major conservation

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meaningsofmajorandconservation

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major
adjective
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/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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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(Definition ofmajorandconservationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, while this is amajorconservationproblem for historic huts in polar environments, the matter of timber degradation has received little attention.
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Yes, that is amajorconservationsite which will be put under one authority.
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Moreover, the position will be much the same for a river authority which itself wishes to undertakemajorconservationworks.
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In matters subject to development control the planning authority is required to takemajorconservation interests into full account together with all other relevant matters.
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For large tracts of land for considerable periods of the year, there is not amajorconservationissue.
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Two years later an international campaign to save the world's tropical forests was launched by severalmajorconservationorganisations.
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We have amajorconservationproblem on fisheries and it will not go away.
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How does he reconcile his determination not to intervene with his statement that amajorconservationprogramme is necessary?
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Themajorconservationimpact of the barrage proposals is on fish species and those fish-eating birds and mammals which feed on migratory fish in the upper reaches of the river.
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It must makemajorconservationefforts.
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The third class of expenditure will be in respect ofmajorconservationworks, reservoirs, aqueducts and the working of schemes for artificial recharge of underground aquifers.
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In 200102 the charity undertookmajorconservationwork.
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In 19992000majorconservationand restoration work was undertaken to restore the original internal layout, whereby the sanctuary was relocated at the cathedral's eastern end.
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In 2011, it was announced that the parkland would undergo amajorconservationand improvement project.
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The area is also home to black grouse and amajorconservationprogramme has caused their population to increase in recent years.
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Tourism-related issues such as plant removal, littering, fires and noise pollution aremajorconservationissues.
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They require long-term planning, massive investment in redesigning and re-engineering, collective input, husbanding resources, social investment in research for long-term sustainability, andmajorconservationefforts...
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In the year 2005, threemajorconservationand development projects were proposing to significantly reorganize local land use activities.
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