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Protected Area
An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means. (source: WCMC) Background from Wikipedia This article refers to protected regions of environmental or cultural value. For the protected area of a cricket pitch, see cricket pitch. Milford Sound, New Zealand: Mitre Peak, the mountain at left, rises 1692 meters above the Sound. Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their environmental, cultural or similar value. A large number of kinds of protected area exist which vary by level of protection and by the enabling laws of each country or rules of international organization. A protected area as defined by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) is An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means. The IUCN specifies six categories of protected areas: I. Strict nature reserve/wilderness area: protected area managed mainly for science of wilderness protection II. National park: protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation III. Natural Monument: protected area managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features IV. Habitat/Species Management Area: protected area managed mainly for conservation through management intervention V. Protected Landscape/Seascape: protected area managed mainly for landscape/seascape protection and recreation. VI. Managed Resource Protected Area: protected area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems.International commitments to the development of networks of protected areas date from 1972, when the Stockholm Declaration from the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment endorsed the protection of representative examples of all major ecosystem types as a fundamental requirement of national conservation programs. Since then, the protection of representative ecosystems has become a core principle of conservation biology, supported by key United Nations resolutions - including the World Charter for Nature 1982, the Rio Declaration 1992, and the Johannesburg Declaration 2002. Globally, national programs for the protection of representative ecosystems have progressed with respect to terrestrial environments, with less progress in marine and freshwater biomes. SBS - World News Australia,Wildlife Fund) last month launched a campaign to protect the Coral Sea, urging the next Australian government to declare it a Marine Protected Area. New hope for Tsitsikamma fishing rights proposals - 22 Oct 2007 The Herald Eastern Cape,Since the ocean off the Tsitsikamma coast was declared a Marine Protected Area in 2000, the situation has deteriorated to the point where SANParks rangers More forest rangers sought to protect Taal landscape - 22 Oct 2007 Inquirer.net,...the agency has generated sufficient income from the Integrated Protected Area Fund charged from visitors to the Taal Volcano and Taal Lake, Salac said. Probe into stowaway's background - 22 Oct 2007 New Straits Times,He is being investigated for the trespassing on a protected area, an offence which carries a two-year jail sentence and a fine upon conviction. Taskforce To Check Runway Risks By December - 22 Oct 2007 AMTOnline.com,Incursion has been defined as "any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the protected area of a Socotra Wildlife at risk, said experts - 22 Oct 2007 Yemen Times,...permits for the importation of firearms for the purpose of hunting, and attempts at spear-fishing within the Marine Protected Area at Dhi Hamri. A dam that activists can't make peace with - 22 Oct 2007 The New Nation,The drive against degazettement of 7100 hectares in this protected area took place earlier in the year, with civic groups arguing that cultivation would ‘PROTECTED AREA’ a misnomer - Oct 21, 2007 New Straits Times,READERS Digest recently researched the best and worst places to live in. 141 nations were surveyed for the greenest, most livable places people could thrive Dunes protected area’s unauthorized sale was for RD$10M - Oct 16, 2007 Dominican Today,BANI. - Official documents of the Banà (south) City Council show it received the RD$10 million for the sale of 35000 square meters in the Las Calderas Dunes Expansion eyed for Kal Park - Oct 19, 2007 Vernon Morning Star,By RICHARD ROLKE The Ministry of Environment is currently looking at adding 2223 hectares of protected area to the park, which is presently 1000 hectares in Fish cages back in Batangas river after five years - Oct 19, 2007 Inquirer.net,..."It is prohibited to build cages because the (Pansipit) river is part of the protected area and it is the lifeblood of the Taal Lake. ECO EHO: Gorgeous natural area OR first-class ski resort? - Oct 1, 2007 Sofia Echo,...of the construction in Rila and issue an order in accordance with article 19 of the Biodiversity Act because it concerned the protected area Rila. Haryana to increase protected area under forests - Oct 9, 2007 PunjabNewsline.com,CHANDIGARH: Haryana Minister of State for Forest and Tourism, Kiran Choudhry said that the State Government was planning to increase the protected area of Uproar over attempt to lease dunes in Dominican protected area - Oct 9, 2007 Dominican Today,SANTO DOMINGO.