Sentences with phrase «land concessions in»

Information revealed through the investigative efforts of Ouch and his colleagues at the Cambodia Human Rights Task Force contributed to a national moratorium on new land concessions in forest areas.

When the peat fires, almost all of which are intentionally set to clear forests for palm oil plantations, began this year, the president broke with past leadership, expressed his dismay and threatened to sanction palm oil company PT Tempirai Palm Resources after he paid a surprise visit to its land concession in South Sumatra where fires are raging (ClimateWire, Sept. 14).

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The sports facility, to be built on Park District - owned land at Plainfield and Clarendon Hills Roads, would include an ice rink, multipurpose room, indoor fieldhouse for soccer or in - line hockey, concession area, pro shop and locker rooms.

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, has confirmed that his Ministry granted Exton Cubic Group Limited an entry permit into the Nyinahin bauxite concession in the Tano Offin Forest reserve to prospect for Bauxite.

1 p.m., Subcommittee on Planning, Dispositions and Concessions will meet to discuss another land use application in Brooklyn

The practice of leaving concessions legally obtained in an environmentally damaged state should be stopped, and the land left in such that in time it can regain its natural usefulness.

At 10:30 a.m. the Subcommittee on Planning, Dispositions and Concessions will convene to discuss several Land Use Applications in Brooklyn.

The purpose of the moratorium is to enable the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Minerals Commission, to clean - up the mineral concessions, register and crack down on speculators who have held...

Included in the concession are the rights to build and operate industrial centers, airports, a rail system and oil pipelines, as well as land expropriation and the rights to natural resources found along the canal route.

These included three communities — the Miskitu and Ulwa indigenous peoples and the Rama — Kriol territorial government in the South Atlantic Autonomous Region — arguing that the canal concession violates their land rights and legal autonomy (see go.nature.com/ttshoc).

Gaveau said analysis by his organization showed the fires on the two largest burnt areas in Indonesia's Riau province on Sumatra island during February and March this year were either started outside concessions, or on land occupied by small - scale operators within concessions.

«Contrary to popular perception, logging is not uniformly a cause of deforestation and forest degradation, and thus emissions ecosystem services and other forms of land use coexist with logging concessions,» she wrote in response to Climate Home's questions.

Even the Toyota Land Cruiser inevitably makes a few concessions in the name of opulence.

The scene at Palm Beach, a two - mile strip shared by the island's high - rise hotels north of Eagle Beach, is as lively in the water as it is on land: kite - surfers and jet - skiers zoom by as sunbathers look on from the concession stands and beach bars.

Construction of a new barge landing area and elevated bridge and boardwalks will improve visitor and employee safety by reducing the risk of human - bear conflicts; provide safe and dependable access for the phased relocation of facilities and park concession operations; protect and enhance key park resources in the Brooks River area, including brown (grizzly) bears, salmon and trout, and cultural resources; improve visitor experience in the area; and connect infrastructure utilities between the Valley Road Administrative Area and the north side of Brooks River.

Paul Bunyan Land — Keep everyone in your crew entertained with this attraction's 28 fair - style rides, antique tool displays, petting barn and concessions.

In an effort to increase visitation and allow for a larger audience to enjoy national park land, the National Park Service has numerous concession contracts with private businesses to bring recreation, resorts and other compatible amenities to their parks.

The Maritime Zone Law or Ley Zona Maritima Terestre 6043, commonly called the «Concession Law», was established in 1977 and defines the Maritime Zone (ZMT) as the 200 - meter strip of land along the shoreline, calculated from the «average high tide».

When considering how HAL previously pulled off those stellar concepts, I can only assume concessions were made to accommodate the four - player feature — I think of how Return to Dream Land «s Super Abilities were exclusive only to one player (and even then, only to Kirby), and perhaps HAL wanted to balance the playing field in these more simplified levels.

Besides using fire for land - clearing, oil palm plantation companies — at least in Indonesia, in many cases — will ask for primary [natural] forests rather than secondary forests (or logged forests) for their concessions.

