biome

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The following criteria apply to all agribusiness companies operating within the Brazilian Amazon biome, hereafter referred to as COMPANIES, and for all and any property which supplies COMPANIES with cattle, including beef, leather and other cattle by-products.

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  1. noun A major regional or global biotic community, such as a grassland or desert, characterized chiefly by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate.

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  • Using examples from our local area, we will discuss and illustrate concepts such as ecosystem, biome, diversity, fragmentation, succession, etc., and how they help us to see the outdoors as habitat, in all of its beautiful complexity. —  Feed of Eventbrite Events
  • "The goal is not to punish but to prevent destruction of the biome," said Minc, who has publicly clashed with Maggi over deforestation during his first 10 months as Environment Minister. —  Mongabay.com News
  • The biome is home to as much as one-third of the planet's terrestrial species. —  Mongabay.com News
  • The 3.5 to 2.5 cal kyr BP ACC is drier and lasted longer than the 4.2 to 3.9 cal kyr BP ACC, and is characterized by the development of a warm steppe pollen-derived biome (1100-800 B.C.) and a peak of hot desert pollen-derived biome at 900 B.C. —  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
  • December 17th, 2007 at 8: 15 pm aquatic life zone near desert biome … —  MVN
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