Article: A vision for an Australian freshwater protected areas system.

Article: WWF welcomes Latin America's largest freshwater ...
M2 Presswire;  September 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... September 2001-WWF: WWF welcomes Latin America's largest freshwater protected area (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE ... Switzerland -- WWF today welcomed both the largest freshwater protected area and the first freshwater Gift to the Earth in Latin ...

Article: The prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has announced the ...
Geographical;  January 1, 2008 ;     659 words ...The prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has announced the creation of the world's largest freshwater protected area. The designated area, the first of five, will encompass more than 10,000 square kilometres of Lake Superior, the ...

Article: Aquatic Protected Areas as Fisheries Management ...
Reviews in Fisheries Science;  March 1, 2005 ;     632 words ... ... The symposium was given th name Aquatic Protected Areas rather than Marine Protected Areas for a reason. There was considerable ... within the steering committee to include freshwater protected areas, such as in the Great Lakes of the United ...

Article: Designing protected areas networks in the north: ...
Northern Review;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... biodiversity conservation within protected areas around the globe. Northern ... unique, and principles for protected areas design developed for temperate ... overview of issues relevant to protected areas planning in the Canadian North ...

Article: Planet's list of protected areas tops 100,000 mark; ...
M2 Presswire;  September 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... September 2003-UN: Planet's list of protected areas tops 100,000 mark; United Nations ... Union shows. More than 100,000 protected areas, some 90 per cent of which have been ... savannah grasslands are now held in these protected areas. However, progress towards conserving ...

Article: Undermining Wilderness.(mining industry threatens ...
Alternatives Journal;  September 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... support for a national network of protected areas LATE ONE EVENING in April 1998, a ... growing network of national parks and protected areas will increase. For example, 15 of ... latter issue -- the creation of new protected areas -- that has drawn the ire of some ...

Article: NATURE FOR LIFE PROTECTING PROTECTED AREAS, PART 2
The Manila Times;  August 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Although the Philippines has a law on protected areas, very little attention and support are given to protected areas. For the millions of fishers who ... resources for food on their tables, protected areas spell their survival. Protected ...