Sentences with phrase «lands of developing countries»

Governments of some developed nations also argue that land degradation is not a global issue of immediate concern to their citizens, but rather a problem limited to the dry lands of developing countries.

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They will land on fertile ground, as there is no shortage of innovative ideas across the country that with the right support can be developed and successfully commercialized.

But the share of total spending on commodity imports by consumers, especially developed lands, is tiny while they account for the bulk of exports for producers, notably developing countries.

This strategy, which will be recognized by many of us in developed countries, is based on the assumption that land, labor and capital are all there is, that the real world is a closed - end system.

Cary officials have invited Town and Country Homes back for a second round of discussions about developing a 333 - acre former mink farm into a golf course community, which could keep a nearby parcel of land from becoming a gravel pit unwanted by many neighbors.

The problem is, there are many parts of the country where there's almost no undeveloped «greenfield» land LEFT to develop (New York, San Francisco, South Florida, etc).

It acknowledges that developed countries need help on tax issues from «other countries», calls on «extractive companies» to report their payments to all governments and demands legitimate sourcing of minerals and transparent land transactions.

It is probing reports that land - grabbing is taking place in many developing countries around the world for the development of biofuel plantations and that human rights are being breached as a result.

«We have been observing the happenings in our nation and whink that as a country, it would take the very good sense of judgment and the participation of all of us to solve the problems of our people and develop our land.

Writing in the journal Science, researchers note that helping developing countries» small farmers find ways to make better use of marginal land and cope with overfarmed fields is key to feeding the world's poorest people.

While it has been realised that for ecological security 33 % of the land should be under forest cover, in most developing countries it is below 20 %.

Some of the land grabbed was savannahs and forests, suggesting that the grabbing also may contribute to deforestation in developing countries, D'Odorico's said.

We appreciate attempts by the European consultancy Ecofys to investigate the opaque process of land acquisitions in developing countries by...

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«Issues such as climate change, increasing global population, scarcity of agricultural land and rapidly changing consumer preferences, particularly in developing countries where there is increasing demand for high quality animal protein,» Associate Professor Wilkinson says.

Developed countries, responsible for most of the excess CO2 in the air, might finance extensive efforts in developing countries to sequester carbon in the soil and in forest regrowth on marginal lands as described above.

In this sense, the voice of the peoples of the Least Developed Countries - LDCs, Least Industrialized Countries - LICs, Small Island States - SISs, Land Locked States - LLSs must be heard as a priority for the goals to be properly created.

When you donate money, you want it to be used directly to help the cause at hand, whether it's conserving land for future generations, finding a cure for cancer, helping children in developing countries or providing disaster relief to the victims of an earthquake.

Speedy, tactical turn - based combat with the newly - developed «ARCUS» system returns with all the bells and whistles players fondly remember alongside a new Overdrive mode, new means of transportation across both the land and sky, new allies, new dangers, and a renewed sense of hope as Rean tirelessly works to right the wrongs that have led the country to disarray.

In the game depending on troops you can compete for territories such as lands, cities and oceans, further for resources, develop economy and military, conquer enemies \» capitals and destory the enemies.There are 28 European countries including more than 200 land and sea areas, you can choose 12 countries from the Axis Powers and the Allies while enjoying kinds of game modes.

Speedy, tactical turn - based combat with the newly - developed «ARCUS» system returns with all the bells and whistles players fondly remember alongside a new Overdrive mode, new means of transportation both across the land and sky, new allies, new dangers, and a renewed sense of hope as Rean tirelessly works to right the wrongs that have led the country to disarray.

The speedy, tactical turn - based combat with the newly - developed «ARCUS» system returns with all the bells and whistles players fondly remember together with a new Overdrive mode, new means of transportation both across the land and sky, new allies, new dangers, and a renewed sense of hope as Rean tirelessly works to right the wrongs that have led the country to disarray.

The speedy, tactical turn - based combat with the newly - developed «ARCUS» system returns, with all the bells and whistles players fondly remember, along with the new Overdrive mode, new means of transportation both across the land and sky, new allies, new dangers, and a renewed sense of hope as Rean tirelessly works to right the wrongs that have led the country to disarray.

The speedy, tactical turn - based combat with the newly - developed «ARCUS» system returns with all the bells and whistles players fondly remember together with the new Overdrive mode, new means of transportation both across the land and sky, new allies, new dangers, and a renewed sense of hope as Rean tirelessly works to right the wrongs that have led the country to disarray.

The Exhibition `' ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow,1950 - 1960» features more than 40 artists from 10 countries, the exhibition explores the experimental practices developed by this extensive ZERO network of artists, whose work anticipated aspects of Land art, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art.

As the western United States was developed, he endeavored to record the vanishing cultures of the land's original inhabitants, creating a body of work that at the time defined the country's popular vision of Native American culture.

The catalogue explores the experimental practices developed by the more than 30 artists from nine countries featured in the show, whose work anticipated aspects of Land art, Minimalism and Conceptual art.

