Sentences with phrase «efforts by land»

This change has not happened overnight, but has been the result of long - term, dedicated efforts by land managers, researchers, investors, policymakers, and others.

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«You could sort of see it happening in slow motion, notwithstanding efforts by leadership to try to deflect it or push it back,» says Steven Law, a former McConnell chief of staff who became a top U.S. Chamber of Commerce official before landing at American Crossroads, the Karl Rove - founded Super PAC, which now aims to usher more moderate Republican nominees into the midterms.

Relief efforts, coordinated by the National office of Disaster Services along with the Red Cross, have started in earnest with multiple relief flights and vessels landing on Barbuda today.

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Precisely where God comes out for the building of Israeli settlements on land formerly controlled by Palestinians is not clear to me, but the Republican parade to the Holy Land seems united in its view that Obama's efforts to curtail those settlements are wrongheaded at best and sinful at woland formerly controlled by Palestinians is not clear to me, but the Republican parade to the Holy Land seems united in its view that Obama's efforts to curtail those settlements are wrongheaded at best and sinful at woLand seems united in its view that Obama's efforts to curtail those settlements are wrongheaded at best and sinful at worst.

The question of whether the Christian effort to reconquer the Holy Land after it had been conquered by Muslims was sinful is, to say the least, debatable and much debated.

It is customary to give one - tenth of the product of the land if it is watered by rain and one - twentieth if it is irrigated by human effort; two and one - half per cent of savings is suggested, with equal proportions of the increase in cattle or in trade in goods.

So the efforts at revolution by agricultural technological transfer were set in the context of an ethically intolerable pattern of land distribution to begin with.

It is to be expected, therefore, that the history of land - reform efforts is one of political chicanery, violence, subversion and only halfhearted implementation of even those policies that have been established by government action.

Development efforts began in countries with an agricultural system characterized by the concentration of land ownership in the hands of the very few.

A Samaritan's Purse plane was the first humanitarian delivery to land on St. Martin after Irma earlier this month, thanks in part to efforts by Jonathan Falwell — son of the late Jerry Falwell and pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia — who happened to be vacationing on the island when the hurricane hit.

The mounting strength of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States has been a large factor, and this in turn has been due to the faithful efforts in the nineteenth century which laid the foundations for that strength and to the rise to comfort, and here and there to affluence, of Roman Catholic emigrants and their children, who, coming poverty - stricken to America, have profited by the development of the virgin resources of the land.

Ponte strives to be great stewards of the land; and Ponte green efforts even encompass the new tour available on - property exclusively by advance reservation.

«Organic graziers don't take the easy way out when it comes to controlling pests and diseases or looking after the land, so it's great to see their efforts increasingly being supported by consumers who realise it's worth paying a little bit more,» says Alister.

Our sponsors: OXO, Dixie Crystals, and Land O» Lakes will match dollar for dollar what is raised by this grand carb - o - tarian effort, so if you can, please donate!

Now I will admit right off that it took no less than an amazing effort by Chargers cornerback Jason Verrett to pick that pass off and land in bounds with it, but that's kind of the point.

As the game resumed, despite an early effort by Agbonlahor, it soon became clear that the Eagles had landed, with Bolasie forcing an acrobatic save from Guzan, Jerome hitting the bar with his shot two yards from goal and Ledley almost scoring from the centre of the box.

By participating in this innovative program, Guardian provides many great benefits to its staff as well as vital support for Mass Audubon's ongoing efforts to protect wildlife and wild lands across Massachusetts.

Whether the Park District's latest effort will be enough to help accomplish an ambitious goal set in that study — 1,300 new acres of open land in Chicago by 2010 — remains to be seen.

By participating in this innovative program, Guardian provides many great benefits to its staff as well as vital support for Mass Audubon's ongoing efforts to protect wildlife and wild lands.

A 1.3 - acre property on Gary Avenue next to the Lincoln Marsh Natural Area will be restored as open space as part of a long - term land preservation effort undertaken by the Conservation Foundation and the Wheaton Park District.

Johnson is now petitioning to give Chapman a suitable memorial, but her efforts are hampered by the private cemetery's intention to reclaim the land.

This absolute redistributed wealth, but it also had catastrophic effects on agricultural productivity because the new land owners installed by the effort often lacked the skill set and resources to exploit the land effectively.

• Despite the best efforts by Congressman Peter King, the current Administration has reduced Home Land Security funding.

SEIU 32BJ is throwing its support behind Francisco Moya's effort to land the Queens Assembly seat vacated by Jose Peralta after his special election success in blocking the return of expelled ex-Sen.

Efforts to continue along that path are being supported by various agencies, including the Albany County Land Bank.

