Reference areas with representative types on nature in the Nordic countries and the proposed ECE system of representative ecological areas
The develop adequate methods of evaluation of nature and to use biological science to suupport physical planning, a project has been performed by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The Nordic countries have been divided into 76 physical-geographical regions based on features of vegetation, climate and landforms. Areas representative of the regions have been selected and described in a standardized manner. A method of using information on natural conditions of the regions and of the reference areas for use in physical planning has been tested. The proposed ECE Representative Ecological Areas have been difined as areas which should reflect the variety of nature types characteristic of a natural (physical) geographical region in which the area is situated. The main objective of the areas is to be used as reference areas for all types of physical planning and the economic planning of different forms of land use within the region. The establishment of the areas will be made in a way similar to the work of reference areas in the Nordic countries. The ECE Representative Ecological Areas are very close to the concept of the Biosphere Reserves. However, there are also differences in the scale of the regions, the frequency of the areas and in the main objective of the areas.
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URSS
1984
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| Subjects: | AREAS SILVESTRES PROTEGIDAS, |
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