conservation measure

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conservation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.səˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.sɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of ...
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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofconservationandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Isaac et al. (2003)11 claimed that alley farming is a soilconservationmeasure.
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In its present crisis the industry needs a decommissioning scheme as aconservationmeasure.
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I talked to some people who suggested that this was aconservationmeasureonly.
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Anyconservationmeasureseems to hit hill farmers more than anybody else.
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I believe that a temporaryconservationmeasureought to be considered.
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If so, is it not an attack on fishing effort rather than aconservationmeasure?
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The landlord attacks a perfectly reasonableconservationmeasureon the basis that it is landlordism.
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Therefore, it is a positiveconservationmeasurethough it may be a payment for inaction.
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It is a genuineconservationmeasureto safeguard and protect the juvenile mackerel which are found off the south-west coast.
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The purpose of both several and regulating orders is to maintain and improve shellfisheries, and as such they are aconservationmeasure.
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This is aconservationmeasure, not a social measure.
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Nevertheless, we need to examine seriously any tougherconservationmeasureif only because this bag of conservation measures does not go far enough.
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Our records are not collated in a form which readily distinguishes one type of energyconservationmeasurefrom another.
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By using videos and going on journeys, representatives of the industry have tried to show that this is a sensibleconservationmeasure.
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If that is necessary as aconservationmeasure, the policy of free access will also need to be changed.
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I believe that the quotas are necessary as aconservationmeasure.
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It is aconservationmeasurewhich takes us forward, but it does not take us far enough.
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In fishing terms, that would be a kind of technicalconservationmeasure.
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We are concerned to hear that, as is the case, not all theconservationmeasurewhich that organisation has in mind are being fully met.
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That was never implemented and, like practically every otherconservationmeasure, it was fiercely opposed by the industry.
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