Sentence examples for intact ecosystems from inspiring English sources

Intact ecosystems also yield benefits for people and other species.

Intact ecosystems also serve as insurance against floods, landslides and even tsunamis.

In many parts of the world, protected areas contain the remaining vestiges of intact ecosystems.

The likelihood and magnitude of losses can be reduced by intact ecosystems near vulnerable coastal communities.

(Spread over 1.4 billion acres, Canada's boreal forest is considered one of the largest still intact ecosystems on the planet).

"We know that healthy, intact ecosystems are fundamental to the health of our wildlife – and our nation," Jewell said.

The newly described remains of this nearly intact ecosystem were uncovered in an Illinois coal mine.

It offers a landscape unlike any other: a largely intact ecosystem rich in wildlife and rich in geothermal features.

At the same time we are engaged in a war against nature, scientists are discovering just how much we depend on having an intact ecosystem.

This project will set an ominous precedent by ripping apart a healthy, intact ecosystem in the guise of doing something about climate change.

"You have basically a large intact ecosystem that is big enough and intact enough to have viable populations of large mammals that are very threatened elsewhere in small habitats surrounded by a sea of rice paddies," Mr. Weiler said.