Sentences with phrase «land clearing by»

And taken globally, increases in tropical forest carbon may be at least partly explained not by carbon fertilization, but by a recovery of carbon after past disturbances such as fire (both natural and anthropogenic) and land clearing by humans even centuries earlier - a factor that will reduce sink strength over time as forests recover.

According to a report from Mongabay, a full 80 percent of the land cleared by Amazon deforestation from 1996 - 2006 has been used to create cattle pastures.

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The conservatives and their beloved drug war are taking a clear social problem and making it vastly worse by felonizing even small time dealing, throwing so many people into prison till the «land of the free» has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world and making those people all but unemployable when they get out.

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 sharecropper would clear and farm the land and leave it planted with grass before moving on in search of more land; the campesino's function from the sixties on, then, basically has been that of «increasing the value of land that will later be occupied by the big cattlemen» (Slutsky, 100).

Roughly by the year 250 BCE., the clearing of forests and the over-cultivation of Mayan agricultural lands had caused a great deal of soil erosion (see Deevey, et al.).

This colonization is characterized by rapid destruction of the tropical forest, substituted first by cultivation of cleared lands and later by pastures which are burned annually.

The Spaniards invaded the region by pillaging nature; they appropriated vast tracts of land, monopolizing the best soil, introduced livestock, and enslaved the natives for clearing forests, creating pastureland, and tending livestock, thus establishing land - cattle fiefs.

We believe that Mary conceived the child by the Holy Spirit, as is made clear in the Book of Mormon: «And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God» (Alma 7:10).

The event will be attended by thousands of victims from all walks of life - soldiers who lost limbs clearing landmines, mothers whose children were forcibly recruited by the rebels, never to be seen again and farmers driven off their land by right - wing paramilitary groups.

Not only had I uttered the words much beloved by congregations everywhere («and finally...») but in summarising my key points, it was clear that I was preparing to land the proverbial plane

Much of the clearing of the land and putting it into cultivation was by monastic communities.

Elneny at # 5m is far better value for money than Xhaka and Mustafi who cost around # 65m combined.Elneny along with Monreal was outstanding against West Brom whilst Xhaka and Mustafi were at best bang average.How on earth the ref did not award a penalty for the clear foul on JJR is beyond me.Unfortunately Mustafi was culpable yet again when he committed himself to a ball, landed on his backside and was bailed out by the watchful Monreal.

However, it is now claimed by The Sun that the former Chelsea boss is closer than ever to landing his preferred job after making it clear that he intends on returning to top - level management this summer.

Varane was wide as he tried to turn and shoot, and then with 10 minutes left Chiellini flirted with disaster by putting his attempt at clearing for a corner so close to the goal that it landed on the roof of the net.

Cheryshev broke clear down the left and found Enes Unal in the centre of the penalty area, and although Unal's shot was blocked by the onrushing Keylor Navas, it landed to Fornals to chip a first - time shot over the despairing goalkeeper.

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.

Juve pressed to regain the lead, and came close on a set piece that landed neatly in front of Chiellini before being cleared by Calabria.

It lands at Yoshida's feet in the middle, and after he's clattered by Courtois he tries to flick it to a team - mate when down on the floor, but Chelsea clear.

«We're very pleased with the result — it is helpful both to the Park District and to all park districts in making clear the method by which land under 3 acres can be sold,» Park District attorney Rob Bush said.

Habitat's resident Nigerian Dwarf goats provide ecological care by clearing several acres of meadow land each year, reducing carbon emissions and removing invasive species.

By contrast, a search ad landing page ought to make a clear and compelling case for the candidate, with state - specific information provided where possible.

Provide a clear path for the HS2 hybrid bill, which grants the government permission but not the finance to purchase land affected by the scheme, to be brought before Parliament by the end of the year.

The plan would call for the section of land above Mill Road in Oakwood Beach to be cleared and replaced with several fields, either run by the Parks Department or a non-profit, Oddo said.

The environmental group Protect the Adirondacks filed an ethics complaint regarding what it contends was «illegal advocacy and lobbying» by the state DC in support of a 2013 constitutional amendment that cleared the way for a land - swap deal between New York and an Essex County mining operation.

