A conservation designation is a name and/or acronym which explains the status of an area of land in terms of conservation Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as important to protect the natural world. Those who follow the or protection Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently. This has been recognised and governments began placing restraints on activities that caused environmental degradation. Since the 1960s activism by the environmental movement has created awareness of the various environmental.
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Examples
United Kingdom
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an area of countryside considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency (now Natural England) on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly (AONB)
- Environmentally Sensitive Area
- Local Nature Reserve (LNR)
- Marine Nature Reserve (MNR)
- National Nature Reserve National nature reserve is a United Kingdom government conservation designation for a nature reserve of national significance for biological or earth science interest (NNR)
- National Scenic Area (Scotland) (NSA)
- Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ)
- Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
For a comprehensive list, see Conservation in the United Kingdom
European Union
- Special Area of Conservation
- Special Protection Area Member States of the European Union have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly threatened birds
United States of America
Multi-national
- Under the Berne Convention
- Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI)
- Ramsar site The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of wetlands, i.e., to stem the progressive encroachment on and loss of wetlands now and in the future, recognising the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational value. It is named after the
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