Sentence examples for a nitrate vulnerable zone from inspiring English sources

In 2000, the River Ythan catchment, a 68 000 ha area of predominantly agricultural land in NE Scotland, was designated a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) by the Scottish Executive.

The objectives of this study were to: i) identify optimal N fertilizer rates using an integrated spatio-temporal analysis of yield and site-specific N rate response; ii) test the sensitivity of site specific N management to nitrate leaching in response to different N rates; and iii) demonstrate the environmental benefits of variable rate N fertilizer in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.

The EU's Nitrates Directive (91/676EC) and its associated Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) legislation were recently revised in France in 2015, requiring farmers to adopt measures and then modify their agricultural practices to protect water resources.

NO3 N and several other soil properties of Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) monitoring network of 71 and 63 top-soils, respectively were measured in Venafro and Campomarino areas of Southern Italy (Molise region).

Environmental factors examined were: positive environmental impact (of crop); negative environmental impact; Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) restrictions; 'land quality aspects'.

Our preferred model provides the basis for developing a new set of groundwater Nitrate Vulnerable Zones that should help England and Wales to comply with the EU Nitrate Directive.

It is one of the crops that led to the setting up of nitrate sensitive areas and nitrate vulnerable zones across the EU.

England and Wales implemented this Directive by controlling agricultural activities within their most vulnerable areas termed Nitrate Vulnerable Zones.

The few studies that have examined the impact of agricultural stewardship at the catchment scale have found that Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) in the UK have resulted in little improvement in water quality which concurs with the current catchment study.

Another view holds that, because Nepal is in a seismically vulnerable zone, the government should have been better prepared.

- Because it's a vulnerable zone.