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enclaves y espacios naturales muy cuidados

English translation: carefully preserved natural spaces and pockets of habitat


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Spanish term or phrase:enclaves y espacios naturales muy cuidados
English translation:carefully preserved natural spaces and pockets of habitat
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy
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16:43 Apr 8, 2009
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Tourism & Travel / Birdwatching
Spanish term or phrase: enclaves y espacios naturales muy cuidados
Looking for any other suggestions apart from "natural places/locations that are well-looked after /cared for". Thanks!

Pero junto a los meses de migraciones, durante el resto de año el turista ornitológico acostumbra a aprovechar los fines de semana para avistar aves en su hábitat natural tanto sea en parques naturales como en zonas de más fácil acceso. Es por ello, que este tipo de turismo es perfecto para zonas rurales en las que no haya una gran oferta turística convencional y cuya demanda, precisamente, es la de **enclaves y espacios naturales muy cuidados**.
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 21:11
carefully preserved/maintained natural spaces and pockets of habitat
Explanation:
One possible interpretation.

I also tried to come up with a nice way to express how I interpret "enclave" - in the original sense, a settlement of a group surrounded by foreigners. So to me it communicates the idea of natural habitat/natural areas surrounded by human-occupied/transformed land.
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Kathryn Litherland
United States
Local time: 15:11
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Thanks, Kathryn - I like this!
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Summary of answers provided
4well-tended natural enclaves and green spaces
Deborah Workman
4natural enclaves (preserves) and spaces that are well-looked aftersilviantonia
3 +1carefully preserved/maintained natural spaces and pockets of habitat
Kathryn Litherland
4natural preserves and spaces that are very well tendedBarry Cheetham
4carefully selected natural reserves and sanctuaries
Caroline Clarke
3various options see below
Kate Major
3nature retreats / sanctuaries and unspoilt natural areaskathryn davies


  

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natural enclaves (preserves) and spaces that are well-looked after


Explanation:
I think I would use preserves for enclaves...

silviantonia
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natural preserves and spaces that are very well tended


Explanation:
I think it is advisable to include "very". The verb "to tend" suggests ongoing care of the area.

Barry Cheetham
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carefully preserved/maintained natural spaces and pockets of habitat


Explanation:
One possible interpretation.

I also tried to come up with a nice way to express how I interpret "enclave" - in the original sense, a settlement of a group surrounded by foreigners. So to me it communicates the idea of natural habitat/natural areas surrounded by human-occupied/transformed land.

Kathryn Litherland
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Thanks, Kathryn - I like this!

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agree  David Ronder: Pockets of habitat for enclaves is inspired
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various options see below


Explanation:
"well-looked after natural spaces"
"natural havens and reserves that have been well-looked after"
"nature reserves and natural spaces..."
"well-preserved natural havens/areas/spaces"

I don´t think this actually needs to be mega-specific, and is more a question of the sound. I´d perhaps use "nature reserves and natural spaces that are well-looked after" as I believe that this is what they are referring to, and "well-preserved" might interefere with the sound "reserve".
Please let me know if I am reading this wrong!
Hope that helps, anyway.

Kate Major
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nature retreats / sanctuaries and unspoilt natural areas


Explanation:
some other ideas....

kathryn davies
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carefully selected natural reserves and sanctuaries


Explanation:
or "specially/specifically chosen/identified natural reserves and sanctuaries" or similar.

I think you're right and "cuidado" does not mean "cared for" or "looked after" here, it's a different implication.

(By the way, "well looked after" does not have a hyphen.)

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well-tended natural enclaves and green spaces


Explanation:
See the several examples:

Variations in land use and development mode have generated green spaces of different ... Natural enclaves, especially woodlands, with high biodiversity and ...
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S026427510400054...

Green space is growing increasingly rare outside of the ravines and river valley. ... They're also vital natural enclaves for wildlife. ...
http://www.connect2edmonton.ca/forum/showthread.php?p=45195

We opt for a model society in which the natural enclaves and green spaces are respected, with continued improvement of the quality of the air we breathe, ...
http://www.psoe.es/download.do?id=96957

A city with high-quality and generous green spaces epitomizes good ...... The remnant natural enclaves are particularly valuable, ...
http://www.springerlink.com/index/w2rt121l2wr5j6j6.pdf

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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-04-09 01:20:29 GMT)
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On re-reading your context, an alternative to "well-tended" would be "well-protected".

Deborah Workman
United States
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