Sentences with phrase «protected areas far»

And the chaos in the CAR is making previously protected areas far more vulnerable.

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Protect Canada's rich natural heritage by unveiling a new National Conservation Plan to further increase protected areas, focusing on stronger marine and coastal conservation;

In this most elementary area of parent - child relationships, such a notion rescues discipline from connotations of punishment and has the further virtue of counseling foresight, according to which the best disciplining parent is the one who anticipates that from which the child alone can not protect himself and does something about it before the child is injured.

If you have a larger opening or area to protect, get a gate that stretches farther or has interlocking sections to encircle a bigger hazard.

The action became necessary to protect life and property and avoid the further breakdown of law and order in the two Local Government Areas.

The area surrounding the positive mosquito batch in Mount Vernon has been inspected by the health department, which has treated nearby catch basins that to protect against further -LSB-...]

But so far, the Danger Islands are unaffected by warming temperatures and should be designated a marine protected area as a safe haven for these and other penguins, the researchers write in Scientific Reports.

Having lions and giraffes together in protected areas means far lower survival rates for juvenile giraffes.

Between A.D. 800 and 1500, Angkor's complex canals, roads, irrigated fields, and dense settlements sprawled across more than 1,160 square miles, almost the size of Rhode Island — and far beyond the area protected within the UNESCO World Heritage Site's zone today.

In this sense, rewilding holds the potential to stabilize far more than natural areas in peril: it can enhance and protect national security by sequestering carbon and safeguarding fresh water, fertile soils, cleaner air.

The Pew Environment Group's Global Ocean Legacy program has set its sights on two further massive protection areas in the near future: they hope to see New Zealand approve a 630,000 square km area in the Kermadec Islands later this year, and Australia protect 900,000 square km in the Coral Sea in 2012.

Farther north, in the southern Indian Ocean, Australia runs regular patrols around Heard Island, France patrols the Kerguelen Islands, and South Africa has a marine - protected area around its Prince Edward Islands, which are right along the northern boundary of the treaty area.

It also protects coasts from erosion, particularly in winter, and some research shows it could even affect weather in areas further south.

Further analysis highlighted specific biomes and regions that could benefit most from partnerships between protected and non-protected areas.

The once far - flung realm of our planet's largest cat species has been squeezed to a few poorly connected areas — mainly public, protected zones.

In their paper, Brown and Zarin further conclude that reducing gross deforestation will usually result in better outcomes «if the intent is to reduce carbon emissions, conserve biodiversity, and protect hydrological services» because net deforestation targets are often ambiguous in these areas.

Studying how such space weather affects the farthest regions of space, where there are fewer observatories to measure such things, remains a tantalizing area of research — the more we know about our neighborhood, the more we can protect the technology we send out to explore our solar system.

I know that feeling is far from fun, but a lot is going on to heal and protect the area from further injury.

There are a number of ways to protect the injured area, all with the aim of limiting further movement.

In mountainous areas far from the sea, iodine in butter protects against goiter.

The body actually initiates the repair response by sending in inflammatory «mediators» to cordon off an injured area: immobilizing the area and protecting the area from further infection!

Pedestrian safety is further improved with a lower leading edge on the bonnet and a larger impact absorption area, which has been revised with greater use of highly - absorbent safety foam and synthetic rubber, further helping to protect pedestrians in the event of a collision.

That earth movement is often limited to the immediate area, which protects populated areas farther out.

However if you go into insurance with the understanding that dental is a tricky area and use insurance as a means of protecting your dog against the thousands of other potential health challenges they could face, then you will quickly see that what they do cover far outweighs what they will not cover.

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.

Recognizing Belize as a world class cultural and natural asset, the Sustainable Tourism Programme II (STP II: 2015 - 2020) signed in 2014, aims to further increase the contribution of the tourism industry in regard to Belize's national sustainability through resilient socio - economic development in emerging destinations, such as Corozal, Toledo, Caye Caulker, Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve and adjacent protected areas of Chiquibul, and Caracol in Cayo District.

The loss of such defining features may have been one of the reasons that further attempts to establish a delineated protected area were also unsuccessful and it was not until 1962 that part of the South Downs was officially recognised as the East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty followed in 1966 by the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beaarea were also unsuccessful and it was not until 1962 that part of the South Downs was officially recognised as the East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty followed in 1966 by the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural BeaArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty followed in 1966 by the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural BeaArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The addition of Mexico Rocks to this protected status means that the large boulder coral formations unique to this area and found only at one other site in Belize, far to the south at Glover's Reef, will be protected far into the future.

