1.   A scheme to create a nature conservation area on the banks of Scalby Beck, Scarborough, have been backed by the borough council.

2.   Launching the document, to be distributed to schools and organisations in the borough, Coun.

3.   Also on the list are the state bison herd, a rivers center, a birding center and a Hill Country nature area.

4.   Yerba Buena, hilly and heavily forested with pine and eucalyptus trees, will most likely be preserved as a nature area.

5.   Countries that ratify the Apia Convention make a commitment to protect the delicate South Pacific environment, particularly through setting up nature conservation areas.

6.   It has allocated vast areas for logging and nature areas, however, creating friction with those who hold no land titles.

7.   Most of the passengers were teen-aged students on excursions to the Lueneburg Heath, a nature conservation area which the train line skirts.

8.   Skomer island, a government-designated marine nature conservation area, and nearby Skokholm island have large colonies of sea birds and gray seals.

9.   Vast and unique nature areas across Russia are threatened, ecologists say.