Sentences with phrase «significant wilderness areas»

Change in the distribution of wilderness and globally significant wilderness areas since the early 1990s.

These practices conserve the valuable Miombo forest, creating a buffer for a globally significant wilderness area that is home to threatened species such as elephants, lions, and leopards.

Not exact matches

To fill this gap, the researches mapped wilderness areas — biologically and ecologically intact landscapes that are free of any significant human disturbance — and compared their current map to the one produced using the same methods in the early 1990s.