Sentences with phrase «land for agriculture»

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

But the population growth and the clearing of land for agriculture are mainly happening in the developing world.

They also represent the main source of new land for agriculture at the expense of forests.

Because of the clearing of pasture and forest lands for agriculture.

Step change in demand for food and hence pressure on land for agriculture 8.

He said it was to make dry land for agriculture.

Whether logging or clearing land for agriculture, the bulk of the world's forests have fallen to crops, cattle or younger trees.

By farming insects, we could get more meat from the same amount of grain, use less land for agriculture and cut pollution.

Mr Farley said the current system, through which land for agriculture is granted via leasehold, makes the sector unattractive for long - term capital investment.

Ajimobi, who disclosed this at the town hall meeting held for the people of Oyo and Ogbomoso geo - political zones on Tuesday, also stated that the government would revoke the ownership of any unused fertile land for agriculture.

There will be a direct to all «aussies» because there will be less usable land for agriculture as well as rising food prices.

As the population grows we need more land to grow crops to feed ourselves and that adds to climate change which in turn poisons our oceans with acid rain and reduces the available land for agriculture.

Converting new land for agriculture actually causes extra carbon emissions and can lead to deforestation and the loss of biodiversity and wetlands.

The governor's speech indicates he is strengthening his commitment to «smart» economic development — focusing investment of infrastructure in city and town centers while protecting the surrounding land for agriculture and recreational uses.

Burning forests to clear land for agriculture releases a large amount of greenhouse gases, but landowners can be discouraged from doing so with financial incentives.

The government halted the conversion of new forest land for agriculture, including palm oil, in the 1990s.

If on the other hand the moderately impacted land used in organic agriculture made it a suitable habitat for several important native species of wildlife that are threatened by conventional agriculture, then perhaps it would be ok to use a little more land for agriculture.

However, fire risk may be underestimated in some frontier regions of Peru and Brazil where humans are likely to set intentional fires for clearing land for agriculture or deforestation.

To ensure that non-agricultural uses, including dwellings, do not adversely affect the use of land for agriculture.

Whether it is the sprawl of deserts or the loss of tropical forests as the world's poor cut trees for firewood and clear land for agriculture, or the ineluctable warming of the planet as vehicles and factories deposit millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, «economic pressures lie behind them all» (Tolba 1991, p. 10).

In Osun State, we have land for agriculture and same in Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti States.

Or fires set to clear land for agriculture can get out of hand, like they've done in Indonesia: Over the last few decades, the country has drained many of its peatlands to grow oil palms and other crops.

As a result of this, the countryside developed into predominantly dense forest that was first cleared when humans began to use the land for agriculture,» explains Professor Jens - Christian Svenning.

Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, climbed steadily during the first millennium due to massive fires set by humans clearing land for agriculture.

Anticipated temperature increase at high latitudes will open up more lands for agriculture, increasing global food production and thus benefiting the world's poorest peoples.

Most deforestation is done to provide cleared land for agriculture, but the cutting down of trees and the planting of crops releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which adds to global warming, the researchers said.

Can your agricultural strategies feed the world of 2050 without additional deforestation to clear land for agriculture?

''... fires are deliberately started to free up land for agriculture.

The paper, written by Jaboury Ghazoul and Lian Pin Koh of ETH Zurich and myself in September 2009, posits that by increasing the opportunity cost of conversion of forest land for agriculture, REDD will potentially constrain the amount of land available to meet growing demand for food.