Примеры использования Destruction of coral reefs на Английском языке и их переводы на Русский язык
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Ocean acidification will accelerate the destruction of coral reefs.
The widespread bleaching and destruction of coral reefs in recent years have been linked to a number of factors, both natural and man-made.
Thus, reduction in greenhouse gas emissions was essential in order to retard climate change andsea level rise, and to prevent the destruction of coral reefs.
The loss of valuable marine life, the destruction of coral reefs and the siltation and erosion of coastal beaches, on which island tourism highly depends.
Since 1998, the Convention has addressed issues such as integrated marine and coastal area management, marine protected areas, coral bleaching, andphysical degradation and destruction of coral reefs.
For example, healthy ecosystems play an important role in mitigating or reducing the risk or disasters,yet human interventions such as the destruction of coral reefs and deforestation can diminish the ability of ecosystems to provide protection against natural hazards.
The coral reef work programme will concentrate on two issues considered to be the major causes of coral reef mortality worldwide: coral bleaching andthe physical degradation and destruction of coral reefs.
Ocean acidification and the destruction of coral reefs, critical to biodiversity and ecosystem adaptation, have severe repercussions in virtually all aspects of life in small island developing States, threatening fish stocks and food security, livelihoods and the ecological integrity of coastal zones.
It was also noted that,given the strong likelihood that the process of ocean acidification would continue along with the destruction of coral reefs, traditional livelihoods would also be negatively impacted.
Therefore, we must establish an integrated and effective system for information exchange and technology transfer aimed at enhancing developing countries' capacity to establish ocean observation programmes, applying the standards relating to ocean acidification to the context of climate change and sharing modern fisheries technology in order to implement ecosystem andecological measures to preserve biological diversity and avert the destruction of coral reefs and habitats.
With respect to the problem of coral bleaching,there was an agreement that SBSTTA should expand its analysis of the phenomenon to include the effects of the physical degradation and destruction of coral reefs as a potential threat to the biological diversity of those ecosystems recommendation IV/1,(A) para. 6.
For example, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, by its decision VII/5, adopted an elaborated programme of work on marine andcoastal biodiversity that included a list of suggested activities to address physical degradation and destruction of coral reefs, including a workplan on coral bleaching.
Small island developing States face unique threats related to global environmental issues,including climate change(sea-level rise, destruction of coral reefs critical to food security and ecosystem adaptation), tourism, loss of biodiversity, waste pollution, scarcity of freshwater and acidification of the oceans.
As such, it builds on the existing specific workplan(appendix 1 of annex I to decision VII/5) and is in line with operational objective 2.3 of the elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity(annex I to decision VII/5)as well as the elements of a workplan on physical degradation and destruction of coral reefs, including cold-water corals appendix 2 of annex I to decision VII/5.
In addition, the programme, including its annexes, contained work plans on coral bleaching andon physical degradation and destruction of coral reefs; elements of a marine and coastal biodiversity management framework; research priorities, including research and monitoring projects associated with marine and coastal protected areas; and research and monitoring priorities associated with mariculture.
The disposal of untreated effluents into surrounding areas of land and sea often leads to the pollution of scarce inland freshwater resources, loss of valuable marine life, destruction of coral reefs and the silting and erosion of coastal beaches.
The report also noted that the marine ecosystems and biodiversity of small island developing States were especially susceptible to damage,including destruction of coral reefs by fisherfolk or tourists; pollution, sedimentation and land reclamation; natural disasters; conversion of mangroves and wetlands resulting in loss of important nursery areas; use of large-scale pelagic driftnets which impact marine mammals, turtles, birds and non-targeted fish; and overfishing in general.
Soil erosion, which is associated with construction activity or natural erosion, is another area of special concern in southern Guam,since sedimentation has resulted in the destruction of coral reefs in areas adjacent to the mouths of rivers.
In April 2002, the Sixth Conference approved the continued implementation of the specific work plan on coral bleaching and the elaboration andimplementation of the work plan on the physical degradation and destruction of coral reefs(decision VI/3), requesting continued cooperation with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and strengthened collaboration between the Biodiversity Convention secretariat and regional seas conventions and action plans.
Where untreated effluents are disposed into surrounding areas of land and sea, the result often is the pollution of scarce inland freshwater resources,the loss of valuable marine life, the destruction of coral reefs and the silting and erosion of coastal beaches.
Exposure to global environmental challenges. Small island developing States face unique threats related to global environmental issues,including climate change(sea-level rise, destruction of coral reefs critical to food security), tourism, biodiversity loss, waste pollution and acidification of the oceans.
It also invited the Biodiversity Convention Secretariat's Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical andTechnological Advice(SBSTTA) to include in its study of coral bleaching, the effects of the physical degradation and destruction of coral reefs as a threat to the biological diversity of coral reef ecosystems.
The United States Navy's plans included the destruction of acres of coral reef and the building of firing ranges on previously pristine land.
Indiscriminate development of water catchment areas is contributing to contamination of drinking water and the drying up of rivers,leading to decreased access to safe drinking water and destruction of marine life and coral reefs and loss of biodiversity.
In Norway, regulations were adopted to protect cold-water coral reefs, which provided that intentional and negligent destruction of known coral reefs was prohibited and precaution was required when fishing in the vicinity of known cold-water coral reefs and eight particularly valuable coral reefs had been granted special protection.
Specific concerns include destruction of breeding and nursery areas(e.g. mangrove forests and coral reefs), changes in nutrient availability and potential reduction in fishery resources owing to ENSO events e.g. Peru.
Jamaica has promoted research on coral reefs, supported coral reef mapping, monitored coastal development and construction that may contribute to coral reef destruction and developed guidelines on the collection and export of reef materials.
One fifth of the world's coral reefs have been lost, and more than 60 per cent are under immediate and direct threat from overharvesting, pollution arising from land-based activities, including nutrients, sediments, and sewage, and physical alteration and destruction of habitat as a result of poorly managed coastal development.
Practices such as intensive sand mining for tourism-related construction- a feature of many coastal areas- have been responsible for beach destruction; in coastal areas where coral reefs have been destroyed by sewage and other pollution such beach destruction is unlikely to be replenished naturally.
We are endangered by the threat of sea-level rise and face the destruction of our coral reefs.