Sentences with phrase «as land grabs»

Short - sighted economic gains such as land grabbing, unplanned urban sprawl, unsustainable agriculture and over-consumption lead to unsustainable land use, which eventually causes degradation and loss of critical ecosystem services.

The land values continue to climb at 60 % plus per year as the land grab gains pace.

Unfortunately many solar entrepreneurs have seen the solar industry over the last 5 years as a land grab and have aggressively pushed out sales teams into wider and wider geographic areas.

The topic is increasingly in the spotlight as the land grab for gas leases — by drilling companies seeking to tap shale deposits via high - volume, hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling (fracking)-- continues through New York State and the nation.

Not exact matches

If China is jamming US Navy aircraft flying in international airspace at sea, it serve as yet another sign that Beijing may disregard international law and norms to defend its South China Sea land grab.

Fox's Snatched, starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn as a mother and daughter grabbed $ 17.5 million from 3,501 theaters, landing it in second overall.

Once you have found the best DKI headline and supporting description strategy to grab the attention of as many prospects as possible and maximize qualified traffic to your landing pages, it's time to replicate this strategy in each of the ad group's landing pages in order to maximize conversion rates on that traffic.

Heidi Shey, a senior analyst at Forrester who studies the cyber insurance space, says insurers are in an excited «land - grab» state, gobbling up as many customers as they can because insurers believe most businesses will not file a claim, or there could be a cyber event that doesn't get covered due to an exemption, such as human error, credit card fraud, or email fraud.

It too emerged as the victor of its respective land grab (social networks), yet it seems to be annoying and alienating users at every turn.

As with most things, there appears to be some business strategy behind Denmark's northern land grab.

This winter is going to see something of a land grab — or rather, snow grab — as a wave of Canadian startups strive to become the Uber of snowplowing.

«Early on, we made a conscious business decision to scale audience as aggressively as we could: Turf war, land grab,» Dave Finocchio says.

Or did he just defend the Soviet Union and grab as much land as he could?

So wait you aren't going to blame what was obviously Politics on Religious Wars lets not forget that there were a few things involved in these «Wars of Religion» and I am sure most historians will agree with me, firstly the Crusades weren't thought up as some ideological crusade to protect Christians from some horde of Muslims coming from the east, they were in - fact land grabbing and trying to stave off the eventual fall of what is now known as Istanbul, secondly I highly doubt that most of the average religious person had any idea just how politicized the church became during this time period or up until probably John Paul the II took over, I mean the Thirty Years War could have been called a Religious war under this Videos silly assumptions.

President of Berom Youth Movement, Choji Chuwang, told a local newspaper: «As we gleefully wallow in the false sense of peace on the Plateau, know it today that a deliberate economic terrorism and land - grabbing strategy is being launched on Christians of Riyom and Barkin Ladi on a daily basis with the sole aim of making them poor, weak and destitute in their own land.»

As an integral part of the AFi team, the Communications Specialist will contribute to the team's overall mission of accelerating progress and enhancing accountability and transparency of agricultural and forestry supply chains with an aim towards curtailing deforestation, ecosystem destruction, land grabbing, and human rights violations.

Still, signing Kournikova is a coup for Advantage, which not only grabbed a property of seemingly boundless potential as a player and endorser but also landed a package deal: When, on Aug. 10, she told IMG of her decision to bolt, Fedorov did likewise, and is also now with Advantage.

All of these squads are still capable of grabbing a top seed come Playoff time, but they must be careful as a couple losses down the stretch could land them in dicey territory.

As the birds landed, Sam grabbed the first one, took off the countermark and dropped it in the clock He did this with a second bird that happened to be Phil's.

The publication gives a multitude of examples of the severe violations of the right to food and nutrition that the current food system is provoking: from forced evictions and land grabbing by companies or corrupted members of governments, as illustrated by the articles on Mexico and on the Arab Spring, to inappropriate food supply programs or speculative investments in agrofuels, described in the articles on Bangladesh, Paraguay and the Philippines.

The union head who represents Rikers Island corrections officers slammed plans to close the jail complex as nothing more than a «political con game» and a «land grab» that would enrich well - connected real estate developers.

It is probing reports that land - grabbing is taking place in many developing countries around the world for the development of biofuel plantations and that human rights are being breached as a result.

«To see the Methodist Church falling into line behind the Church of England in seeing the latest reforms as an opportunity for a land - grab within the state - funded system marks their further decline as a force for reform and dissent within England.

