Section 1: The definition of marine protected area varies with people‚ and in reality‚ it is a term used globally to describe an area of sea especially dedicated to the protection‚ coupled with maintenance of biological diversity‚ and of natural and associated cultural resources‚ and managed or reserved by legal or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment. In the U.S.‚ MPAs span a range of habitats including the open ocean‚ coastal areas‚ inter-tidal zones and estuaries;
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Section 1 Marine protected areas (MPA) refer to the zones in which human activity has been placed under some restrictions for protection and restoration of the natural environment‚ its surrounding waters and the occupant ecosystems‚ and any cultural or historical resources that may require preservation or management. They play a dominant role in protecting marine biodiversity‚ ecosystem function and sustaining healthy coastal communities. MPA is relevant to biodiversity and scale‚ legal and
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acted towards creating sager zones to the wild life within the Reserve Forests by way of creating what are called ’Protected Area’. Elephant Safari‚ Indian WildlifeProtected area is a board term given primarily to National Parks and Sanctuaries meant for affording protection to wild animals and their habitat. They also include game reserves and biosphere reserves. Protected areas have been set up all over the world with the specific aim of protecting and conserving animals and plants. In India
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the sea. It is estimated to have an area of 326 square kilometres‚ of which 241.55 square kilometres belong to the nature reserve. Chongming Dongtan provides good living conditions for varieties living things because of its unique natural environment. It is a collecting and distributing centre on the way of the birds’ migration. According to the record of Chongming Dongtan‚ a total of 265 species of birds have been observed at the wetland‚ 34 of which are protected by the Chinese government. The most
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the area is still porous to human infiltration due to the land use conflict between the host communities and the park authority. At the north western edge of the park‚ much of the high forest were converted to secondary forest as a result of road expansion and grading by the Okomu Oil Company. The road constituted the boundary between the park and the Oil Company‚ and a major transport link to the consumers. Moreso‚ the land cover close to the park boundary and some parts of the protected area experienced
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File: GeomB 2011 Answers 8.10.11 No Calculators: Updated: August 10‚ 2011 A concave polygon looks sort of like a vertex has been ’pushed in’ towards the inside of the polygon. A convex polygon has all the vertices of the polygon pointing outwards‚ away from the interior of the shape. Think of it as a ’bulging’ polygon. A regular polygon is a polygon which is equiangular (all angles are congruent) and equilateral (all sides have the same length). Regular polygons may be convex or star. (5
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Surface Area Formulas In general‚ the surface area is the sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the surface of the object. Cube | Rectangular Prism | Prism | Sphere | Cylinder | Units Note: "ab" means "a" multiplied by "b". "a2" means "a squared"‚ which is the same as "a" times "a". Be careful!! Units count. Use the same units for all measurements. Examples |Surface Area of a Cube = 6 a 2
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BE PROPERLY STAPLED. 1. Are the two rectangular prisms similar? If so‚ give the similarity ratio. 2. The lateral areas of two similar paint cans are 1019 cm2 and 425 cm2. The volume of the small can is 1157 cm3. Find the volume of the large can. 3. The volumes of two similar solids are 128 m3 and 250 m3.The surface area of the larger solid is 250 m2. What is the surface area of the smaller solid? 4. Triangular Prism X and triangular Prism Y are similar. The ratio of corresponding dimensions
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Intro: Surface Area and Volume Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Find the surface area of the space figure represented by the net. ____ 1. 12 in. 4 in. 6 in. 4 in. 4 in. 6 in. a. 288 in.2 ____ 2. b. 144 in.2 c. 240 in.2 d. 288 in.2 5 cm 5 cm 7 cm 8 cm 4 cm ____ a. 124 cm2 b. 110 cm2 c. 150 cm2 d. 164 cm2 3. Find the surface area of the cylinder. Use a calculator. Round to the nearest tenth. 4m 3m a
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National Park‚ gazetted 1993 Gunung Ledang National Park‚ gazetted 2005 Islands of Mersing National Park‚ gazetted 2003 Penang National Park‚ declared 2003 Taman Negara National Park‚ established 1939 2. What is Protected Areas (PAs) and give examples? Protected areas is an area that are recognised as a regions set aside primarily for nature and biodiversity conservation and also a major tool in managing species and ecosystems which provide a range of goods and services essential to sustainable
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