Illegal activity can also put pressure on forest resources.

Pressure on water resources due to increased crop intensity brings about increased water resource competition in areas where water resources are scarce.

During that assessment, we must bear in mind that pressure on UNOCI's resources will only increase.

These countries urgently need to reduce pressure on their budgets, which are financed from meagre resources.

This will put pressure on the rural economy and place more strain on areas already grappling with meagre resources.

The pressure on the planet s resources, commodities, water, and food will be huge, making a global rebalancing practically inevitable.

This variability is driven by the degree of aridity combined with the pressure people put on the ecosystem's resources.

Rising demands accompanied by rising expectations are putting pressure on Government capacities to mobilize resources to meet these demands.

A system based on the EU s own resources would reduce tension between contributors and beneficiaries and ease pressure on member states budgets.

Such measures, combined with efforts to raise agricultural productivity in developing countries, will contribute to relieving pressure on natural resources.

An important aspect related to the spatial distribution of population is the pressure that large population concentrations exercise on natural resources.

There is population pressure and economic pressure related to cattle raising, for instance and competition for ever scarcer resources, such as land and water.

Pressure on fuelwood resources can be reduced by promoting a shift from relatively low efficiency traditional fuelwood burning stoves to other technologies.

Against a background of sustained population growth, the accelerating deterioration of ecosystems has been leading to steadily rising pressure on natural resources.

Governments are also equally under pressure to manage their existing resources more judiciously and expeditiously.

Saudi Arabia asserts that an education programme of the type proposed would alleviate pressure on natural resources that would otherwise result from population growth.

Provoked the sprouting of dislocated environment, mainly women who, in turn, exert a high demographic pressure on the natural resources in the immigration small farms.

Reducing demographic pressure on forests.

Running horizontally along the graph, is ecological footprint, which is a measure of how much resources we use and how much pressure we put on the planet.

Iceland is concerned that once resources enter into the assessment, there will be additional pressure to influence fisheries management.

A back pressure valve on the gas outlet to maintain a steady pressure in the vessel.

There was nevertheless increasing pressure on Morocco.

However, the pressure on staff is unsustainable.

Due to growing pressure on financial and human resources, smaller and developing country delegations in particular were unable to prepare effectively for meetings and ensure the desired level of participation.

Parties alluded to the increasing pressure being placed on water resources in their countries, which makes it necessary for them to identify other sources, such as groundwater and desalinated water.

The United States, in particular, put enormous pressure on Japan to take expansive policy measures to relieve the pressure on the international system.

Two factors are intensifying the pressure on Sarkozy.

This will certainly put pressure on the government.

Natural disasters (droughts, floods and tropical cyclones) have been provoking environmental displaced persons, mostly among women who, in turn, exercise an elevated demographic pressure on natural resources where they migrate to.

Unsustainable processes of development had exerted tremendous pressure on natural resources and unsustainable patterns of production and consumption, especially in the industrialized countries, were threatening the fragility of the natural environment.

Thus, there is a well founded fear that the planet s natural resources (broadly defined) and recuperative capacities will not withstand the pressure.

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There is no agreement on a pressure lower limit.

Russia's foreign ministry warned against putting pressure on Myanmar on June 8.

It is then necessary to attempt to determine to what the failure was attributable such as inadequate training, inadequate resources, bias, or political pressure.

Sound pressure level Sound pressure is the difference, in a given medium, between average local pressure and the pressure in the sound wave.

European pressure on President Bashar al Assad s regime is intensifying.

The Armed Forces continued to exert pressure on the ELN.

Currently, pressure must be maintained on the parties in Abuja.

America will, of course, continue to put pressure on its allies, but democracy has a way of limiting the effectiveness of such pressure.

Of course, upward pressure on commodity prices also stems from supply side challenges. It is not just that global supplies of resources are increasingly scarce, but also that supplies are increasingly falling into inefficient hands.

The pressure gradient between this region and the ambient pressure will propel matter toward the low pressure area.

Iranian authorities stepped up the pressure on Iranian media last week.

Reduced population growth means less pressure on land, water, and biodiversity.

The pressure on employment and household budgets is likely to persist.