- Local authorities of Peravia province (south) rejcte a proposal by officials of the Bani City Council to lease more than 55000 meters of Probe into protected Dominican dunes lease widens - Oct 17, 2007 Dominican Today,Camilo said the land isn’t in the protected area, rather next to the Las Calderas naval base. "If the Environment Ministry determines that the rental is a The Central Forest Reserve – A protected area of SKN - Sep 26, 2007 Sun St.Kitts/Nevis,A national park or protected area has been identified in the mountain ranges of St. Kitts. The protected area encompassing about one quarter of the entire Local communities celebrate largest protected area in Papua New Guinea - Sep 28, 2007 WWF International,...“The creation of these new protected areas means that the TransFly region will now contain the largest continuous protected area in the country,� said Dr Egypt: Belgians damaged fossils - Oct 17, 2007 Zee News,..."They were not aware that the area was a protected area," Michielsen said. "It seems the area was not cordoned off, and no notice or guards were present. Manatee found slaughtered in Southern Belize – first time in seven ... - Oct 19, 2007 The Reporter Belize,...a tad different when representatives from the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE) and the Protected Area Conservation Trust (PACT) White House Wins On Spying, Telecom Immunity - Oct 18, 2007 Slashdot...a constitutionally protected area by federal authorities is, as the Court has long held, presumptively unreasonable in the absence of a search warrant. Central Forest Reserve Site Launched at Wingfield Estate Yard - Oct 15, 2007 Democrat Newspaper,The establishment of the CFR Protected Area is in fulfillment of one the country’s commitments to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), ECOLOGISTS STAGE A CONCERT TO PROTECT BULGARIA’S NATURE - Oct 16, 2007 Sofia Echo,Administrative Prosecutor’s Office revoked a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court on June 29 2007, removing the protected area status of Strandja. Apo Reef now a ‘no-take zone’ - Oct 3, 2007 Inquirer.net,01 was the first law passed by Apo Reef’s Protected Area Management Board for 2007 and declares the whole of Apo Reef a “no-take zone� to allow the reef and Reports: Palestinian stowaway on airplane returns to Malaysia - Oct 18, 2007 International Herald Tribune,...a jetliner from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore has been returned to Malaysia, where he faces charges of trespassing in a protected area, reports said Friday. Poaching haunts Sierra Madre doves - Oct 5, 2007 Inquirer.net,By Villamor Visaya Jr. TUGUEGARAO CITY—The endemic species flame-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus marchei) found at the Peñablanca protected area and at the Marine Parks Bill passes Upper House - Oct 17, 2007 Victor Harbor Times,REGION - The Marine Parks Bill 2007, that includes a proposal to create a Marine Protected Area off the Fleurieu Peninsula, has passed the state upper house ON THE HOUSE: Surveys are safety nets - Oct 19, 2007 St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Three-fourths of the yard plus the common area behind it was designated as "woodland protected area." No way could his swimming pool, or anything else, Dig new rose bed now; transplant next spring - Oct 20, 2007 Belleville News Democrat,I would like to relocate it to a more protected area closer to the house. When is the best time to accomplish this? What are your recommendations for Ecuador to halt oil drilling in pristine forest - Oct 16, 2007 Reuters UK,The protected area is inside the Yasuni rain forest, which Ecuador has offered to protect from oil drilling in exchange for cash compensation from the Amazon Group Bans Logging, Mining - Oct 5, 2007 The Associated PressThe protected area includes the watershed for Guyana's largest river, the Essequibo, and makes up part of the Guiana Shield, an area of Amazon forest Sleeping called common at Peach Bottom - Oct 20, 2007 PennLive.com,His pride quickly faded, though, when he discovered that members of his security