Sentences with phrase «valued as ecosystem»

$ 6.8, $ 5.3 and $ 3.6 trillion per year: nature's contributions to people valued as ecosystem services in Brazil, USA and Canada respectively

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

As an entrepreneur who's been a part of the MENA startup ecosystem for quite some time now, Kassim notes that VC funding still has room for improvement, and adds that better education is needed to add value to the region's startups.

The Fire can do plenty on its own, but its real value lies as a conduit to the Amazon ecosystem.

They are leveraging the new technology to do things in a totally different way and the ability of this technology to move value in an almost frictionless way, and they are using the tokens as financial incentives to create an ecosystem around their ideas.

As we highlight on this report, with the right actions at the right time, our model suggests Barcelona can generate in between $ 1.7 billion and $ 3.2 billion in ecosystem value in the next few years.

«While we continue to believe in the value of mining equipment to the blockchain ecosystem, the purchase of these machines - which was negotiated as a no - risk option to the Company - was just one of the multiple strategic avenues we have been considering,» Shamyl Malik, head of the company's «Blockchain Strategy Committee,» said in a press release.

As this ecosystem of connected products from pumps, rigs and generators to wind turbines, air conditioners and solar panels continues to build momentum, ServiceMax sits in a very strategic position on the Industrial Internet of Things (I - IoT) value chain.

The team will create a global free trade ecosystem by docking to all kinds of businesses of shelter and food as well as cakes and ale, so that LNC players can go to all parts of the world to pay for consumption, promoting the value of LNC in circulation.

«We look forward to working with the Malta government as it is forward thinking and shares many of our same values: the most important of which are protection of traders and the general public, compliance with Anti Money Laundering and Know Your Customer standards, and recognition of the innovation and importance of continued development in the Blockchain ecosystem.»

DasCoin, the Currency of Trust and the store of value within Das ecosystem, aims to differentiate itself from other cryptocurrencies in the market such as Bitcoin.

Key to our ecosystem is the innovation of REAL Tokens, a unique Blockchain - secured digital asset with inherent value as a secure cryptocurrency, which may be traded or used to participate in Crowdfunding by purchasing Real Estate Participations...

The lesson to be learned is to stop imposing human moral values on nature and to live as part of the ecosystem in such a way that the whole flourishes.

It is at least as true that the individual realizations of value are particular concrescences of the ecosystem, or some segment thereof, as that the value of the ecosystem is the mere addition of the value of individuals atomistically conceived.

Deep ecology finds value, not so much in the individual as in the system, be it an ecosystem or the biosphere as a whole, each with its «interests» in self - maintenance.

Rainforest Alliance has provisions that do not allow destroying natural or high value ecosystems prior to certification, as does UTZ Certified; neither requires organic certification, however.

How do we regulate food and farming markets so that they deliver the outcomes of human well - being, ecosystem health and farmer viability as first priorities, rather than shareholder value?

One of our objectives with prescribed burns is to eradicate invasive non-native species such as cattails, phragmites and purpleloose strife which diminish the ecosystem and its value for wildlife.

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

Tribal values as well as goods and services produced by tribes from forest ecosystems are also at risk, according to the assessment.

To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world, experts have assessed the value of ecosystem services provided by land resources such as food, poverty reduction, clean water, climate and disease regulation and nutrients cycling.

Beyond their value as carbon sinks, or medical plunder, plants are now seen to have value in terms of the vast gene bank they represent for crops, their ecosystem services and as «natural», spiritual capital.

«I think that ecosystem services could be something of value to this administration as they ask these questions,» said Olander.

The DWoC project is seeking new design - driven applications for cellulose and is developing related technology as well as exploring new ways to create value in cellulose - based ecosystems.

The researchers rated the economic benefits derived from five ecosystem services: sustainable bush meat hunting; timber harvest; bioprospecting for pharmaceuticals; carbon storage; and so - called existence value, or the intrinsic value of nature «as a source of wonder and inspiration,» the researchers write in the paper presenting their finding published yesterday in PLoS Biology.

A new Yale - led study tackles this challenge by recognizing the value of «natural capital» assets — such as groundwater or fish species — and connecting them with holistic ecosystem management to calculate asset values for the interacting parts of an ecosystem.

It should not be misunderstood as indicating a health risk from bats and does by no means justify their persecution; on the contrary, bats provide value to ecosystems in several respects and should enjoy strict protection.

Communicate to citizens and particular stakeholders, including local communities, youth, governments, civil society, and the private sector, about the value of snow leopards and their ecosystem, and sustain the effort by celebrating 23 October 23 each year as the International Snow Leopard Day with presentation of an annual International Snow Leopard Conservation Award, and 2015 as the International Year of the Snow Leopard.

Setting Priorities: The transition to «climate smart» land management practices, including for example low - emissions agriculture, agroforestry and the restoration of high carbon - value ecosystems, such as forests and peatlands, will require sectoral coordination and investments in integrated land use planning.

REDD + Offset Working Group (stateredd.org) was established in February 2011 as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in November 2010 as part of a collaborative effort between the Governors of California, Chiapas and Acre to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (known as «REDD +») and create policies to provide economic incentives for forest conservation by placing a value on living forests and their ecosystems.

«By operating at the platform level as well as the app level of blockchain technology, we believe we can create the most enterprise value, because now we can partner with a large network of developers to create a live video and messaging ecosystem on blockchain.

