Sentences with phrase «land clearance for»

Land clearance for logging in the Solomon Islands will lead to unsustainable levels of soil erosion and significant impacts to downstream water quality.

Peru has come under fire as a country where some of the worst deforestation of the Amazon is taking place as a result oil drilling, gold mining, illegal logging and land clearance for farms.

Prehistoric man has used slash and burn for both hunting and land clearance for over 50,000 years, and it is still being done today in the jungles of Brazil and Indonesia.

Not exact matches

The 17 - year - old plane had circled Tribhuvan International Airport twice as it waited for clearance to land, a company official said.

In a sign of Cambodia's increasing importance in Southeast Asia, the Trump administration aimed to cut U.S. State Department funding of $ 2 million for land mine clearance — and then reinstated it after an outcry.

It is also responsible for procuring land and key infrastructure, obtaining approvals and clearances, and receiving and utilising financial assistance.

We eventually took off, landed safely in San Salvador and off loaded the vehicles but while we were waiting for clearance to do that, I remember asking the Colonel, who was the pilot on our mission, what exactly was going on, and why had our plane been re-routed.

The chimps» responses to two fires — set for land clearance — were seen in 2006.

A recent study suggested that land clearance and early agriculture by humans around that time could be the reason for the extra 40ppm in the atmosphere.

suggested that land clearance and early agriculture by humans around that time could be the reason for the extra 40ppm in the atmosphere.

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The current Land Cruiser's hydraulic stabilizer bar suspension does a good job with body control, but the trucklike ride on the boulevard is no match for the sophistication of the rival GMC Yukon Denali's adaptive Magnetic Ride Control or Land Rover Range Rover's smooth air suspension (air suspension also could allow a new Land Cruiser to vary ground clearance).

Most of the Discovery Sport's competition can't come close to its capability off - road, thanks to its ground clearance, suspension travel and Land Rover's all - wheel drive and Terrain Response system with various settings for Grass / Gravel / Snow, Mud and Ruts and Sand.

Lastly, the Land Cruiser has seen its front end raised two inches for additional ground clearance and to help fit the 20 × 10 - inch wheels in the front and the rear.

Being a Land Rover, the Range Rover HSE Td6 has the equipment to be a serious off - road runner, with four - wheel drive, a Terrain Response System that adjusts transmission, air suspension and traction settings for the best drivability in various conditions like mud, sand and snow, good approach angles and clearance, deep wading depth capabilities and hill descent control.

Ground clearance of 185 mm means it'll never worry a Land Rover Defender, but for light off - roading it's fine.

The EcoSport looks a bit like the Land Rover Evoque to us, with a raised driving position and high ground clearance for light off - roading.

The Toyota Land Cruiser is the priciest vehicle in the Japanese brand's fleet, and it offers no options (everything is standard), but in addition to its three rows of cushy seating, it also offers a full - time four - wheel drive system, excellent ground clearance, an adaptive suspension system, the Multi-Terrain Select feature for handling a range of different driving conditions, and a crawl control system that allows the vehicle to creep forward while negotiating tricky situations.

There's the Land Rover's capable Terrain Response technology, four - wheel - drive and 211 mm of ground clearance, making the Discovery Sport apt for off - road driving.

New Discovery SVX revealed at Frankfurt Motor Show is a production preview of the ultimate all - terrain Land Rover Discovery, with a 525PS 5.0 - litre supercharged V8 petrol powertrain Most extreme Land Rover yet, with go - anywhere capability — increased ground clearance, body and suspension lifts, more wheel articulation and large all - terrain tyres Specially tuned Terrain Response 2 system and Active Roll Control are firsts for new Discovery Discovery SVX will be the first Land Rover assembled by hand at the SVO Technical Centre when production begins in 2018 Prospective customers and Land Rover enthusiasts are invited to register their interest in new Discovery SVX at www.landrover.com Frankfurt, Germany, 12 September 2017 — Land Rover has revealed the Discovery SVX — the ultimate Discovery for off - road enthusiasts seeking epic adventures.

Ground clearance is 8.9 inches for the Land Cruiser and more than nine inches on both the 4Runner and Sequoia.

Here's a mitigative strategy: since anti-RE zealots love to slag solar farms as allegedly «devastating» to local ecologies due to land clearance, let's put solar farms on lands already «so battered and bruised by pollution as to be useless» for most purposes:

2) For anyone attending AGU, Bill's giving the Tyndall Lecture on this, «Early Agriculture: Land Clearance and Climate Effects» GC43B Thursday Dec 12, 2:40 - 3:40 in Moscone West 2022.

There has been tremendous increase in the clearance of forests lands around the world for palm oil production in recent years, which is of major concern to the environment and rights of local forest communities.

Large - scale production of biofuels, certainly, will cause serious environmental challenges for the entire planet, starting with the clearance of forested land for plantations.

For those readers for whom the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline has been pushed from the forefront of their attention, direct action against preliminary construction and land clearance on the southern portion of the pipeline has been ongoing since AuguFor those readers for whom the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline has been pushed from the forefront of their attention, direct action against preliminary construction and land clearance on the southern portion of the pipeline has been ongoing since Augufor whom the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline has been pushed from the forefront of their attention, direct action against preliminary construction and land clearance on the southern portion of the pipeline has been ongoing since August.

But I suppose it is conceivable that the GISS - E2 - R land surface code generates different aerosols for different types of vegetation (and / or at the time of land clearance).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AMERICAN AIRLINES, Bethany Beach, DE Mar 2012 — Present Pilot • Successfully thwart a potential terrorist attack from one of the passengers while onboard, by recognizing the signs and alerting the authorities before landing time • Maneuver the aircraft away from harm by avoiding the path of a hurricane which descended without warning • Manage pre-flight checks of instruments and engines to ensure compliance with set aviation rules • Ascertain that all safety systems are up and running and that any glitches are taken care of • Determine best route to reach destinations based on weather reports and other concrete information from air traffic controllers • Oversee fueling duties to ensure that they are properly being carried out • Prepare aircraft for take - off and communicate status of flight to crewmembers and passengers • Monitor in - flight data and make adjustments to deal with changing weather patterns • Handle flight emergencies by ensuring passenger safety first and ensure that no panic is created onboard • Create flight plans detailing altitude, routes and amount of fuel needed • Communicate with ground staff to obtain clearance for landing • Ascertain that noise regulation is handled properly during take - off and landing

My last project was an internal social networking site for businesses, next to last was for landing procedures for commercial aircraft for the FAA (current DOT security clearance), and the one before that was for a health management system for the Air Force Reserves.

A full time position as Shipping and Receiving Associate where my 28 years of progressive experience in warehouse, shipping and receiving, import / export for sea, air, land transport and customs clearance operations can add value to a customer - centric.

United States Navy (Danang, Vietnam) 1967 — 1973 Electronics Technician • Held responsibility for communications, radio directional navigation, and crypto - equipment utilization on both ship and land deployment as a lead Petty Officer • Earned Naval Security Group Top Secret Clearance • Participated actively and diligently in all military exercises, assisting superior officers with various other duties as assigned

The wallpaper was a catalog clearance item: Graham & Brown for Land of Nod.