The value of clean and protected marine areas like this is immeasurable, and the impact of this event is far reaching.

Whilst the history of these incredible structures goes back as far as the 14th century, the current examples in Alberobello are thought to date from the 18th to the 20th century, the area is now protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

This course is protected from the elements and far away from the crowded and busy areas of the coast.

Surfers will be catching waves further out, but the inner area is well protected.

At the farthest east point, Jobos is marked by a natural rock wall, creating a protected cove with shallow areas safe for playing in the water and a little snorkeling.

A full - face helmet (one that covers your chin area) will help to protect your face far better than an open - faced helmet in the event you come off the bike and use your face to slow down.

Far from the madding crowds, in an isolated area we are protecting, you are ensured total privacy and exclusivity of game viewing.

20 world - class dive sites are located within a 10 minute ride from the resort, a further 60 dive sites lie within a one - hour boat ride of the resort, and there are many more just waiting to be discovered.Some of the more famous dive sites (all within the 1220 km2 Marine Protected Area established in 2006) include Fiabacet, Boo, Magic Mountain, Yilliet, and Gorgonian Passage.

Today you can find dugongs grazing along seaweed patches off Dugong Beach on Whitsunday Island, near Claireview in Mackay and further south in the protected waters of Pumicestone Passage in the Bribie Island Recreation Area.

The beaches are protected by offshore reefs that in the right conditions produce world class surf and also ensure that the water on the beach is completely flat and safe for children to swim in and far more comfortable, clean and warm then that of Kuta.The security in this area is very impressive with thorough but friendly car checks upon entering Nusa Dua from the mainland and security checks at hotels, restaurants and bars.

«Even if an area remains wet doesn't mean that it will be protected from the other aspects of climate change: rising and far more erratic air temperatures, higher rates of evaporation (evapotranspiration), and the rising concentration of CO2,» he said in an e-mail message.

Even though the area in a protected status is far from the only criterion for conservation status, the fact that between 5 - 10 % of the land is in parks and preserves and less than 1 % of oceans is protected gives some sense of the disparity.

«Congress is expected to further cut funding for conservation programs and land agencies, already sitting at less than 1 percent of the federal budget,» writes Brad Brooks, the associate director of the Idaho office of the Wilderness Society, a nonprofit conservation group dedicated to protecting natural areas and federal public lands, in a recent AlterNet article.

This is why gardeners will put water vapor in the air and water liquid on the ground around their garden on a clear cold night — it protects the local area from cooling as fast because water vapor and liquid both 1) cool much slower than dry air due to their massive heat capacity, and 2) cool even slower because they release their massive latent heat, which means that heat energy is released from them without requiring a drop in temperature — once they're in the latent heat release phase, they just keep shedding energy without dropping in temperature any further.

In his opening video message, His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco, noted that securing agreement on the Ross Sea marine protected area has inspired us to use our experience, «to go further».

In the end, some Surfrider Foundation members felt the IPA went too far, while many more felt it did not to protect enough area in Southern California.

Given a priority to protect biodiversity and ecosystem services, it is important to further explore the drivers for the conversion of land at the frontier and to consider the effects, positive and negative, that U.S. biofuel policies could have in these areas.

This activity report showcases a set of case studies that present the work of a wide range of financed and supported projects that make a case for further investment in marine protected areas to restore the health of oceanic and coastal ecosystems, strengthen resilience in the face of climate change, sustain fisheries and other economic activities, and improve the lives of the world's poorest communities.

While approximately 1.5 million square kilometers of suitable habitat still remain in Asia -LRB-[9], Figure 1), tigers today are distributed heterogeneously [7], [13] and, except in the Russian Far East, are now restricted to small pockets, mostly in protected areas.

However, in some areas, further reforms are necessary to ensure fair proceedings and to protect against wrongful convictions.

The potential to use innovative corporate structuring techniques to further protect the interests of local and foreign investors is a specific practice area which has evolved significantly over the past decade, due to the licensing and structuring restrictions applicable under relevant UAE laws and regulations as well as their practical application.

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