The word "ecosystems" is correctly spelled and can be used in written English.
It is a noun, usually referring to a natural system consisting of a community of living organisms and their physical environment in which they interact. Example sentence: Interactions between different ecosystems can be complex and often difficult to predict.
Ecocide (wilful damage to the environment, ecosystems, biodiversity) should be internationally recognised as a crime of the greatest magnitude.
Sophisticated satellite mapping has made the task easier by identifying the location and extent of mangrove ecosystems now designated as protected forestland.
True, the new law states that oil and gas operations in "protected areas" will reduce poverty and contribute to Bolivia's development, and requires "fragile ecosystems" to be taken into account and the use of the most up-to-date technology, among other things.
Committed to the welfare of the land and all ecosystems, your hosts left city life to run a bio-dynamic goat farm in Château Chervix and be as self-sufficient as possible.
Initiatives registered so far call for action on vivisection, ecocide (the mass destruction of ecosystems) and media pluralism.
"Even a two-degree celsius rise would be a very dangerous level of warming for coral reef ecosystems, including the Great Barrier Reef, and the people who derive benefits them," it stated.
We do not have to look hard for examples of man's arrogance, ignorance or ineptitude, his evidence of destruction; the fossil fuels burned, the seas and lands depleted, the habitats and ecosystems disturbed.
"Continued destruction of these carbon-rich ecosystems will gradually diminish their ability to function properly, resulting in a potentially irreversible impact on the atmosphere and the planet," said the report.
Given the remarkable expansion in the number of people using Apple computers, you would have thought that any disruption, intentional or otherwise, in the software ecosystems on which they depend for work would be regarded as news.
These policies should be based on a simple rule: one should not spoil the balance of ecosystems for simple profit.
Although world governments continue to debate the need to cap greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the local and regional pressures is one way to strengthen the natural resilience of ecosystems… If this is a study the mining and resources industry thinks backs its plans for increasing exports of fossil fuels, then I would hate to see a report that doesn't.
