Sentences with phrase «designated conservation area»

Since August of this year, a determined group of Burnaby residents have been stopping Kinder Morgan work crews at a designated conservation area within Burnaby Mountain.

In 2009, the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program led the way in getting 187,000 acres of tree kangaroo habitat in Papua New Guinea set aside as a designated Conservation Area.

Take some time to stroll along the cobbled streets of Durham's compact city centre - a designated conservation area - which are lined with historic and listed buildings.

Crovie is a 200y fishing village and a Designated Conservation Area near Banff, Scotland.

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Chiltepin Preserve Officially DedicatedAfter a decade of waiting, Native Seeds / SEARCH, a Tucson - based seed conservation organization, announced that the National Forest Service has officially designated a 4 - square - mile area in the Coronado National Forest as a Special Management Area for the wild chile pepper, or chiltearea in the Coronado National Forest as a Special Management Area for the wild chile pepper, or chilteArea for the wild chile pepper, or chiltepin.

The resulting reduction in carbon emissions is particularly striking given that buildings at the site include restored and refurbished Victorian Mill buildings, some of which are Grade II listed (designated as being particularly important and of special interest and protected by UK law), within a Conservation Area and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

The state Department of Environmental Conservation could designate the area a Superfund site, depending on the outcome of the investigation.

This would require developers specifically to address conservation interests before going ahead with their roads, mines or marinas in a designated SSSI (to be renamed a special area of conservation).

Protected areas, like national parks and nature reserves, are areas designated or regulated to achieve specific biodiversity conservation objectives.

Although increasing illumination was more common in MPAs associated with human activity, even those designated as strict nature reserves or wilderness areas, which have limited human intrusion, experienced increasing light — about 9 % are experiencing increases in artificial light intensity, the team reports online before print in Conservation Letters.

Such data could guide the United Nations» effort to designate a series of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas to focus future conservation efforts, Halpin notes.

Intensify conservation efforts in the large landscapes required for snow leopard survival by identifying and designating critical habitats of key snow leopard populations as no - go areas for destructive land uses, maintaining their integrity and connectivity through natural corridors, and strengthening their protection on the ground.

There are over 5,000 listed school buildings in England (although some of these are no longer in educational use) while there are many more situated within conservation areas designated for their special character.

This crater contains more than 18 acres of land, and has been designated a marine life and bird conservation area.

Global conservation efforts like the Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative have aimed to protect the reef by limiting tourist snorkeling and scuba diving to certain designated areas, and mandating that visitors wear biodegradable sunscreens and lifejackets to further reduce impact on the sensitive ecosystem.

Conservation Status A new colony of common murres is situated within Channel Islands National Park, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, and the recently designated Harris Point California Marine Protected Area.

The efforts, which range from designated and enforced protected areas, conservation awareness, and community - wide cleanups, help to keep Belize the paradise that it is.

The 2,500 hectare Cuilcagh Mountain Park, which is managed by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and is a designated Special Area of Conservation due to its internationally important blanket bog and significant range -LSB-...]

This answer is repeated in defense of setting aside fragile ecosystems, designating roadless areas, granting conservation easements, protecting the river bluffs, and establishing stricter zoning codes in counties.

The National Petroleum Reserve has five Special Areas, including the Colville River Special Area, that were designated for their high conservation and subsistence values.

In 1997, the Bank joined forces with the World Wide Fund for Nature to form the Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use; by 2005 they had helped designate 55 million hectares of new forest protected areas and certify 22 million hectares of forest.

And just two months after the voyage, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), an international body that manages human activities in the Southern Ocean, took a critical step toward that protection, designating the Ross Sea as the world's largest marine protected area (MPA).

Building upon proposed federally mandated protections, the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), working together with Deepwater Wind, Energy Management, Inc. (owner of Cape Wind in Massachusetts) and NRG Bluewater Wind, have drafted a set of protective measures that these developers will voluntarily implement over the next four years in areas designated by the administration as Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Areas, which stretch from New Jersey to Virginia (map available here: http://on.doi.gov/UWoareas designated by the administration as Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Areas, which stretch from New Jersey to Virginia (map available here: http://on.doi.gov/UWoAreas, which stretch from New Jersey to Virginia (map available here: http://on.doi.gov/UWoNPF).

The riverine environment is designated as an SSSI (Special Site of Scientific Interest) and an SAC (Special Area of Conservation).

So, on paper at least, news from The Guardian that Britain is doubling its number of Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), designating 20 % of its waters as protected areas, should be welcome news indeed.

(4) A sewage system inspector appointed under this section in an area of jurisdiction or, if there is more than one inspector in the area of jurisdiction, the inspector designated by the council of an upper - tier municipality, board of health or conservation authority has the same powers and duties in relation to sewage systems as does the chief building official in respect of buildings.

The proposed route of the pipeline expansion is through a sensitive area that has been designated for conservation by the municipality.