Leng Ouch, Cambodia: In one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists, Leng Ouch went undercover to document illegal logging in Cambodia and exposed the corruption robbing rural communities of their land, causing the government to cancel large land concessionIn one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists, Leng Ouch went undercover to document illegal logging in Cambodia and exposed the corruption robbing rural communities of their land, causing the government to cancel large land concessionin the world for environmental activists, Leng Ouch went undercover to document illegal logging in Cambodia and exposed the corruption robbing rural communities of their land, causing the government to cancel large land concessionin Cambodia and exposed the corruption robbing rural communities of their land, causing the government to cancel large land concessions.

Illegal mahogany in the Peruvian Amazon is harvested outside the logging concessions mostly from private agricultural lands or Brazil nut concessions.

In 2001, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that Nicaragua had violated the rights of the community by granting logging concessions on their traditional lands and failing to recognize the property rights of the indigenous communities.

With growing discontent among Cambodians and increasing international scrutiny, the government in 2014 canceled 23 land concessions covering 220,000 acres of forest.

RSPO is still dogged by lack of oversight, lack punishment for cheaters, fundamental conflicts (for example, abiding by RSPO rules on sparing of high conservation value forest technically put Indonesian growers in violation of Indonesian law which requires concession holders to develop all land for plantations) and the perception, among critics, that its primary function is to legitimize continued expansion.

Granting logging and plantation concessions on these lands can result in conflict and environmental degradation.

Prime Indonesian jungle to be cleared for palm oil Their former hero recently gave a palm oil company a permit to develop land in one of the few places on earth where orangutans, tigers and bears still can be found living side - by - side — violating Indonesia's new moratorium on concessions in primary forests and peatlands.

http://news.yahoo.com/prime-indonesian-jungle-cleared-palm-oil-065556710.html Prime Indonesian jungle to be cleared for palm oil Their former hero recently gave a palm oil company a permit to develop land in one of the few places on earth where orangutans, tigers and bears still can be found living side - by - side — violating Indonesia's new moratorium on concessions in primary forests and peatlands.

This was welcomed by many as a farmer - friendly alternative to the large - scale land concessions dominant in the south, one that could boost local livelihoods while solidifying de facto land claims.

In an effort to avoid a repeat of past fire and haze crises, President Joko «Jokowi» Widodo issued several policies governing the management of peatlands, including a land - swap mechanism that allows companies to trade carbon - dense areas in their concessions for lands elsewhere as a means to reduce fire risIn an effort to avoid a repeat of past fire and haze crises, President Joko «Jokowi» Widodo issued several policies governing the management of peatlands, including a land - swap mechanism that allows companies to trade carbon - dense areas in their concessions for lands elsewhere as a means to reduce fire risin their concessions for lands elsewhere as a means to reduce fire risk.

Daele is currently representing a group of Israeli investors battling over the expropriation of a border concession contract which he says «is a very important one for the export of minerals in a couple of land - locked African countries.»

Kachkin & Partners recently advised Regional Concession Company on the drafting of a contract for the construction of the Khabarovsk Bypass — a project with investments in excess of RUB37bn — and is acting for Seven Suns on its purchase of land plots for a residential project.

Identified key commercial revenue activities existing in the land and air side of the terminal and prepared concession solicitations for appraisal and award

Another approach is required, such as directing a proportion of catch profits or mining royalties to traditional owners as «resource rental» (in recognition of their traditional property right to the resources being exploited); subsidising the purchase of, or granting without fee, commercial licences; providing an equity stake for traditional owners in development on Indigenous land; granting seed funding for Indigenous enterprises; offering contracting concessions to Indigenous businesses in development projects; and other means of facilitating the exercise of commercial rights that flow from native title rights and interests.

The State of Nicaragua is actively responsible for violations of the right to property, embodied in Article 21 of the [American Convention on Human Rights], by granting a concession to company SOLCARSA to carry out road construction work and logging exploitation of the Awas Tingni lands, without the consent of the Awas Tingni Community.

I have just two concerns, when it comes to appraising land, quite often a cma is useless because land is so unique and often there are concessions made outside of the contract of purchase and sale that affect the value but cant be taken into considerstion in the cma eg; the seller will remain as a tenant for 1 yr.