Oddo started one last effort to halt the project last year by forcing the new streets to be part of the official city map and go through the city's lengthy Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) which could cripple their plans.

The initiative was inspired by such successful land bank efforts as 13 Chambers Street in Newburgh.

But she embraced their efforts to build a $ 12.5 million complex full of sports fields to accommodate players of nearly any ages and any physical abilities on a former piece of land owned by Carrier Corporation.

The land bank is one of five approved by the state earlier this year, as part of an effort to reduce the number of neglected properties and to add to property tax rolls.

Since taking office, Hoffay has embraced a series of progressive urban planning initiatives including the Complete Streets program to make Kingston more bike - and pedestrian - friendly, an initiative to reduce the city's carbon footprint and efforts by the Kingston Land Trust to create community gardens and preserve open space.

Our client, however, remains undeterred by the desperate efforts of some individuals to intimidate him and bend his will and rights against the constitutional provisions, the framework of Nigeria Police Force Act and the laws of the land.

With County Executive Poloncarz's leadership and the strong support of Mayors Brown, Pilozzi, and Szymanski, our community demonstrated the kind of regional cooperation that will serve to make the land bank a success, and it's an effort that is being justly rewarded by New York State.»

Over the last decade, the city has focused industrial land reclamation efforts in South Buffalo, with remarkable success evidenced by the Buffalo High Tech Manufacturing Hub at RiverBend and Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park.

Yet another green benefit of legalizing marijuana would be an end to the destructive eradication efforts employed by law enforcement at bust sites, where the crop and the land they are rooted in are sometimes subjected to harsh chemical herbicides for expedited removal.

With over 80 percent of forests already degraded by human and industrial activities, today's findings underscore the immediate need for international policies to secure remaining intact forests — including establishing new protected areas, securing the land rights of indigenous peoples, regulating industry and hunting, and targeting restoration efforts and public finance.

East of the Missouri River, where efforts have been specifically targeted toward waterfowl conservation, lands under conservation management were more likely than other locations to be used by Whooping Cranes.

By dramatically improving the speed and efficiency of conversion over conventional approaches, these enzymes could stimulate efforts to grow crops for fuel, with implications for biodiversity in the form of increased land use for this purpose, potential shifts away from fossil fuel use and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

For this reason, the EU has reformed the Common Fisheries Policy in an effort to eradicate the practice by obliging fishing vessels to land all of their catch.

When seeking clues to how well conservation efforts are working in the present, sometimes scientists look to the past — and there may be no better historical record than the forest surveys conducted in Missouri by the Bureau of Land Management in the 1800s.

It does so through regulations spelled out in the Clean Water Act, which include providing tax incentives for selling or giving wetlands to land trusts or other conservation groups, via cooperative efforts with state and local entities, and by acquiring wetlands outright to add acreage to public lands systems.

«Reimbursing ranchers for livestock killed by predators supports conservation efforts: Compensation program offsets costs of preserving wildlife habitat on private land.»

The private spaceflight company SpaceX, founded by another Internet billionaire, Elon Musk, has made two efforts to set down a rocket on a landing pad after flight.

As world leaders hold climate talks in Paris, research shows that land surface temperatures may rise by an average of almost 8C by 2100, if significant efforts are not made to counteract climate change.

Western Wildfires — The increasingly destructive and widespread fire seasons of recent years are likely to continue due to a combination of increased drought and land development encroaching on naturally burning landscapes, along with a climate change — induced fuel boom (enhanced plant growth and a shift to more woody species) exacerbated by fire - suppression efforts leading to more abundant plant matter to fuel violent blazes, according to ecologist Dominique Bachelet of Oregon State University in Corvallis and The Nature Conservancy.

Every weekend: Launching at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park's Netul Landing on the Oregon coast, these two - plus - hour kayak and canoe tours are led by rangers who share stories of exploration, local wildlife and restoration efforts.

Intensify conservation efforts in the large landscapes required for snow leopard survival by identifying and designating critical habitats of key snow leopard populations as no - go areas for destructive land uses, maintaining their integrity and connectivity through natural corridors, and strengthening their protection on the ground.

Like New Mexico, the region around Lake Baikal in central Siberia is a land of enchantment and exploitation, offering a beautiful landscape rich with sites held sacred by the indigenous communities of the region and a target for international tourism and resource development efforts.

This unprecedented five - year effort, led by the Department of Interior, resulted in land - use plans with new measures to conserve sage grouse and potentially prevent the need to list the species as endangered.

President Macron also announced actions in agricultural and solar technologies that would enhance the UNCCD's global efforts to ensure that by 2030 and going forward, the amount of degraded land is equivalent to or less that the land we had degraded by 2015 when the Sustainable Development Goals were adopted.