team routinely used a ready room in the plant’s protected area as a bedroom Culture and Tourism Ministry budget promotes Hadrianoupolis as ... - Oct 19, 2007 Turkish Daily News (subscription),He said that the ancient city of Hadrianoupolis, located in the Black Sea province Karabük, has been declared as a protected area. CM’s pat for wildlife lovers - Oct 3, 2007 The Statesman,There are 20 sanctuaries in Orissa and 4.25 percent of the land area in the state comes under the protected area zone, he said before going on to say that Utah's Dino Destinations - Oct 15, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,With financial help from Congress, the city-operated site looks far different today from the barely protected area cobbled together after Johnson uncovered CI to seek bigger Essequibo conservation area - Sep 24, 2007 Stabroek News,They also plan to ask for the inclusion of the site into the legally protected area when the National Protected Areas System becomes enacted. Lagodekhi Nature Reserve – The Future of Eco-Tourism - Oct 15, 2007 Abkhazia,Established in 1912 as the first protected area in Georgia, Lagodekhi’s history dates further back to the turn of the century. In the early 1900’s, Lawmakers call for probe of alleged logging of protected pines - Oct 10, 2007 Boston Globe,Conservation groups say the US Forest Service cut the trees between 2004 and 2005, when the protected area was cordoned off from public view. MOD Conservation award for moving badgers - Oct 18, 2007 Wildlife Extra,Action was required to prevent further disturbance and stop the badgers reaching the protected area. The project involved arranging for licences to resettle ENVIRONMENT: 'TRAGEDY' OF TREES AXED AFTER 150 YEARS - Oct 17, 2007 This is Nottingham,Six trees were felled on Thursday in fields next to Hempshall Hall, Nuthall, a site of importance for nature conservation and a protected area. BELIZE AUDOBON SOCIETY COLLABORATES WITH WEST LANDIVAR CITIZENS ... - Oct 5, 2007 LoveFM,BAS applauds the West Landivar Citizens Action Committee for their community advocacy campaign in obtaining protected area status for the Dolphin Park area. Coral Health Depends on Ridge to Reef Ecosystem Management - Oct 4, 2007 Environment News ServiceOn the Enipein watershed on the Micronesian island of Pohnpei, the watershed was located above a marine protected area that was struggling to recover coral 'Prove claims vs. exploration at Tañon Strait' - Sep 24, 2007 Visayan Daily Star,BY ROMY AMARADO Protected Area Superintendent Chamberlain Babiera is urging those opposing the impending oil exploration at Tañon Strait to show proof, Extinction level profit - Oct 17, 2007 Los Angeles Loyolan (Subscription),Another potential solution would be the establishment of the Arctic as an international protected area. Based upon scientific recommendations, ENVIRONMENT: Conservation Expands in Latin America - Oct 2, 2007 Inter Press Service (subscription),Twelve countries report increases in total protected area. Brazil and El Salvador doubled it over the past decade. And nearly all Latin American countries Humane Society will dedicate long-planned memorial garden - Oct 19, 2007 Colorado Springs Gazette,When the animal gets near the protected area, the collar emits a warning sound and a mild shock correction if the animal doesn’t stop. Fishing Ban Protects Largest Coral Reef In The Philippines - Oct 14, 2007 Science Daily (press release)...“You would hear 25 to 30 dynamite blasts daily,� said Robert Duquil, a former protected area assistant superintendent. “The international diving community Cops may now learn how Osama sneaked into plane - Oct 18, 2007 New Straits Times,He is being investigated for trespassing on a protected area, a charge under Section 7 of Protected Areas and Protected Places Act 1959 which carries a When governance fails: Murder in the island - Oct 4, 2007 Inquirer.net,A 46000-hectare island in the province of Romblon, one-third of Sibuyan is a protected area. Despite its proximity to Manila, it is one of the more Wai Wai choose conservation economy for traditional Amazon territory - Oct 5, 2007 RxPG NEWS,Under regulations passed by the Guyana parliament, the Wai Wai community formally designated their land a protected area and adopted a management plan, Twenty-three new biosphere reserves join UNESCO’s Man and the ... - Sep 24, 2007 Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription),It is a key ecosystem for filtering water that drains into aquifers, benefiting not only the protected area but the entire country. News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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