The Countryside Council for Wales (Welsh: Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru) is the United Kingdom Government's wildlife conservation authority for Wales. It acts as the statutory advisory body and aims to sustain natural beauty and wildlife and to provide opportunities for outdoor enjoyment of the Welsh landscape and its inshore waters. National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...
CCW administers the various conservation designations, including a special one for Wales: Special Landscape Area. Wales has three National parks, five AONBs (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), and 10% of Wales covers many SSSIs (Site of Special Scientific Interest). About 70% of the Welsh coastline are SACs (Special Area of Conservation). A conservation designation is a name and/or acronym which explains the status of an area of land in terms of conservation or protection. ... Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a United Kingdom. ... Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a United Kingdom. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ... SAC is a three letter acronym which has several meanings: SAC Capital Partners is a hedge fund managed by Steven A. Cohen. ... A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. ...
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English Nature is the United Kingdom Government Agency that promotes the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places throughout England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Scottish Natural Heritage is a government agency in the United Kingdom. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... The Environment and Heritage Service is the United Kingdom Governments conservation agency for Northern Ireland. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms like Ulster, (Republic of) Ireland, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology). ...
The list of conservation topics is a link page for the conservation of both the natural environment and the built environment. ... With the advent of devolved government for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and of evolving regional government for England, the responsibilities for environment and conservation in the United Kingdom have become more complicated. ...
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