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For example, O Parks, WildLife, and Recreation, Or El Ostional Private Wildlife Reserve, was established within the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor by retired FDNY firefighter Kevin Michael Shea, who purchased 46 acres (0.19 km 2) of land for the purpose of restoring the ecological system of a dry tropical forest, ravaged during the Nicaraguan ...
If a country does not have enough ecological resources within its own territory to cover its population's footprint, then it runs an ecological deficit and the country is termed an ecological debtor. Otherwise, it has an ecological reserve and it is called a creditor. [1] To a significant degree, biocapacity correlates with access to water ...
Reserve design is the process of planning and creating a nature reserve in a way that effectively accomplishes the goal of the reserve. Reserve establishment has a variety of goals, and planners must consider many factors for a reserve to be successful. These include habitat preference, migration, climate change, and public support.
Moorland of "exceptional ecological importance" has been added to a mountain nation reserve in a 62% extension of the site. The Manx Wildlife Trust bought the extra 43 acres (17.4 hectares), which ...
UNESCO. defines general criteria for an area to be qualified for designation as a biosphere reserve as follows: It should encompass a mosaic of ecological systems representative of major biogeographic regions, including a gradation of human interventions. It should be of significance for biological diversity conservation.
Below is the list of biosphere reserves in Europe and North America, organized by country/territory, along with the year these were designated as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
Silver beech discovered at Maungatautari in April 2006.. Maungatautari, as an eroded volcano was chosen as a suitable site for a major ecological project for a number of reasons, including the diversity of its terrain, the relative integrity of natural areas in spite of some human engineered changes, the commitment of surrounding communities, and the feasibility of fence-construction given ...
Appropriate management of key ecological features delineates the management boundaries of an IEA. The identification and protection of IEAs is an element of an ecosystem-based management approach. Important ecological areas may have varying levels of management of extractive activities, from monitoring up to and including marine reserve .