From the press release: Featuring more than 40 artists from 10 countries, the exhibition explores the experimental practices developed by this extensive ZERO network of artists, whose work anticipated aspects of Land art, Minimalism, and Conceptual art.

Developed jointly in an innovative partnership between the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and the AGO, this evocative exhibition brings together over 100 works of art from 10 lending countries and goes behind the canvas to reveal the histories, conflicts and scientific explorations that shaped how we see the land we inhabit.

Featuring more than 40 artists from 10 countries, the exhibition explores the experimental practices developed by this extensive ZERO network of artists, whose work anticipated aspects of Land art, Minimalism, and Conceptual art.

The elements that I believe are key to a successful agreement in Copenhagen include: • Strong targets and timetables from industrialized countries and differentiated but binding commitments from developing countries that put the entire world under a system with one commitment: to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants that cause the climate crisis; • The inclusion of deforestation, which alone accounts for twenty percent of the emissions that cause global warming; • The addition of sinks including those from soils, principally from farmlands and grazing lands with appropriate methodologies and accounting.

The bottom line, of course, is that coastal communities in many developing countries, from flood - prone agricultural delta lands to crowding cities, face a very soggy future.

Proponents of the fund approach argue that linking REDD credits to the carbon market will delay the transition of developed countries to low - carbon technologies and will restrict developing countries in their ability to reform land use policies.

The majority of these land - use change emissions come from deforestation in developing countries, where forests are being cleared for agriculture and timber.

No / Low Regrets Actions: (1) Fast Mitigation; (2) Renewables following sound engineering economics; (3) Increased use of Natural Gas internationally; (4) ABB's view on Energy Efficiency (supercritical coal); (5) Land / Agricultural Practices; (6) Win / Win Foreign Trade with Developing Countries; (7) Greater R&D.

Although indigenous communities bear the least responsibility for human - induced climate change, they are very active in spearheading renewable energy initiatives in both developing and developed countries as a means of achieving energy self - sufficiency on their lands and territories.

Due to population growth, availability of land per person in developing countries is expected to halve by 2050 Food and Agriculture Organization

Along with specific country targets for new buildings and renovations, the report also offers strategies for addressing land - use / infrastructure planning and development, and the needs of both developed and developing countries.

The position taken by the Australian government in UNFCCC negotiations has been largely counterproductive, including: its membership of the Umbrella Group of delayer countries; its prioritization of a post-2020 agreement over raising ambition as is urgently required; its insistence on a meaninglessly weak Kyoto Protocol second commitment period target for Australia; its unreasonable conditions for Australia to increase its Kyoto target; its refusal to countenance even conditional targets deeper than 25 % below 2000; its pursuit of creative accounting rules for LULUCF (land use, land use change, and forestry) in both Kyoto commitment periods [v]; its intended reliance on international offset mechanisms; and its failure to provide finance for developing countries.

Some developing countries have been asking for a separate framework that would allow them to seek compensation from the biggest emitters for loss of property, land, and other damages associated with global warming.

SciDev.net: Algal biofuels, like crops, demand land, water, fertilisers, pesticides and inputs that are costly for India, says Hoysall Chanakya Of late, there is heady euphoria over «green» algal biofuels that are dangled as a panacea for developing countries such as India.

This technical document synthesizes the results of a literature review reporting the evidence base of different sustainable land management practices aimed at increasing and stabilizing crop productivity in developing countries.

Climate data from developing countries is scarce, that's 90 % (at least) of the global land area.

It stands for «Land Use, Land - Use - Change, and Forestry», and it basically means that developed countries have to keep track of their emissions from forests, farms, and fields and they have to report those emissions over time as forests become farms and fields become forests.

Osbourne, who has put in years studying carbon forestry in a Mayan community in the Lacandon Jungle of Chiapas, finds that «when the carbon market enters forest ecosystems, it targets land uses of low market value, which in many developing countries is derived from subsistence needs.»

(maybe most of you are too cool to remember that sort of moment... but think of something equally bad like the time you accidentally set something on fire and it started getting out of control...) I think it will be worse than that... Seems like to me we need to be much, much, more certain before we go making policy all over the earth that could actually harm us... or maybe not quite so bad, but really not desirable, harm many developing countries and distract them from addressing real environmental land use and energy production problems that would actually help the environment and save human lives now, today... but keep an eye on the future... not suggesting head in the sand stuff... just let's stop the panic... if you have to panic it's probly too late... most people don't behave terribly rationally while panicing...

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«By 2025, drylands may occupy 48 % of the global land surface and sustain 51 % of the global population growth from 2000 to 2025 − 50 % of which will occur in developing countries, compared with only 1 % in developed countries.»

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The lack of robust institutional and regulatory frameworks, trained personnel, and secure land tenure has constrained the effectiveness of forest management in many developing countries (Tacconi et al., 2003; Box 9.5).