We support the initiative to conserve forests, which will help to address this growing problem as well as maintain valuable habitats; however, we are concerned about potential unintended negative impacts on some ecosystems.

However, many birds, fish, crabs and other invertebrates live among the aerial roots in the foreground, making this ecosystem one of the most valuable on a coast.

Quantifying the causes and consequences of these events, particularly on marine biota and ecosystems, should provide valuable insights into the possible effects of the current human perturbation of the carbon cycle.

Environmental and social advocacy organization Navdanya has stated concerns that expanding Jatropha cultivation on wastelands will simply be a land grab by corporations, and that so - called wastelands actually provide valuable ecosystem services, and I tend to take such concerns seriously.

That offers the combined benefits of local listener engagement and station brand recognition along with insights and content access on a national basis... At an aggregated network level we will have access to valuable data and insights on this rapidly - evolving audio ecosystem.

The more main stream media report on Bitcoin, the more consumer adoption grows — main stream media have a very valuable role to play in this new ecosystem.

There is currently a high level focus on the impacts for those Indigenous communities in northern Australia where intact ecosystems and valuable biodiversity is a priority.