We always plan on keeping our core service as you see it today, for free, but we're going to try to charge in the app for value - add services, things that allow you to do more with your matches, things that allow you to stand out in the ecosystem.»

Though he considers himself a «fierce property - rights advocate,» Crary sees «wilderness values» as key to preserving spectacular landscapes and unique ecosystems for mankind's (and other species») future.

There are jokes about Hitchcock's weight and alcohol consumption; there's a moment where he praises his secretary / reader / girl Friday Peggy Robertson (Toni Collette) and she almost cries for his tenderness; and, for God's sake, there's a suggestion that Hitch had a spyhole drilled into Vera Miles's dressing room, diminishing Norman Bates's use of the same device's metaphoric value in Psycho as a camera indicting audience voyeurism while introducing into the ecosystem this vile oversimplification of Hitchcock's obsessions.

As Clayton Christensen has observed, clusters may be particularly important in more nascent fields — like blended learning — in which the ecosystem is still immature, performance has yet to overshoot its users» performance demands, and how the different parts of the ecosystem fit together are still not well understood, and thus the ecosystem is highly interdependent, even as proprietary, vertically integrated firms do not — or in the case of education, often can not — stretch across the entire value networAs Clayton Christensen has observed, clusters may be particularly important in more nascent fields — like blended learning — in which the ecosystem is still immature, performance has yet to overshoot its users» performance demands, and how the different parts of the ecosystem fit together are still not well understood, and thus the ecosystem is highly interdependent, even as proprietary, vertically integrated firms do not — or in the case of education, often can not — stretch across the entire value networas proprietary, vertically integrated firms do not — or in the case of education, often can not — stretch across the entire value network.

«As the Android tablet market becomes highly commoditised, in 2014, it will be critical for vendors to focus on device experience and meaningful technology and ecosystem value — beyond just hardware and cost — to ensure brand loyalty and improved margins.»

The other angle is interoperability and modularity, which increases the flexibility and value of the ecosystem as a whole.

As Tim O'Reilly would say, bring more value to the ecosystem than you harvest from it.

Android will be a toy again and Mac will be a significant niche player as the value of thier phone / tablet ecosystem diminishes.

As much as anyone else in the ecosystem, writers and authors need to reinforce the value of what we all do and any solutions need to address the hard - core fiscal demands for all parts of the ecosysteAs much as anyone else in the ecosystem, writers and authors need to reinforce the value of what we all do and any solutions need to address the hard - core fiscal demands for all parts of the ecosysteas anyone else in the ecosystem, writers and authors need to reinforce the value of what we all do and any solutions need to address the hard - core fiscal demands for all parts of the ecosystem.

[60][61] Kelp forests are valued for recreational activities such as SCUBA diving and kayaking; the industries that support these sports represent one benefit related to the ecosystem and the enjoyment derived from these activities represents another.

Also, who doesn't love the indie darlings which have made the console home, made even better by initiatives such as cross-buy, cross-save and cross-play, which allow great value for money across the entire PlayStation ecosystem and the chance to expand your library at a fraction of the cost.

* Recognition of the monetary and non-monetary values of public goods such as ecosystem services, education, health and global common resources such as the oceans and the atmosphere.

«The ecosystem services have actually been valued at $ 3 billion — meaning that the protection that these reefs give against tsunami waves, against coastal erosion is a dollar figure that we can never engineer anything as effective as our reefs, and in order for them to work, they have to be healthy,» said Richmond.

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.

Moreover, human well - being on most small islands is heavily reliant on ecosystem services such as amenity value and fisheries (Wong et al., 2005).

In particular, it points out that, in order to effectively couple climate financing with strong and measurable sustainable development criteria, there is a need to move beyond carbon as a standalone tradeable commodity, by increasingly valuing the significant range of additional ecosystem and socio - economic services provided by sustainable agriculture practices and programmes that simultaneously address climate concerns and sustainable rural development priorities.

A new taxpayer - funded NASA / Penn State «scientific» study warns that «ecosystem - valuing universalist» (really «green») aliens might realize that we have been altering «the chemical composition of Earth's atmosphere,» conclude that we have «ecological destructive tendencies,» and «wipe humanity out in order to preserve the Earth system as a whole.»

This newsletter discusses the publishing of rivers climate change indicators for the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, engineering design values for Island Health, progress on the development of the Climate Tool for Engineers, new partnerships with the Blueberry Council of BC and the Comox Valley Regional District, a paper on projected changes to summer mean wet bulb globe temperatures led by Chao Li, a Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society article on extreme wildfire risk in the Fort McMurray area by Megan Kirchmeier - Young, a staff profile on Dr. Gildas Dayon, the PCIC Climate Seminar Series, a welcome to doctoral student Yaheng Tan, the release of PCIC's 2016 - 2017 Corporate Report, the release of a Science Brief on snowmelt and drought, the publishing of Climate Change Projections for the Cowichan Valley Regional District and State of the Physical, Biological and Selected Fishery Resources of Pacific Canadian Marine Ecosystems in 2016, as well as peer - reviewed publications since the last newsletter.

They studied conservation values like wilderness protection and restoration processes as well as a number of variables, including how much human modification the land has experienced, how important the land is as a natural linkage between protected areas, how well the land's ecosystems are represented within existing protected areas, and whether a place is rich in rare and endemic species.