Sentences with phrase «illegal conversions»

Cracking down on the illegal timber trade and illegal conversion of forests for large - scale agribusiness helps to mitigate climate change by reducing CO2 emissions from land use change.

Another piece of legislation, sponsored by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, would require the city buildings department to submit an annual report to the Council on illegal conversions in apartments.

The bill would have serious implications for boho areas like Williamsburg, where there are illegal conversions aplenty.

«There are a lot of illegal conversions going on, because of lack of affordable housing, and we need to create a system where, if people are displaced, they are taken care of,» Chin told Crain's.

The official statement on drivers of deforestation agreed to by parties to the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2013 does not specifically address illegal conversion for commercial agriculture.

Early in his term as New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg created an analytics task force that crunched massive amounts of data gathered from all over the city to determine which illegal conversions (structures cut up into many smaller units without the appropriate inspections and licensing) were most likely to be fire hazards.

The April 5 stop - work order cites the new owner for an «illegal conversion» of a commercial space to dwelling units.

«All considering, plantation development in Ketapang represents little else but a massive land grab leading to biodiversity losses and carbon emissions from the illegal conversion of protected forests and peatlands,» the report states.

In addition, there are likely several fire and safety code violations that come with this illegal conversion.