ambienti costieri ad elevata sensibilità

English translation: fragile coastal environments

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Italian term or phrase:ambienti costieri ad elevata sensibilità
English translation:fragile coastal environments
Entered by: Sherryd

22:29 Jul 16, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology
Italian term or phrase: ambienti costieri ad elevata sensibilità
The report has identified the following priorities:

the need to protect the "ambienti costieri ad elevata sensibilità"
Sherryd
fragile coastal environments
Explanation:
delicate coastal regions

more fragile coastal zones

mix n match - there are variants of the above to be found in legal and other contexts
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Jim Tucker (X)
United States
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3highly sensitive coastal environments
Jean Martin
3 +1fragile coastal environments
Jim Tucker (X)
3Coastal high-risk zones/High-risk coastal areas
Gad Kohenov


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fragile coastal environments


Explanation:
delicate coastal regions

more fragile coastal zones

mix n match - there are variants of the above to be found in legal and other contexts

Jim Tucker (X)
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Scarano: precisely
6 hrs
  -> thanks M
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Coastal high-risk zones/High-risk coastal areas


Explanation:
Have Google hits. The context in the Google articles and the one in your report should tell you it that's what you are looking for.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 17:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 12
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
highly sensitive coastal environments


Explanation:
See:

or adjacent to highly sensitive areas, such as those covered by a statutory. designation designated areas (e.g. Heritage Coast). Suitable landscaping ...
www.ceredigion.gov.uk/media/pdf/d/0/ENV Coastal Rewrite.pdf - Similar pages

Project Overview... moderately sensitive to changes in wave direction, but highly sensitive to sea-level rise. The coastal response was not simple, however, and under high ...
www.tyndall.ac.uk/research/theme4/project_overviews/t2_45.s... - 19k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] Geomorphological and Biological Monitoring of Sensitive Intertidal ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Intertidal flats are very sensitive coastal environments. They support large communities of highly specialised fauna. and flora and are subject to physical ...
www.science.ulst.ac.uk/ics2002/navas_f et al.pdf - Similar pages


Jean Martin
Local time: 14:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 41

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell
49 mins
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agree  James (Jim) Davis
6 hrs
  -> thanks JIm

agree  Pnina
2 days 3 hrs
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