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Because growing vegetation absorbs carbon dioxide, the Kyoto Protocol allows Annex I countries with large areas of growing forests to issue Removal Units to recognise the sequestration of carbon.
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Because and growing
Because the climate was not well suited for growing grapes and nearby property was not available to expand their landholdings, the Harmonists submitted a petition to the U. S. government for assistance in purchasing land elsewhere.
Because the area's climate was not suitable, they had difficulties growing grapes for wine.
Because of the expansion of form ( those elements pertaining to form, key, instrumentation and the like ) within a typical composition, and the growing idiosyncrasies and expressiveness of the new composers from the new century, it thus became easier to identify an artist based on his work or style.
Because of Chardonnay's early ripening, it can thrive in wine regions with a short growing season and, in regions like Burgundy, will be harvested before autumn rain sets in and brings the threat of rot.
Because of Donegal's hilly and mountain landscape, Mountain Biking has become a significant and growing interest.
Because of the structure of the SYNOP code, a maximum of three cloud symbols can be plotted for each reporting station that appears on the weather map ; one symbol each for a low ( or upward growing vertical ) cloud type, a middle ( or downward growing vertical ) type, and one for a high cloud type.
Because of the growing power of Braunschweig's burghers, the Princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, who ruled over one of the subdivisions of Brunswick-Lüneburg, finally moved their Residenz out of the city and to the nearby town of Wolfenbüttel in 1432.
Because of the high value that spices had in Europe and the large profits rendered, combined with Portugal's growing internal problems, the Dutch and British joined in the conflicts around 1600, to try to gain a monopoly over the trade and expel Portugal.
Because of its beauty and ease of growing, the California poppy was introduced into several regions with similar Mediterranean climates.
Because cotton is the world's biggest nonfood crop, and water shortages are a growing global trend, some jean companies are looking into ways to reduce the amount of water needed in their production of jeans-from field to factory.
Because of the growing incoming orders and the enlarged dimensions of ships it soon became necessary to enlarge the yard facilities and mainly the slipways.
Because many areas have plentiful rainfall and mild summers, the Pacific Northwest has some of North America's most lush and extensive forests, which are extensively populated with coast Douglas-fir trees, the second tallest growing evergreen conifer on earth.
Because they are descended from tropical plants and tend to require warm temperatures throughout a relatively long growing period, cantaloupes grown in temperate climates are frequently started indoors for 14 days or longer before being transplanted outdoors.
Because of a puppy's natural energy, Dane owners often take steps to minimize activity while the dog is still growing.
Because of the availability of jobs in Petersburg, many free people of color in Virginia migrated to the growing urban community.
Because of its history, the Ruhr is structured differently from monocentric urban regions such as Berlin and London, which developed through the rapid merger of smaller towns and villages with a growing central city.
Because of the growing importance of truck farming, these roads and others were built to facilitate the transportation of produce to local markets throughout the 1920s.
Because of the growing size of the city, officials are planning a major revamp of the downtown.
Because they were built with spiral staircases ( long since removed ), people rode horses or took carriage rides to the towers in order to climb the stairs and view growing Cincinnati to the south and countryside to the north.
Because of the fertile, irrigated land, farm products increased and with the long growing season in the Rio Grande Valley, farming flourished.
Because of continued adoption of the 8VSB-based ATSC standard in the U. S., and a large growing ATSC receiver population, a switch to COFDM is now essentially impossible.
Because Edgerton was once the center of the tobacco growing region in Wisconsin, the community's annual celebration is called Tobacco Days.
Because and vegetation
Because of very high rates of evaporation, soil and plants rapidly lose the little moisture obtained from the rain, and vegetation could not survive without extensive irrigation.
Because of Malden's isolation and aridity, its vegetation is extremely limited.
Because the plateau of Jebel Akhdar is porous limestone, rainfall seeps quickly through it, and the vegetation, which might be expected to be more lush, is meager.
Because it was once part of South America, Trinidad has an assortment of tropical vegetation and wildlife considerably more varied than that of most West Indian islands.
Because of their size and their habit of taking the same paths to feed, hippos can have a significant impact on the land they walk across, both by keeping the land clear of vegetation and depressing the ground.
Because the county sits at the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay along the Susquehanna River, it plays a key role in controlling sediment and fertilizer runoff into the bay as well as fostering submerged aquatic vegetation ( SAV ) regrowth.
Because their prey is entirely caught on the wing they are not dependent on any vegetation type.
Because the peaks are relatively inaccessible the natural vegetation of the area has remained intact.
Because there was then a fashion for ruins covered in ivy, the vegetation was not removed despite its detrimental effect on the masonry, and the trees which had taken root in the courtyard were left.
Because the terrain and vegetation were uniform in each of the natural zones, the Soviet Union, as a whole, presented an illusion of uniformity.
Because European explorers initially traveled through tropical rainforests largely by river, the dense, tangled vegetation lining the stream banks gave a misleading impression that such jungle conditions existed throughout the entire forest.
Because fireweed can colonize disturbed sites, even following an old oil spill, it is often used to reestablish vegetation.
Because of the weak flows and shallow depth, water is relatively warm and quiet that promotes growth of aquatic vegetation.
Because of the altitude and the water-holding properties of the sandstone, the vegetation is somewhat richer than the surrounding desert ; it includes a very scattered woodland of the endangered endemic species Saharan Cypress and Saharan Myrtle in the higher eastern half of the range.
Because of the steep elevation increase around the pass, the vegetation graduates from sub-tropical forest at its base, to a temperate region, to a wet and dry alpine climate, and finally to cold tundra desert devoid of vegetation.
Because the climate and soil of the zona da mata are excellent for the production of sugar cane, very little of the original Atlantic Rainforest vegetation remains.
Because there is only a single canopy layer and because the tree species found in the bosque are generally deciduous, a wide variety of shrubs, grasses, and other understory vegetation is also supported.
Because of the favorable climatic conditions, the land enjoys luxuriant vegetation, thus, it has abundant resources of different species of timber.
Because the soils are shallow and stony, there is much semi-natural vegetation to be found in these areas.
Because of the exceptionally low vegetation supply, wildlife is very scarce.
Because of this lowered gravity, it is believed that vegetation has difficulty seeding properly, giving life a tenuous foothold at best on any given planet.
Because of the exceptionally high salinity it has practically no marine vegetation.
Because fresh water is scarce, trees are sparse and low scrub is the predominant vegetation.
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