semi-natural

• “The Woodland Trust bought Low Burnhall and its fragments of semi-natural ancient woodland three years ago, with the intention of returning 67 hectares of arable land to publicly accessible deciduous forest.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Low Burnhall, Durham

• “The UK Native Seed Hub will focus initially on plants of lowland meadows or semi-natural grassland like these oxeye daisies.”

  The Guardian: Kew unveils native flower seed bank

• “Evidence of a connection to intensive agriculture is robust, with "quantitative local surveys in southern Britain [finding] that bumblebee density and species richness are both generally lower in the more intensively farmed areas than in some open semi-natural areas".”

  The Guardian: Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe

• “He advocates better protection in the planning system for local wildlife sites, and other remaining areas of semi-natural habitat of high wildlife value; designation of Special Sites of Scientific Interest and new incentives for private owners.”

  The Guardian: Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe

• “First, it is important that the remaining semi-natural habitats, corridors and stepping stones are well protected.”

  The Guardian: Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe

• “A focus on the beetles of the northern forests [14] has demonstrated both that these semi-natural forests contain a relatively large number of rare species and that there are difficulties in making accurate inventories.”

  Arctic boreal forest environments

• “Urban areas are embedded within agricultural land, trees are interspersed with croplands and housing, and managed vegetation is mixed with semi-natural vegetation (e.g. croplands are embedded within rangelands and forests).”

  Anthropogenic biomes

• “The risk of water erosion increases as more land is brought under intensive agriculture and there is a high rate of conversion of natural and semi-natural areas into built-up areas for industrial activities, infrastructure and tourism.”

  Regional scenarios for Africa's future~ land

• “Expansion of settlement areas is controlled and is less significant in conversion of natural and semi-natural systems.”

  Regional scenarios for Africa's future~ land

• “The measures to stem the increasing risk of water erosion must be revised in order to adapt to climate change, avoid the conversion to agriculture of other natural and semi-natural systems and address the consequences of agricultural intensification.”

  Regional scenarios for Africa's future~ land

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