Sentences with phrase «developed on degraded lands»
What this shows is that the majority of oil palm plantations were developed on degraded lands, meaning forests converted to ferns, grasslands and scrubs by drought and recurrent burning, mainly during El Nino years,» Gaveau said in a presentation at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.
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NEW DELHI — Hoping to kick - start another green revolution, the Indian government on 5 October announced the creation of a research center to develop wheat and maize varieties that thrive in warmer temperatures and on degraded land.
Olam, however, denies the claim, insisting it will only put the plantation on «land that is classed as savannah mosaic, woody pioneer areas, logged or degraded forest that does not support significant conservation priorities,» and it is working with authorities to develop an ape management plan that aims to «safeguard ape populations wherever they are found.»
While it is important to continue this important work on land degraded by mining, as climate change priorities develop rehabilitation of country degraded by other activities such as agriculture, pastoral, land clearing, waste dumps, access development including roads and water, and tourism will become equally important.