He stated that 500 hectares earmarked by the company for its nursery development in 2016 had been developed, adding that there was ongoing land clearing and development preparation for additional 5,000 hectares, which would take the company through 2018.

The group called on Okorocha to stop the potential peace threat and restore security in the land by asking the herdsmen to steer clear of their farmlands.

Earlier today, Governor Paterson was joined by Stockbridge - Munsee President Kim Vele and other stakeholders in Madison County to sign the Stockbridge - Munsee Land Claim Settlement Agreement, which cleared the way for this compact and settled a longstanding land claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New YLand Claim Settlement Agreement, which cleared the way for this compact and settled a longstanding land claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New Yland claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New York.

This is contained in a statement signed by the group spokespersons, Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Iroanya, titled» Muhammad Buhari must stay clear of Biafra land or have himself to blame for the outcome of any such visit.»

The land has long been cleared for construction to start, with the only holdup apparently being some construction and financing details that have yet to be approved by various governmental agencies.

Two hundred and fifty million years ago, the Permian extinction wiped out virtually all marine species and most life on land, clearing the path for the dinosaurs and setting back the rise of mammals by 50 million years.

By displacing agriculture for food — and causing more land clearing — biofuels are bad for hungry people and the environment

Clear - cutting the surrounding lands, for instance, lowered the amount of animals within the protected areas by a significant degree.

In 2002 35 percent of the total area cleared of trees consisted of land swaths smaller than 0.5 square kilometer, whereas by 2010, the contribution of these small areas to the overall deforestation number increased to 80 percent.

Mulroy capped off the»90s by helping to shape the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, which cleared the way for still more growth.

Because so many mines in recent years are made from plastics to avoid location by metal detectors, based on United Nations research it will take 1,100 years to clear the world's existing inventory of 110 million land mines buried in 70 countries.

The result of the study was clear: Species from European habitats that have been highly changed by humans, such as fields and fallow land, were extremely successful in the conquest of other continents.

But if corn is replaced by clearing other land to grow more food, then you have emissions.

Our planet has warmed by 1 degree Fahrenheit since the beginning of the century, but for reasons that aren't entirely clear, the Antarctic Peninsula — the stretch of land that reaches up toward South America — has warmed 4.5 degrees in just the past 50 years.

A few years of Amazonian rains will wash away the nutrient - laden ash from land that was cleared by slash - and - burn techniques, but the charcoal in the terra preta soils persists.

Causeways and other roads that bisect wetlands alter natural habitats by providing avenues by which invasive plants species can colonize wetlands and nesting areas, altering natural hydrology of wetland systems, altering storm water runoff and drainage, providing avenues for road salts and pollutants and the direct loss of habitat due to land - clearing and paving.

Food production accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions when one tallies those from fossil fuels used in growing, preparing and transporting food; the carbon dioxide released by clearing land for farming and pastures; the methane from rice paddies and ruminant livestock; and the nitrous oxide from fertilizer use.

This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming until the soil loses fertility.

The burning of fossil fuels is the main CO2 contributor to the atmosphere, followed by clearing land for agriculture.

Once they used clusters of dates to track patterns of population growth and decline at archaeological sites in Europe, they calibrated their method by studying patterns in the types and dates of pollen found at the sites, which reflect when farmers cleared land of trees to grow crops.

In Indonesia, illegal slash - and - burn fires used to clear land are spreading uncontrolled, stoked by the dry, hot conditions.

For the study, researchers surveyed palm plantations, nurseries, forests and cleared land in Sumatra, the Indonesian island where tropical forests have been replaced by palm oil plantations, resulting in significant species declines.

By the end of the 13th meeting of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Ordos, China, 113 countries had agreed to specify concrete targets with clear indicators, to rehabilitate more land and reverse degradation, which currently affects over a third of the world's land resources.

But by adopting Land Degradation Neutrality as an organizing principle, you have given us a clear game - plan and vision and direction for the future.

Wildfires are usually sparked by humans clearing land, either for small - scale farming or major deforestation, Aragão says.