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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="3-501" title_number="3" title_name="Environmental Programs" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Irreplaceable Natural Areas Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Biodiversity” means the full range of living organisms native to a region.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Irreplaceable natural area” means an area with habitat necessary to support:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A unique natural community; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A plant or animal species listed as threatened or endangered under Title 10, Subtitle 2A of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Program” means the Irreplaceable Natural Areas Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Unique natural community” means an area that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has an assemblage of native plants or animals that is rare or declining in the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Supports an unusually pristine example of a native ecosystem type.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
