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Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week agols “conservation land” something special, then?
English Wikipedia seems not to know it, and dictionary translated it to “Landschaftsschutzgebiet” in my language, which is like the most unprotective “protection” category there is.
Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I did, even did some additional research trying to clear up ambiguous terms (what’s a “conversation area”?) and looked up rules in another country (US) that was referenced by a less confused person.
Meme still doesn’t make sense.
Should even be the complete opposite.
If you recognize it, report invasive species!If there are hidden context clues I missed, please point them out to me, so that I will learn why I am the moron and not some of the others here that post stuff that just don’t make sense given the facts.
Is the original post perhaps satire?
grue@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It could mean anything from private land with an easement to prohibit building on it to a National Park, depending on context and jurisdiction. It’s just a non-specific term for “land that is conserved in some way.”
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Yeah, I guessed that much myself by now.
So there is no deeper meaning but the meme is just crappily ill-defined and because of this actually doesn’t make sense.
grue@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I mean, it’s sufficiently descriptive to imply that randos shouldn’t be messing with the plants on it. As a native English speaker, it makes sense just fine.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
randos shouldn’t (ordinarily) be messing with the plants
But the meme doesn’t talk about randos.
It specifically mentions the meme creator seeing someone “cleaning invasives”, implying that all people involved have some level of competence and know what’s going and that there isn’t any reason to pretend to be a blind pirate.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 week ago
The nomenclature is really messy across countries and even sub-country entities. The Portuguese language Wikipedia even highlights the mess:
Nomenclature diversity across countries. // Some surveys estimate protected areas in different countries and regions are called by at least a hundred names, and not uncommonly countries have their own categories of protected spaces, roughly similar to the protected space concept defined by the IUCN.
From that I guess the restrictions associated with those spaces also change, and in some you aren’t supposed to remove local fauna and/or flora.
smh@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
Conservation land, in my area, is just land designated to not be developed. It might be privately owned and designated "conservation land* for tax benefits, or owned by the town, or what have you. Sometimes housing developers will designate part of their land plot as “conservation” for some benefit from the town (like taxes or zoning easement).
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
That definition fits what the Al told me when I asked it about the topic before.
Seems to be similar to what many farmers here in the EU are doing: reserving some of their land for enviromental purposes in exchange for subsidies.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 6 days ago
Guess it’s lost in translation.
Conservation land is a protected wild area. Sometimes it’s what we refer to as “the woods,” and not properly marked from a local standpoint.
In my region, there are many county and state (vs federal in US) parks, with recreational areas and rules about how to interact with the wildlife. Greatparks.org.
There are also private nature preserves, and those appear to us as hiking trails. www.cardinallandconservancy.org is an example.
There are also smaller conversation areas. I know of a little bog about the size of a football field with a little sign saying it is maintained by the local college.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
Thanks for the detailed description how it is handled in your area, it’s actually interesting.
Land protection in the US seems to be a bit more convoluted than here in Germany.
And regulations surprisingly seem to be a bit more relaxed for the public (except for special protection zones, which are typically of limited size).
TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m from the states and I took this as “national park” (or perhaps state) land. It’s land intended for ecological conservation.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
But in that case, pretending to be a blind prirate makes even less sense!
From the National Park Service website:
Thoroughly note it and report that stuff!
TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Well yes, those are the rules. But if I see someone ripping out invasives themselves…
I didn’t see it.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Why?