Sentences with phrase «protected conservation zone»

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The «Coffee Growing — Environmental Leadership» section covers water body protection, including criteria for width and type of vegetated buffer zones along permanent and seasonal water bodies, and use of chemicals or waste storage near water bodies; protection of soil resources, including measures to control and prevent erosion and use of organic mulches and cover crops; conserving biodiversity, including maintaining a shade canopy, protecting wildlife, and establishment of conservation areas; and environmental management, including pest and disease control.

The findings, published in this month's issue of Conservation Biology, support the growing belief among biologists that nature preserves should be large enough to provide a buffer zone around the edges to protect a central core.

This data set is being used to inform the management of a new Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) that protects the only area of deep - sea coral habitat in English waters.

It also calls for creating «marine conservation zones» and would «pioneer a new system of conservation credits to protect habitats and create incentives to invest in wildlife.»

«Zoning of protected areas and forest conservation on private land, combined with subsidising farmers to increase yields on degraded pastures rather than create new ones, has seen deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon decline steeply since 2004 — although it's too early to say if this success will be sustained,» said co-author Dr Bernardo Strassburg of Brazil's International Institute for Sustainability.

«It will be simpler, cheaper and more effective from a conservation viewpoint to protect the whole Coral Sea area as one no - take zone».

The Cayman Islands have strict Marine Conservation Laws and many of our 57 dive sites are within protected Marine Park Zones, including the legendary Bloody Bay Wall — Little Cayman's most famous dive attraction.

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.

* In our chat, Savitz explained many ways this system will enable conservation agencies or private groups to identify suspicious activity or illegal fishing in countries» exclusive economic zones or protected areas.

The Baka are being illegally forced from their ancestral homelands in the name of «conservation» because much of their land has been turned into «protected areas» — including safari - hunting zones.

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.

Much of the blame for this can, of course, be attributed to lax regulations; in the U.S., the first (and last) major wave of national legislation addressing ocean and coastal conservation was enacted in the 1970s, with the enactment of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) and Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), amongst others.In recent years, we've seen coastal states taking the initiative in forming regional partnerships aimed at protecting and promoting their dwindling oceanic and coastal resources.