Additionally, groundwater contributes to sustain many different types of eco-systems upon which people depend.
He said the maintenance of the world's eco-systems was directly linked to the economic well-being of nations.
Eco-systems (such as Prince William Sound) recover from oil spills to a substantial degree, and within decades, not centuries.
The joint Environment Agency and United Utilities scheme is designed to "boost the eco-systems" of the rivers Brennand and Whitendale, a spokesman said.
The heir to the throne has been particularly outspoken on environmental issues and in the last 12 months has visited eco-systems in Indonesia, Borneo and Brazil.
The winners will be the ones able to rethink their positioning in the value chain of their respective industries and to rapidly enable the eco-systems, tools and infrastructure required to execute their new strategy.
The new wave of hybrid vehicles is creating interest, and we also are seeing a niche develop with organisations purchasing complete 'EV eco-systems, ' packages of vehicles and charging infrastructure to meet specific transport needs.
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It benefits the upper and upper-middle classes, the argument goes, by the strict standards it imposes to protect the land: growth control, open space, maintained eco-systems and the preservation of town or village character.
We are built around industry eco-systems.
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We include in the list Gardeners like Claire Diaz-Ortiz at Twitter who is committed to getting everyone a voice and to spreading the power of purpose, author Ron Adner who thinks deeply about the cultivation of innovation across entire eco-systems and game changer Ray Chambers who helped lead the successful coalition at Malaria No More.
Expect future cars to help motorists garner maximum mileage by leveraging technology like the eco-tutoring systems found in many hybrids, wider use of tire-pressure, oil life and engine-tuning monitoring systems and more-sophisticated GPS guidance that can select less-congested routes.
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Still in embryo, the ideas include data systems that allow drivers to map the fastest and most eco-friendly routes.
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