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31-40 of 45 for the Category : Conservation and the Subcategory : Fauna

Mires & Peatlands

( Article Type: Explanation )

Mires are wetlands where a special type of soil called peat grows. They play a vital role in storing and purifying water and supporting biodiversity. Mires or peatlands, comprise a wide variety of ecosystems, including the coastal swamp forests of Ma

Ramsar Convention

( Article Type: Explanation )

The Ramsar Convention is an intergovernmental treaty, adopted in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, and provides a framework for international cooperation for the conservation of wetlands.

Rehabilitation of Land

( Article Type: Explanation )

Land rehabilitation has become a vital part of new mining legislation, which stipulates that mines must develop Environmental Management Plans, which must include reference to closure and rehabilitation of the site.

Rivers & Wetlands

( Article Type: Overview )

Rivers and wetlands provide a range of goods and services for the benefit of people, but need a healthy ecosystem in order to provide these.

Soil

( Article Type: Explanation )

Soil, along with sunlight and water, is essential for our life here on earth. All the plants that grow on the earth (including all of the crops that we eat and the grass that our animals eat) need soil to grow, and we even need soil to form the br

Stewardship

( Article Type: Explanation )

Land stewardship is an ancient concept which refers to the wise use, management and protection of land that has been entrusted to an owner/user.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

( Article Type: Explanation )

A strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is an environmental assessment that is carried out on one or more strategic actions, policies, plans or programmes. Whereas an EIA studies a physical project, the SEA looks at policies, plans, ideas and prog

The Green/Brown Debate

( Article Type: Explanation )

The so-called ‘Green/Brown Debate’ only became prominent in the early to mid 1990s when community environmental Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) entered the wildlife/ environmental debate. ‘Green’ means a more wildlife focus while ‘Bro

Transfrontier (Peace) Parks

( Article Type: Explanation )

The Peace Parks Foundation, a Section 21 company not for gain, was started in February 1997 to facilitate the establishment of transfrontier conservation areas, which are also commonly referred to as peace parks.

Tropical Rain Forest

( Article Type: Explanation )

Tropical rain forests appear like a girdle around the equator and occupy approximately 8% of the earth's land surface, yet they comprise about half of all growing wood on the face of the earth and provide habitats for at least two fifths of all the