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UK Annex I habitat interest features
Embryonic shifting dunes 2120 Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (`white dunes`) 2130 * Fixed dunes with herbaceous vegetation (`grey dunes`) 2140 * Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum 2150 * Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes ...
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Idaho Dunes Tiger Beetle
Threats: Habitat Loss Overview: The Idaho dunes tiger beetle is a predatory insect that is only ... dunes where they lay their eggs. Tiger beetle larvae depend on a strip of relatively stable, plant-free, sandy habitat bordering the shifting dunes. Click on map to enlarge Distribution: This beetle is endemic to the dunes of Idaho's ...
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March 10, 2004: China's Shrinking Grain Harvest
In each of the last 11 ... and below: After the dust storms have settled, electricity poles are often buried in sand dunes. In order to keep communications working, soldiers have to add another pole on top of ...
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Argument - Arable Land Intervention Possibilities
Plantations for ...
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Acacia saligna
It was introduced to South Africa in the 1840s in an attempt to stabilize the shifting sand dunes. It has also been planted in Uruguay, Mexico Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Greece ...
www.hort.purdue.edu


2007 IUCN Red List – Search
Rocky Offshore Islands 13.2. Marine Coastal/supratidal - Coastal Caves/Karst 13.3. Coastal Sand Dunes 13.4. Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes 13.5. Coastal Freshwater Lakes 14. Artificial ... Loss/Degradation (human induced) 1.1. Agriculture 1.1.1. Crops 1.1.1.1. Shifting Agriculture 1.1.1.2. Small-holder farming 1.1.1.3. Agro-industry farming ...
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Akamas
The Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO)’s own plans call for a shifting emphasis away from quantity and towards quality. On November 5, 2003, President Papadopulous announced plans ... Karpass peninsula is another Akamas. A magnificent untouched stretch of sandy white beaches, wind-sculpted dunes and pine forests, with almost no trace of human disturbance. People want to enjoy this ...
www.conservation.org.cy


Endangered Coast
Brazil-learn more Tourism Invasion Endangered Coast also saw evidence that the region was shifting away from agriculture and betting on tourism to bail them out of their beleaguered economy ...
endangeredcoast.org


Winter
California beaches are particularly active. Waves pounding the shore are constantly shifting and moving sand. On the California coastline, most beach sand comes from river and stream ... beaches, it slowly moves inland with the onshore flow of winds. In these areas sand dunes will occur. If there are steep cliffs on the coastline, preventing sand from moving inland ...
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Coastal dunes - EPA/QPWS
Environmental management > Coast and oceans > Beaches and dunes Coastal dunes Dunes — frontier to the sea Most beaches are backed by vegetated sand ridges called dunes, built up by dry beach sand blown ... if one part is buried in shifting sand or uprooted another part can continue growing. They thus serve to stabilise the sand, forming and building dunes. Sand spinifex grass (Spinifex sericeus) ...
www.epa.qld.gov.au




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