1.   But outside these specially protected areas concern mounted at the architectural ravages of commercial development, particularly in association with new highway requirements.

2.   The desert tortoise is one of many species in the protected area.

3.   Often, fluctuating water levels put the best shorebird habitat on grassland outside the protected areas.

4.   In the long term, it envisaged the compilation of a list of globally protected areas.

5.   The new fund is intended to establish a regional network of protected areas in seven countries.

6.   Norway too, has complained that logging the Kessi area, not included in the act as a protected area, will destroy the forest between Finland and Norway.

7.   The Fondation Amazonie invites donors to help purchase strips of rainforest, with a view to creating protected areas.