But scientists from conservation groups said the expansion of the oil fields would irrevocably mar one of the country's wildest and most fragile landscapes.

All anyone asked for was a balanced approach that would broadly respect the requirements of nature and spare particularly fragile landscapes.

A number of solutions have been recommended in the report to protect this fragile landscape.

Unchecked and unregulated, these vehicles present a huge threat to fragile landscapes and environmental values in general.

And this fragile new landscape didn't develop into an authentic coral caye, with its reservoir of fresh water above the reef, until about 1,500 years ago.

Environmentalists, however, have raised some objections to private homes - even historic ones - in such a fragile natural landscape.

These fragile landscapes are in a constant state of change because of tides, rising seas, hurricanes, and development.

This is fragile landscape to which the threat is one of continuous urban development between the two towns.

Because of the fragile landscape, walkers are asked to follow the path only in summer months.

In this fragile political landscape, the Republican effort to relocate the American Embassy has landed like a bombshell.