Sentences with phrase «protects swaths»

The tall trees of such a protected swath of tropical forest often rise like a wall from a denuded hillside or plain.

The headlands of Great Orme and Little Orme in North Wales create a protected swathe of coastline that's as breathtaking as any in Britain.

Matt has to make a very public decision about a trust that has been passed down to him from royal Hawaiian ancestors, who created the trust to protect a swath of virgin Hawaiian land.

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Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration for selling oil and gas leases on huge swaths of Western U.S. public lands while allegedly ignoring policies meant to protect an imperiled bird.

The Trump administration wants to ease restrictions on oil and gas leasing and other activities across a huge swath of the American West that were put in place to protect an imperiled bird.

Trailside also serves as the visitor center to the Blue Hills, the state's largest swath of protected land in a suburban / urban setting.

Take the greenbelt: a phenomenally good idea to protect great swathes of our countryside from urban sprawl.

Graziano worked for Tony Avella as a consultant on rezoning, and credits himself with having protected vast swaths of the district from over-development.

Panthera's President and publication co-author, Dr. Luke Hunter, noted, «Many African nations have allocated truly massive swaths of land as protected parks and reserves.

Hoping to parlay such successes into an ambitious program to protect more species across larger swathes of land, a panel composed of representatives from several federal and state agencies and the University of Hawaii, Manoa — the major players that manage or study Hawaiian species — drafted Legacy 2000.

The area is home to large swaths of sailfin habitat, Siler says, but this could change because very few coastal habitats are protected.

Establishing ownership of two or more good domain names is a powerful, cost - effective strategy for staking out a broad swath of Internet real estate and protecting your geographic territory from competitors.

Over half of the mountainous isle is protected by a national park that plays host to swathes of Eucalypt woodland and the population of Koala Bears that live therein.

Spotting one anywhere is a big ask, but this huge protected area, encompassing a 100,000 - hectare swathe of tropical rainforest, is the best place to try, outside of Belize Zoo, which houses cats including jaguar, ocelot and margay.

This protected nature reserve, close to the popular resort of Kololi, encompasses a swathe of coastal rainforest.

In a world - first, Seychelles marine reserve will protect large swathes of the Indian Ocean and clear some of its national debt in the process.

These huge swaths of land are protected for a reason — they are stunningly beautiful.

This island paradise boasts vast swathes of protected land and is one of the best places in Asia to go wildlife watching for elephants, leopards, buffalo and endangered sloth bears.

My trouble with the current state of academia is why after society protects large swaths of academics with tenure, a socially - respected career path, generous salary, tuition benefits for children, comprehensive medical coverage, amongst other perks, why after all that have so few academic scientists stood up to ask the awkward questions.

Deep in West Texas, in the heart of the Franklin Mountains just north of El Paso, conservationists have been fighting to protect a 7,000 - acre swath of land for decades.

In the early 1990s the Clinton administration put a stop to logging in huge swaths of old growth forest in the U.S. to protect a small, non-descript brown bird that was facing extinction: the northern spotted owl.

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The phone's metal frame wraps around every corner to better protect it from drops, while its back is swathed in a grippy silicone to help prevent those falls from happening in the first place.