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Elsewhere it is in retreat, but wilderness precludes all forms of development and sets these areas aside for nature”, he said. “Wilderness protection in Federally managed parks should be greatly ... the natural condition of these rare areas. Minister Turnbull should establish a Wilderness Unit in his Department of Environment and Water to ensure the large intact areas inside our national parks remain ...
www.colongwilderness.org.au

Jill Redwood on East Gippsland.
However, some of these endangered species have barely a toe-hold in the remaining intact areas; the Tiger Quoll, Powerful Owl, Tuan, and Victoria's most endangered mammal, the Long- ... , conical-shaped sassafras, pomaderis, mountain pepper and cushion-like mosses of exceptional diversity. These areas are currently being clearfelled. As the drainage patterns on the plateau are shallow and ...
www.geco.org.au

greenpeace schweiz: Wald
Download (0.18Mb) Consuming Canada's Boreal Forest The remaining intact areas of the Boreal Forest area are threatened. Large intact forest landscapes make up only sixty-three per cent of the Boreal Forest, with thirty- two per cent of this located in Ontario and Quebec. These biologically diverse and essential areas ...
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World Intact Forest Landscapes
Second, large intact areas can serve as references to better understand and manage already degraded or fragmented areas (which make up the vast majority of forest landscapes). Third, large intact areas are ...
intactforests.org

Concept & criteria
In this study, large intact areas ... regime due to clearing of neighboring areas, and the effects of intensive hunting and fishing. Criteria & Definitions Intact Forest Landscape An intact forest landscape is a territory within the ...
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Protected area review > Vietnam > Field study > Thua Thien Hue province
Ha Truoi reservoir’s contribution to irrigation production, by protecting the watershed function of the intact primary forest in the core protected zone of the Bach Ma NP, and the ... Province [ All gifs less than 25 KB] District boundaries Population density Infrastructure Land use Protected areas Elevation Drainage - Digital Elevation Model Catchments Bach Ma National Park Nursery sites in Tam ...
www.mekong-protected-areas.org

Conservation International - Wilderness Areas
Unlike biodiversity hotspots, much of the original vegetation in these regions - at least 70 percent - has stayed intact over the years. Besides ... landscapes in the region, a great portion of the remote Congo Basin forests have remained intact. New Guinea The world's biggest tropical island and its outlying islands contain the ...
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Riparian Areas on the Colorado Plateau
Montane Chaparral/Scrub Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Mountain Grasslands Semi-arid Grasslands Mountain Wetlands Riparian Areas Paleocommunities Elevational Range Merriam's Life Zones Changes in the Biota Endangered Species ... systems, are defined by the plants that inhabit them. Riparian plants depend on an intact hydrological regime where groundwater is maintained and natural surface flows occur. On the ...
www.cpluhna.nau.edu

Global Urbanization and Protected Areas
Urban neighbors are much more likely to help protected areas if protected areas help their urban neighbors. In Kenya, Lake Nakuru National Park is giving ... Building Comprehensive and Effective Protected Area Systems” (IUCN 2003), emphasize “large intact ecosystems” and “globally threatened species.” Protected areas in urban and urbanizing settings may not meet these biological ...
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Natural Areas Inventory
Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission | Natural Heritage Program | Biological Inventories | Natural Areas Inventory | Nature Preserves Program | Land Protection Options | Data Services | Information Resources | News Room ... system. KSNPC ecologists use a process called Natural Areas Inventory (NAI) to locate those few natural areas that remain intact. NAI is conducted on a county-by- ...
www.naturepreserves.ky.gov