Sentences with phrase «improve land conditions»

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But conditions have improved markedly since then and the big four banks» agricultural loan impairments — and land ownership makes up most farm loans — have been trending lower and lower each year.

The wineries we represent embrace sustainable eco and social practices, doing their part to help preserve lands for future generations while improving the human condition now.

«The park board is looking to see if we can improve the conditions of those current fields,» Gbur said, noting the difficulty park employees now have trying to grow good athletic turf on the land.

Phasing in land reform, improved labor conditions, free education and healthcare, Nasser argued that the road to democracy had to begin with freedom from poverty and colonialism.

The vacant land restoration strategy tested in this study was specifically chosen to improve local neighborhood conditions, block - by - block, and encourage residents to stay in their home neighborhoods.

There are already some schemes in Brazil to pay private land owners to set aside land to conserve the forest, preserve species and maintain healthy ecosystems, but these have been local - scale initiatives that have had little impact on maintaining and improving the conditions of the forest as a whole.

It also has contributed to key insights about how animal behavior can be harnessed to improve the condition of the land, especially in regions like his native Zimbabwe with long dry seasons during which ruminants are conveyers of soil fertility and moisture.

«Ultimately, the extent to which large land deals can generate real development, secure access to natural resources for all, and improve food security will depend on their terms and conditions,» said Jose Graziano da Silva, director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, at a 2012 Cornell University conference.

Results showed that additional data collected that year through more frequent observation of meteorological conditions in the Arctic's upper atmosphere from both land - based research stations and the research vessel Lance plying winter Arctic waters improved the accuracy of cold wave forecasts.

In several cases, the implementation of AFOLU mitigation measures may result in an improvement in land management and therefore have socio ‐ economic, health, and environmental benefits: For example, reducing deforestation, reforestation, and afforestation can improve local climatic conditions, water quality, biodiversity conservation, and help to restore degraded or abandoned land.

When biofuel crops are grown in appropriate places and under sustainable conditions, they offer a host of benefits: reduced fossil fuel use; diversified fuel supplies; increased employment; decreased greenhouse gas emissions; enhanced habitat for wildlife; improved soil and water quality; and more stable global land use, thereby reducing pressure to clear new land.

This will strengthen our ability to monitor the Amazon forest, build experience in improving the interpretation of the country's environmental and land management conditions, and contribute to the establishment of the REDD mechanism,» says Doris Rueda, director of Land Management at MIland management conditions, and contribute to the establishment of the REDD mechanism,» says Doris Rueda, director of Land Management at MILand Management at MINAM.

Strategies: Protecting culturally significant sites with improved Indigenous staffing; increased public recognition and supporting land management practices in returning land to natural conditions (via the South Australian Natural Resource Management Act that ensures Indigenous participation).