The takeaway is clear: cats are a growing environmental concern because they are driving down some native bird populations — on islands, to be sure, but also in ecologically sensitive continental areas.
"But from an ecological point of view, many flood plains are ecologically sensitive, and it might make sense not to build on them.
Assaults by marines and armored vehicles along the 20 miles of coast would require amphibious crafts to plow over the barrier beaches of Padre Island National Seashore and then cut across the Intracoastal Canal and the ecologically sensitive Laguna Madre, an estuarial breeding ground of sea grasses.
Several of its mines, however, are near ecologically sensitive areas.
Granted, embracing pollution controls or mining coal in ecologically sensitive ways is not cheap.
I'm really trying to do things that are ecologically sensitive now".
Already the local community can see the benefit of managing land in an ecologically sensitive manner.
"Big picture, there is interest in ecologically sensitive corporate travel programs," he said.
A veteran builder, he specializes in high-end construction, often incorporating ecologically sensitive technologies.
The "eco-tourism" development of the ecologically sensitive Chapora river area by means of "ferry terminals, a tourist village, museum, marinas, fisherman's wharf, hotels, an underwater aquarium, sea world, a bird park, an adventure sports island, a tree-top hotel, hotel complex, an exhibition centre …" With sadness, we have decided to leave, to look toward Europe or Latin America.
