Identification of a region &apos; s Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas is an early but important step in an ecosystem approach to management because perturbation of such an area by human activities will have a disproportionate effect on aspects of the ecosystem compared to an equal perturbation applied to areas that do not rank as high on these criteria.
Identification of a region &apos; s Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas is an early but important step in an ecosystem approach to management because perturbation of such an area by human activities will have a disproportionate effect on aspects of the ecosystem compared to an equal perturbation applied to areas that do not rank as high on these criteria.