Blue Flag

When the Durban beaches lost their Blue Flag status earlier this year due to poor water quality, the city's municipal manager Sutcliffe demanded that international Blue Flag beach scheme fire its South

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

The Green Flag, the park equivalent to the Blue Flag, is a prestigious award and is by all accounts quite difficult to achieve.

Saluting the Green Flag Tracey Crouch 2008

And while thousands of beaches worldwide have received the coveted Blue Flag and Blue Wave certification, and the attendant crush of publicity, some of the most unusual beaches have received no certification whatsoever.

Breathtaking Beaches 2006

But, while each of us has a favorite sandy spot, just .04% of American beaches have a current Blue Flag certification it must be renewed annually.

Breathtaking Beaches 2006

Blue Wave is the domestic branch of Blue Flag, a beach and marina certification program that scrutinizes waterfronts around the world, holding them to high and complex environmental standards.

Breathtaking Beaches 2006

Galant said all three beaches were run as Blue Flag pilot sites last year.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

Mabudafhasi said Blue Flag was currently being implemented on a small scale in South Africa, for a limited period, to finalise local criteria and specifications.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

Louis VII. of France chose this Blue Flag as his heraldic emblem, and hence its name, _fleur de lys_, has been subsequently borne on the arms of France.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Examine the flower of the wild Blue Flag, and see whether you can determine how the bumble-bee cross-pollinates this plant.

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918

Pembrokeshire has 12 Blue Flag beaches, 32 Seaside Award beaches, 14 Green Coast Award beaches and 39 recommended by the Marine Conservation Society.

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