Sentences with phrase «overall area protected»

With as much as 40 % of the countryÂ's overall area protected under wildlife sanctuaries, marine reserves and national parks, the country is a haven for a large variety of birds, mammals and sea creatures.

Not exact matches

The NHS budget has actually been ring fenced (don't give them too much credit for this, it's a cynical way of seeming to «protect» more popular or «sexy» areas of spending while providing political cover for the overall austerity programme).

Overall, 13 of the protected areas (57 percent) had lost their entire primate populations, while another five had lost half of their species.

The study draws on an earlier analysis the lab conducted for the Western Governors» Association to identify areas where renewable resources are the strongest, most consistent, and most concentrated, and where development would avoid protected areas and minimize the overall impact on wildlife habitat.

«Unfortunately, the amount of aid is so little and the pressures to cut down the forest for furniture markets, firewood and building materials for homes, or other uses are so great that the conservation and money and protected areas are not enough to counteract the overall loss of forest in many countries.»

A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.

That overall finding is critically important now as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos seems intent on the Department doing less rather than more to protect children from discrimination in suspensions and expulsions and other areas and reversing what progress has been made.

Also, a 12.9 inch display for a tablet calls for suitable means of protecting the screen, which is another area that could add some more weight to the overall device.

Personally, I don't think it is a help overall; by making a sharp distinction between areas that the government will protect, and those it won't, it increases the total panic level — better they should not guarantee anything.

The part of the overall space of 320km2 which was designated as the protected reserve of the Delta de l'Ebre Natural Park takes up an area of 80km2, which is located in the province of Tarragona.

While the global picture of corals is gloomy in both the shallow and deep seas, the overall evidence is strong that marine protected areas protect not only corals, but the associated biological diversity that they support — fishes, invertebrates, marine mammals, seabirds, and more.

A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.

CCLA's work in relation to rights abuses in prisons and jails cuts across a number of our key advocacy areas, and is directly related to our overall mandate to protect rights and freedoms in Canada.

This may increase overall insurance rates in the area, but it's best to be protected when you're on the road that much.