Some speakers characterized the DEP deal as «another city land grab,» while others wondered why the county executive, who once described the agency as «an invading army,» wasn't paying more attention to flooding and debris issues in the Esopus Creek caused in part by his new DEP ally.

The governor said the United States government treated Native Americans badly, including the forced march of the Cherokee nation, known as the Trail of Tears, and land grabs that left tribes on less desirable reservation lands.

So we as residents and taxpayers of Queens County are to accept another land grab from us to a major corporation.

Such land deals are often derisively dubbed «land grabbing,» which D'Odorico defines as a deal for about 500 acres or more that converts an environmentally important area currently used by local people to commercial production.

Tribal leaders see the modern threats to their culture as a continuation of the mistreatment suffered decades ago through land grabs, genocide and indoctrination.

UNITED NATIONS — The biggest land grab since colonial times is accelerating as nations scramble to claim writ over hundreds of thousands of square miles of ocean floor, much of it believed to be rich in natural resources.

Some commented on events involving collective action, such as volatile demonstrations over government land grabs in Fujian province.

Usually this is called land - grabbing, but it is as much about water.

Farmers across Australia are mobilising and fighting back against what one has described as the biggest land grab in Australian history.

The hostiles of Cooper's title, of course, refer to various tribes as well as the land - grabbing, government - sanctioned «settlers.»

Super Mario 3D World, the successor to the 3DS \'s Super Mario 3D Land, was unveiled at this year \'s E3 with Mario and company grabbing new power - ups such as the Cat Suit and other wacky additions.

Here we have a tough - but - tender cowgirl working her dead father's ranch with only a lovable grizzled old coot for a ranchhand; a somber villain moving through his dark house like Dracula in his castle, hatching designs on the heroine's land as well as her body; a land - grabbing industrialist conspiring with the local banker to turn rangeland into oil wells; a tall, quiet wrangler winning the girl's heart and saving her land to boot; singing cowboys, fireside heart - to - hearts, a crisis with hero and heroine trapped by villain in a burning building, a climactic shootout, and boy - gets - girl.

Awards season is cranking up a notch as some attention - grabbing performances land in cinemas.

Other deals included The Orchard and MoviePass picking up the ripped - from - real - life crime story «American Animals» for North America; Saban landing Chloë Sevigny's bloody turn as Lizzie Borden in «Lizzie»; and studio Gunpowder & Sky grabbing Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons» quirky «Hearts Beat Loud.»

The landscape may be different but it is every bit a frontier in its own right: a haunting opening tableau sees a forest go up in flames, as the land is torched by those determined to grab it.

Angelina Jolie makes the biggest play, grabbing two more votes to land in the top 5 on her own (as Fincher drops out).

Human rights abuses against ethnic civilians, such as forced labour, rape, pillage, land grabbing, and exploitation were first reported in ethnic areas the 1970s and 1980s, after which more than 150,000 people8 had fled to Thailand to seek refuge in camps by 20109.

Villagers are forced to abandon their land as land is «grabbed».

«While the status quo tried to paint this as a charter school land grab, it has proven to be a long overdue dose of transparency for Arkansas's school districts and their stewardship of the public's resources,» Newton said.

You don't need a trucking license to operate this behemoth, but the physique of a trucker would certainly help you get into its driver's seat; with your right foot planted firmly on the running board, one hand grabs the steering wheel as your other foot picks up momentum, swings upward, and lands inside the cabin.

Friends and family in New Orleans have long expressed the view that the drug problem in town was exacerbated by the wealthy as a way to do a land grab.

The Egyptian empire was at its height before the reign of Akhenaten IV but during his reign much of the land was lost as the Hittites, taking advantage of the empire's vulnerability, went on a land grab.

If the e-reading platform wars do turn out to be a land grab for a mature, low growth market, publishers will find themselves at a major disadvantage as businesses.

As the German land grab continues, and rising property share prices attract increased investor & media attention, you'll see more companies keen to list.

There's also a land - grab element to all this — people wring the hands over declining costs - per - click, but that's only natural (& obviously more than offset by clicks paid growth)-- increasing the digital advertising pie & grabbing as large a slice of the pie as possible is what matters now.

Sometimes dogs grab the food viciously with half of your hand while taught dogs open their mouths for the food to land in or take the piece by its very edge as if trying not to hurt you.

He used the war with France as an excuse, but, in reality, it was really a land grab for of the most fertile soil in the province.