Sentences with phrase «for agricultural use»

Since the 1950s, these forests have largely been logged for rich timber resources or converted for agricultural use such as palm oil.

It is used to improve electric and gas utility load forecasts and to document the variability of water available for agricultural use.

As living standards and populations rise, water use will likely increase - for example, as more people have diets rich in meat, more water will be needed for agricultural use.

These products allow the community to earn income while lessening their dependance on subsistence farming and without converting land for agricultural uses like palm oil and cattle, which are two major drivers of deforestation in Guatemala.

The Park District is requesting a special - use permit from Will County that would allow the recreation center to be built on land zoned for agricultural use.

Criss - crossing woodlands throughout New England, stone walls are centuries - old historical markers indicating that land was previously cleared for agricultural use.

Land - use change, e.g., the clearing of forests for agricultural use, can affect the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by altering how much carbon flows out of the atmosphere into carbon sinks.

The cost of a medium - size desalination plant, producing 6 million gallons per day, is about $ 25 million; the Cost of the water produced is about 0.3 cent per gallon, three or four times the present cost of water for agricultural use in Israel.

Also called the Land Rover Series I, this was an off - road utility vehicle that was suitable for agricultural use as well as getting around town.

Water for agricultural use comes from three sources, generally — municipal treated water, a well or a pond.

Today, nearly 90 % of Israel's sewage is treated to an ultra pure level for agricultural use.

Trucks have hauled off muck at the Turkey Creek site for months, depositing it on regional farmlands, where it is tilled for agricultural use.

This makes desalinating seawater for agricultural use too costly to attract private investment.

For example, in May 2017 a large scale biodigester was opened in Western Australia to treat food waste, generate electricity and produce compost for agricultural uses.

The Commonwealth can carry over water in the same way as occurred when the water entitlements were managed for agricultural use.

Suffolk County lawmakers are urging the passage of state legislation that would permit development for agricultural uses on protected farmland.

Krupski wants to make sure the county makes good decisions about what land will be turned into open space or preserved for agricultural use.

Unlike many bird species that are now extinct on the Earth's small islands, the Eastern Bluebird and the Hispaniolan Crossbill disappeared long before the first people arrived, uncoupling their extinction from human actions, such as the introduction of new predators and habitat loss for agricultural use.

«In the future we can begin developing repellents for agricultural use that could cover fruits, crops like wheat and corn, and produce.

«Farmers selected maize for agricultural use at high elevations.»

This approach should be useful to managers who must decide how much water to release for agricultural use or to conserve behind dams, especially as climate change is expected to bring about more frequent and extreme floods and droughts.

Additionally, altering SP5G could be one of the first steps in engineering the domestication of a wild species for agricultural use.

High - demand for a crop throughout the year puts stress on conventional farmers to use more land and thus reconstruct more of its natural vegetation for agricultural use.

Converting both forests and peatlands for agricultural use can have major negative consequences for global climate change, because both types of habitats play an important role in carbon sequestration.

Lead paint was soon regulated for the first time, and the awareness of the impacts of pesticides and other pollutants — made famous by Rachel Carson in her 1962 book, Silent Spring was recognized when DDT was finally banned for agricultural use in 1972.

By acquiring a conservation easement on this land, Scenic Hudson and CLC have ensured its permanent availability for agricultural use and that it will always remain affordable for farmers.

The method to this is fighting poverty, which forces many people to cut down trees for firewood or to clear forest areas for agricultural uses.

It was built with rooflite ® agricultural, a rooflite soil product designed specifically for agricultural use and designed to function as a green roof medium.

Village Atty. Ken Grey said the Park District project may not be appropriate for property zoned for agricultural use.

Two early environmentalists, Phyllis Faber and Albert Straus» mother, Ellen Straus, decided to fight, so they co-founded the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), a private, member - supported non-profit organization dedicated to permanently preserving Marin County farmland for agricultural use.

Less than 150 years ago, vast areas of forest in New England were cleared for agricultural use and to supply timber for local development.

«Tillable» means available for agricultural use - usually the farmer we rent to plants corn or soybeans.

Although about 1,998,230 acres or 38 % of the total land area are considered potentially suitable for agricultural use, only perhaps 10 to 15 % is in use in any one year.

CIFOR senior scientist Daniel Murdiyarso says forested lands are rapidly being converted for agricultural use and there is an urgent need to look at other alternatives.

When trees fall, usually due to illegal logging or converting land for agricultural use, the forests become sources of harmful greenhouse gases instead of serving as important carbon «sinks.»

A special - use permit is needed because the land is zoned for agricultural use, according to the Park District's attorney, Tom Phelan.

But he and Assembly members Bill Magee, Al Stirpe, Pam Hunter and Barbara Lifton all signed a Feb. 11 letter to Speaker Carl Heastie that specifically asked him to «reject the executive's $ 340 million earmark for thruway toll tax credits (except those for agricultural uses).»

Annual smoke and haze, created when the nation's peat lands are burned and cleared for agricultural use, create a regional health threat and send significant carbon into the atmosphere.

«A lack of action would result in massive increases in agriculture's environmental impacts including the clearing of 200 to 1,000 million hectares of land for agricultural use, an approximately three-fold increase in fertiliser and pesticide applications, an 80 % increase in agricultural GHG emissions and a rapid rise in the prevalence of diet - related diseases such as obesity and diabetes.»

Boosting farmers» agricultural yields will reduce the likelihood of forests being converted for agricultural use.

Two early environmentalists, Phyllis Faber and Albert Straus» mother, Ellen Straus, decided to fight, so they co-founded the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), a private, member - supported non-profit organization dedicated to permanently preserving Marin County farmland for agricultural use.

Scenic Hudson also was one of the first land trusts in New York State to acquire conservation easements, compensating farmers for keeping their land open and available for agricultural use.

«All operate outside the law because they're on residentially zoned land but technically need to be zoned for agricultural use.

About three - fourths of recent land sales were recreational (21 percent); timber / ranch (25 percent); and for agricultural uses (27 percent), according to the report.