Millions of acres of Conservation Reserve Land bloomed, supplying a healthy mix of blossoms to thousands of honeybee colonies.

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The other day, he says, he was looking at a field that a farmer had enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP.

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Built at the heart of a huge conservation reserve, the hotel has won numerous awards for sustainability and wildlife protection over the past 10 years.

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This allows producers in these areas to apply for low-interest loans from the government, and opens up land in the conservation reserve programme for use for grazing and hay production.

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So the state's Independent governor, Angus King, came up with a sensible suggestion: Cut hay from land enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in the unaffected counties, and send it south, where it is immediately needed.

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Within the last month, USDA has opened the Conservation Reserve Program to emergency haying and grazing, has lowered the borrower interest rate for emergency loans, and has called on crop insurance companies to provide more flexibility to farmers.

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The wetland, which includes the coastal Unryul Migratory Birds Reserve, play an important conservation role as habitats for shore birds and critical areas for many migratory bird species of north-east Asia such as black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor), Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes) and red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis).

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The site is designated as a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), NNR (National Nature Reserve) and SAC (Special Area of Conservation).

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Kitts-Nevis National MAB Committee has a key role and functions including, Advocacy and support of sustainable development, promotion and monitoring of scientific research, planning and management of Biosphere reserves, approval of Biosphere Reserve Proposals, capacity development of the local communities in resource management and environmental protection, the conservation of biological diversity.

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