fragile environment

collocation in English

meaningsoffragileandenvironment

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fragile
adjective
uk
/ˈfrædʒ.aɪl/us
/ˈfrædʒ.əl/
A fragile object is easily damaged ...
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environment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition offragileandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Correspondingly, safeguarding pastoral rights in the lowlands will help to protect thefragileenvironment against the ecological degradation caused by huge, mechanised agricultural schemes.
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We feel that we must go all out to protect thefragileenvironment.
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We must decide whether we attach greater importance to the perceived economic gains or to the need to protect afragileenvironment.
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It would also create useful employment and reduce the damaging impact of human activity on thefragileenvironmentthat sustains us.
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What we seek to do is to make sure that everybody is conscious of and plays their part in safeguarding ourfragileenvironment.
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In promoting the mountain economy we need to take into account the fact that it is developing in afragileenvironmentthat needs to be both preserved and developed.
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The main problem is caused by the leisure boom which means ensuring that tourism contributes to and does not destroy thefragileenvironmentof the area.
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It is an area with afragileenvironmentthat has to be preserved, but which is subject to coastal erosion and extreme weather events, and it is a peripheral area.
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Six national parks protect the largely untouched, yetfragileenvironment.
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The ecosystem is afragileenvironmentthat waterfowl and other species of animals need.
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Appropriate efforts were taken to minimise the damage to thisfragileenvironment, but where the vegetation was damaged, increased depths of summer thaw occurred.
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Commercial development of uninhabited islands can raise ecological concerns, as many have afragileenvironment.
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Cultural differences and a language barrier further fueled tensions in an alreadyfragileenvironment.
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The hiking trails are designed to let visitors experience the shoreline while preventing damage to thefragileenvironment.
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In some highly fragile environments, found most often in the tropics, soils may be highly vulnerable to rapid and irreversible degradation with inappropriate agricultural practices.
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Personal lanterns are also permitted; however, in order to protect the cavesfragileenvironment, they can not have glass globes or use kerosene or white gas.
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Important issues in this regard include identifying various externalities associated with groundwater depletion in fragile environments and the costs associated with these externalities.
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The problems that such crops might inflict on the diverse and fragile environments of developing countries could be even more acute.
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I hope that in due time access will be extended to woodland, the coast and watersides, but with the necessary safeguards for fragile environments.
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Their fragile environments would soon be broken down.
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