A special protection area (SPA) is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Under the Directive, Member States...
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This is a list of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in Scotland. Formerly called 'Upper Solway Flats and Marshes' Special Protection Areas – List of sites:...
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See Special Protection Area to understand what this list is referring to. As of August 2004, the list of sites was as follows: Wikimedia Commons has media...
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The Special Protection Group (SPG) is an agency of the Government of India whose sole responsibility is protecting the Prime Minister of India and, in...
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Special Area may refer to: Special Area of Conservation, a protection area for fauna and flora designated by the European Union Special Areas Board, Alberta...
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them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced...
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Special Protection Areas for birds in Poland are called OSOPs (Polish: Obszar Specjalnej Ochrony Ptaków). As of 2005, 72 OSOPs were designated. Natura...
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conservation measures of the natural habitat. SACs complement special protection areas and together form a network of protected sites across the European...
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Munster Blackwater (section Special Protection Area)
Wetlands of International Importance on 11 June 1996. It is also a Special Protection Area (SPA) under the E.U. Birds Directive, the SPA extends from Youghal...
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planning Special Protection Area Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance United States National Marine Sanctuary "Marine Protection Atlas"...
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Natura 2000 (redirect from Natura nature protection area)
of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated...
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Protected areas of the European Union are areas which need and/or receive special protection because of their environmental, cultural or historical value...
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Nature reserve (redirect from Nature protection area)
nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved...
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Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland known as SPA, as listed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The Special Protection...
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Mousa (category Special Protection Areas in Scotland)
Broch of Mousa, an Iron Age round tower, and is designated as a Special Protection Area for storm-petrel breeding colonies. Mousa lies a mile off the east...
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of a 12th-century monastery on the island. The island is also a Special Protection Area for wildlife. Puffin Island is the ninth-largest island off the...
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Bellanagare Bog (category Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland)
The Bellanagare Bog (Irish: Portach Baile an Turlaigh) Special Area of Conservation (or SAC) is a Natura 2000 site based close to the village of Bellanagare...
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Devil's Punch Bowl (category Special Protection Areas in England)
Heaths Phase II Special Protection Area. The Punch Bowl is a large natural amphitheatre and is the source of many stories about the area. The London to...
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Cíes Islands (category Special Protection Areas of Spain)
of ZEPA (Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves, Spanish for Special Protection Area for Birds), and they are included in the Natura 2000 network, which...
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Ireland's Eye (category Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland)
basis for both a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area, and is incorporated within the Howth Special Amenity Area, and the Dublin...
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Ouse Washes (category Special Protection Areas in England)
wetland site, a Special Protection Area for birds, a Special Area of Conservation and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. An area of 186 hectares...
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest; many are also Special Areas of Conservation and/or Special Protection Areas. There are 40 national scenic areas (NSAs)...
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Snowdonia (category Protected areas established in 1951)
Wales. The park also contains twelve Special Areas of Conservation (or 'SACs'), three Special Protection Areas (or 'SPAs') and three Ramsar sites. Some...
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Morecambe Bay (category Special Protection Areas in England)
for its wildlife populations, being a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and there is a bird...
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Montrose Basin (category Special Protection Areas in Scotland)
being designated as a Local Nature Reserve, Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area and a Ramsar Site. The enclosed tidal basin has...
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Lake Köyceğiz (category Important Bird Areas of Turkey)
tourist attractions. They are part of the Köyceğiz-Dalyan Special Environmental Protection Area The lake is fed by the Namnam and Yuvarlakçay rivers and...
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Fair Isle (category Special Protection Areas in Scotland)
Special Protection Area (SPA) due to the important bird species present. In 2016 the seas around Fair Isle were designated as a Marine Protected Area...
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Muniellos Nature Reserve (category Special Protection Areas of Spain)
is a Special Protection Area for bird-life under the European Union's Birds Directive. Muniellos has also been designated an Important Bird Area by Birdlife...
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Bull Island (category Special Protection Areas in the Republic of Ireland)
reserve, a National Nature Reserve, a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive, and a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive...
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Hornsea Mere (category Special Protection Areas in England)
trips and fishing. It is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Protection Area for birds; it accommodates many species throughout...
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