Sentences with phrase «own nature reserve»

For the price of # 1 ($ 1.50 USD) a day, Pearce moored his boat at a UNESCO nature reserve, saving hundreds on the cost of docking in a nearby marina.

He cooked meals onboard, too, using drift wood from the nature reserve for fire.

He's also been instrumental in funding a 27,000 - acre nature reserve in China.

On the other hand, while WiFi will be in plenty of places — assuming the protocol still exists in 2067 — it's unlikely to cover nature reserves.

This nature reserve provides refuge to the grey fox, guanaco, Patagonian woodpecker, hawk, and steamer duck.

God told one retired man to pick up litter in his local nature reserve which has led to all kinds of opportunities to witness.

Their succulent collection is outstanding and they have many theme gardens and a nature reserve.

Parasol covered outdoor tables are nestled within a tastefully fenced off area that offers a little privacy from the rest of the square and a view out towards the Canada Water nature reserve.

On our one day off, Mary Jane and I visited the Institute for Nature Study, a gigantic nature reserve in the middle of Tokyo that has preserved the native forest, ponds, and streams in a pristine environment since 1917.

I fell in love with Gamla Stan, the old town, and the southern end of the city with a huge nature reserve.

Danish magazine SE Og HOR have gifted the 27 - year - old 1 sq.ft of land in Glencoe Wood, a nature reserve in Scotland, with the Gunners flop announced as Lord of this area on a special certificate.

Former Arsenal, Crystal Palace and Scotland keeper George Wood is a keen bird watcher and has a nature reserve named after him back home in Lanarkshire.

Whether it is a big home on a large plot of land, a flat in the middle of London, or a modest cabin on the edge of a nature reserve, now is the time to find your dream home.

Nature Reserves and National Parks such as Doñana, Garajonay and Ordesa and Monte Perdido, have environmental workshops that teach children about the mountains, wetlands, and the flora and fauna of the different ecosystems.

Pegwell Bay sits on the estuary of the River Stour between Ramsgate and Sandwich and is home to a large nature reserve, many different species of wildlife live here or visit throughout the year.

The forest where Robin Hood took refuge while stealing from the rich and giving to the poor has been designated a national nature reserve, officials said Tuesday.

Highland Park facilities include an indoor ice arena, indoor tennis and racquetball complex, a recreation center, a 97 - acre nature reserve, an 18 - hole golf course, aquapark, beaches, boat launch ramp and yacht club on Lake Michigan, and three dog exercise areas.

Green Belts also contain a third of all the new Local Nature Reserves created since 2009.

Almost half of England's Country Parks, over a third of Woodland Trust land and Local Nature Reserves, and almost a quarter of our most historic Parks and Gardens are within Green Belts.

Established in 1931 as a Game reserve and Nature reserve, it was gazetted as a national park only in 1992 after an initial survey of avifauna was conducted.

[241] The attractions and major tourist destinations of Ghana include a warm, tropical climate year - round; diverse wildlife; exotic waterfalls such as Kintampo Waterfalls and the largest waterfall in west Africa, Wli Waterfalls; Ghana's coastal palm - lined sandy beaches; caves; mountains, rivers; meteorite impact crater and reservoirs and lakes such as Lake Bosumtwi or Bosumtwi meteorite crater and the largest man - made lake in the world by surface area, Lake Volta; dozens of castles and forts; UNESCO World Heritage Sites; nature reserves and national parks.

As monopoly owners of the commons who think of our environment the way Johnny Carson thought of his time, we could have more money coming in while we also secure larger parks, more nature reserves, less pollution, and better resource management.

The creation of more woodland parks, more nature reserves and more educational opportunities were the most popular options.

Other staff involved include those who manage our coasts (Marine Management Organisation), protect our countryside and nature reserves (Natural England) and work for the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, set up in the wake of the deaths of 23 Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay.

The amount of land used by shooters to record wildlife through BASC's Green Shoots Mapping website is double that designated as National Nature Reserves (NNR) in the UK.

Despite this battle it hasn't stopped the Argentinean government selling off large areas of the nature reserve on which they live, to private companies who've started cutting down the forest for farmland.

For instance, a conservation organization called Arbeitsgemeinschaft Biologischer Umweltschutz (ABU) has more than 100 of their own faux aurochs grazing in various nature reserves in northwest Germany.

It also travels close to the Cross Ranch state park and nature reserve.

A macrophysiological approach involves comparing animal responses in different nature reserves or geographical regions.

«We didn't expect that,» says Odipo, «given that this is a nature reserve.»

The RSPB hires graduates to work on nature reserves as wardens, or as fund - raisers and policy - makers.

Entomologists (insect researchers) in Krefeld, Germany, led by Martin Sorg and Heinz Schwan, collected data over the past 27 years in 63 different places within nature reserves across Germany.

Polish scientists worked to protect the least spoiled area of forest with the greatest density of big trees, first as a nature reserve and then as a national park in 1932.

«Three - quarters of the total insect population lost in protected nature reserves.»

Some was put off - limits as nature reserves in 2004.

It is possible that these areas act as an «ecological trap» and jeopardize the populations in the nature reserves,» explains Hallmann.

Half was given over to scientific research and a nature reserve; the other half was set aside for «sustainable» forestry.

The national park and nature reserves — which together make up about 36 % of the Polish side of the forest — are not in play.

Since 1989, in 63 nature reserves in Germany the total biomass of flying insects has decreased by more than 75 percent.

But we also have to work hard at extending our nature reserves and decreasing the ratio of reserves that border agricultural areas.»

In particular, the results of scientific research on nature reserves run by the agency are «held by individual site managers» and not passed on to others.

Noise pollution from humans has doubled sound levels in more than half of all protected areas in the United States — from local nature reserves to national parks — and it has made some places 10 times louder, according to a new study.

Shennongjia, a nature reserve near the dam in Hubei province, is so undisturbed that it is famous for sightings of yeren, or «wild man» — the Chinese equivalent of «Big Foot» — as well as the only slightly more prosaic white monkey.

Most official timber concessions are already depleted, exposing the network of nature reserves to illegal logging, says tropical ecologist Lisa Curran of Yale University.

«The accountability regulations in the Swedish Environmental Code are intended to prevent the leaking of large amounts of pellets, especially in areas like the one around Orust and Tjörn where there are a number of nature reserves,» says Lena Gipperth, Professor of Environmental Law at the Department of Law.

Protected areas, such as nature reserves and national parks, are thought to provide a refuge for wildlife, but according to a new study, many of these areas are not safe from light pollution.

Like most other giraffes, these subspecies are now mainly found in nature reserves.

Kenyan conservationists are battling a plan to route a rail line through Nairobi National Park — another case of development whittling away at nature reserves

«Expansion of Australian reserves for fairy possums might be at expense of other species: Current nature reserves assessed to have low suitability for critically endangered fairy possum.»

Since 1999, the government has banned logging in many natural forests, and expanded the amount of bamboo forest protected in nature reserves.