Traduction de «Région écologiquement sensible » (Français → Anglais) :

In the context of the phasing-out of the milk quota scheme, special support can be maintained in economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive areas in the dairy, beef, sheep and goat sectors.

To avoid social or environmental problems, Member States will be allowed to limit grubbing-up in mountains and steep slope vineyards and in environmentally sensitive regions and stop grubbing-up if the total reaches 10 percent of country's area under vines.

(Return tabled) Question No. 241 Ms. Catherine Bell: With regard to oil spills off the West Coast of Canada: (a) what systems, plans or procedures are in place in case of an oil spill off of Vancouver Island, Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte area, or the North Coast of British Columbia; (b) who would be the first to respond to an oil spill off the coast of British Columbia and who would be in charge of clean up; (c) what are the response times to contain an oil spill in (i) the North Coast of British Columbia, (ii) the Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte area, (iii) the North Coast of Vancouver Island, (iv) the West Coast of Vancouver Island; (d) have there been any studies, reports, estimations on the risk ...[+++] or possibility of oil spills due to oil tanker traffic coming from Kitimat or Prince Rupert, British Columbia and, if so, what are their conclusions; (e) have there been any studies, reports or estimations on the possible cost of an oil spill off the coast of British Columbia and, if so, what are their conclusions; and (f) in terms of the gas spill in Robson’s Bight on Vancouver Island (i) has there been any evaluation of the potential damage this spill has caused, (ii) has there been any evaluation of the response and clean up, (iii) are there any further plans for clean-up operations such as removing the truck from the area, (iv) are their plans to ensure that similar accidents do not reoccur in ecologically sensitive areas?

As I already mentioned in the House, in the riding I have the honour and privilege to represent, there is a highly sensitive ecological zone known as the Alfred bog.

In that case, the respondent, the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, argued that CEAA should not apply to the proposed construction of an expressway in an environmentally sensitive area of Hamilton for two reasons.

6. Advocates a gradual shift in EU funding resources for agriculture towards the second pillar of agricultural policy (development of rural areas) in particular in order to strengthen the environmental and conservation functions of agriculture as far as funding is concerned, and to take particular account of the multifunctional character of farming in environmentally sensitive areas such as mountain regions;