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January 23, 2003: Population Growth Leading to Land Hunger
The experience in Rwanda, Africa's most densely populated country, highlights the potentially serious ramifications of land scarcity. Between 1950 and 1990, Rwanda's population tripled from 2.1 million to 6.8 million. The per capita grainland availability fell to 0.03 hectares. James Gasana, Rwanda's ...
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Falklands Conservation: The Urgent Need
Islands The continuing increase in economic and human activity, both locally and globally, poses threats to Falklands wildlife. Within the next 10 years a major oil industry is likely to develop around the islands, with potentially serious environmental impact. Initial exploration starts this year and the effects of the industry require urgent and objective study. ...
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The UK Groundwater Forum
We have to balance the needs of the environment against our need for water for drinking, agriculture and industry. Water supply problems are made worse by the legacy of ...
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We find that commercial application today of genetical engineering for production of foods as well as for other purposes cannot be scientifically justified and carries with it unpredictable and potentially serious consequences. This includes plants, trees, bacteria, insects and animals. The reasons are as follows: The knowledge about genes is too incomplete to make it possible to predict the ...
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Abrupt Climate Change Research at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in Palisades, New York
Were such an event to recur, the economic and ecological impacts could be large and potentially serious." Alley, R.B., J. Marotzke, W.D. Nordhaus, J.T. Overpeck, D.M. Peteet, R.A. Pielke, Jr., R.T. ...
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CRU Information Sheet no. 7: Thermohaline circulation
The majority of climate scientist believe that a critical change in the THC is unlikely to occur during this century, but the question cannot be answered with certainty at present. Due to the potentially serious impact on our climate of a collapse of the THC, it must be regarded as a low-risk, high-impact event that ...
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Green Indoor Environments | Indoor Air Quality | Air | US EPA
Mold Mold has emerged as a potentially serious health threat in all types of buildings. EPA provides detailed guidance on how to avoid and mitigate this threat in such publications as: Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings, and A Brief Guide to Mold, ...
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Kind Planet Environmental Info - Biodiversity - Part of Our Environmental Forum
The ultimate effects of these climate changes are unknown but risk potentially serious consequences for humans as well as other species. In his paper, Biological Diversity: The Oldest Human Heritage, Professor Edward Wilson writes, Certainly over millions of years species adapted ...
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Genetically Engineered Food - Safety Problems. Step one of introduction.
Step one Our main conclusions at a glance Commercial application of genetical engineering for production of foods cannot be scientifically justified and carries with it unpredictable and potentially serious consequences. The reasons are as follows: The knowledge about the genes and how they work is too incomplete to make it possible to predict and understand all consequences of ...
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But there is enough knowledge to say that the hazards are potentially serious and require careful investigation. The industry has in practice extensive control over the research ... But some cases have been discovered experimentally [ML] . The present scarcity of knowledge might have serious consequences if it turns out that long- term harmful effects are common due to GE ...
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