Sentence examples for biodiversity from inspiring English sources

Ecocide (wilful damage to the environment, ecosystems, biodiversity) should be internationally recognised as a crime of the greatest magnitude.

UN executive Brice Lalonde, for example, has pushed for agriculture to be at the centre of negotiations, arguing that from agriculture other development goals – gender, biodiversity, land use, water, energy – flow.

In addition to being home to around one-third of the planet's biodiversity, the Amazon is considered one of the world's most important natural defenses against global warming because of its capacity to absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide.

A group called the Northwest Santa Tecla Ecological Defence Committee has filed a complaint with the environmental secretariat at the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Act (DR-Cafta) alleging that the Villa Veranda development could threaten local water supplies, biodiversity and quality of life for communities nearby.

"A huge disconnect [exists] between policies on biodiversity and forest conservation, on the one hand, and prevailing unsustainable development models and practices, on the other," said a recent report by the Forest Peoples Programme.

The report admits there is "no question" that widespread growing of herbicide tolerant crops has led to wider spraying of herbicide chemicals, resulting in the development of resistant super-weeds, and the "likely" reduction in wider biodiversity.

The scientists' report, published in Biological Reviews, found that while, largely, the dinosaurs were faring well at the time of the asteroid impact, the big plant-eating types, including the horned triceratops and duck-billed dinosaurs, had suffered a loss of biodiversity.

The flowers are loved by bees in the same way as lavender Biodiversity is important partly because a monoculture can harbour pests and disease.

The group looked at work done on prehistoric climate and temperatures, changes in sea levels, volcanic activity and biodiversity, before reaching a consensus that the asteroid was the prime culprit.

Among 47 new environmental conditions imposed by the authority with the approval to dump the spoil within the park was: Measures to minimise impact on biodiversity, particularly coral.

Under international pressure, the country adopted in June 2014 a new biodiversity law criminalising the killing of protected animals.