protected species

collocation in English

meaningsofprotectedandspecies

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protected
adjective
uk
/prəˈtek.tɪd/us
/prəˈtek.tɪd/
a protected area or animal is affected by laws that prevent it ...
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species
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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(Definition ofprotectedandspeciesfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For the first time, compensation becomes payable in respect of damage toprotectedspeciesand their habitats, too.
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There may well be some trade between dealers and collectors in stuffed creatures ofprotectedspecies, so it seems desirable to close this loophole.
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Protectedspeciesof birds have their nests robbed and their chicks stolen.
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For example, information about the location of nesting sites, rare habitats or endangered/protectedspeciesshould be withheld to avoid the risk of damage.
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We have now lost the first species on our list ofprotectedspecies.
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First, what additional protection do the regulations give toprotectedspeciesthat wildlife and countryside legislation does not already give?
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The land also accommodates the great crested newt, anotherprotectedspecies, which uses some of the grave structures to nest in.
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Schedule 2 of the regulations contains a list ofprotectedspeciesof animal, for example, the bat and the dormouse.
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Does my noble friend agree that, if so, it ought to be aprotectedspeciesand not be vilified as these people are?
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I understand that the regulation size of nets forprotectedspeciesis 70 millimetres in this sector.
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This directive will, for the first time, introduce compensation for damage toprotectedspeciesand habitats – what is termed purely environmental damage.
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The badger is aprotectedspecies, but it is not endangered—there are people currently serving gaol sentences for interfering with badgers.
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I anticipate pressure, however, in years to come to increase the list ofprotectedspecies, for example, to include foxes and deer.
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As the law stands, it is made up of what are calledprotectedspecies.
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They state that some of the fish of theprotectedspeciesare no longer scarce and are of good size.
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They will provide new protection from reckless disturbance forprotectedspecies.
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Ninthly, what inquiries and checks are made to ensure thatprotectedspeciesof birds that are imported as captive-bred birds are captive-bred?
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The problem with this type of fishery is with the large by-catch ofprotectedspecies, especially young shellfish and whiting.
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No permits have been either applied for or issued to falconers to takeprotectedspeciesof birds as quarry in any year since 1988.
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