Sentences with phrase «large tracts of land»

In response, the more affluent ones such as Saudi Arabia, China, and South Korea are leasing and buying large tracts of land in developing countries on which to grow food for themselves.»

Now the Chinese government is seeking to gain control of large tracts of land especially in Africa from which it can supply the additional food Chinese will need.

Some began acquiring large tracts of land themselves, then selling it in pieces to investors they recruited, who used it to extract easement deductions.

By 1806, when Dutch colonial power gave way to British control, the Boers had established control over large tracts of land but, being fiercely independent and taking issue with British policies, many moved deeper into the African interior settling in areas that the British would later recognize in the 1850s and 60s as independent Boer Republics - the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.

Affluent grain - importing countries are buying large tracts of land in poorer countries in the emerging cross-border competition for control of land and water resources.

It could be possible to plant large tracts of land with plants that harbor these strains.

We'd love to be able to purchase large tracts of land and set up our own ranches online.

While it may not be immediately clear, industrialized farming and monoculture directly affect deforestation in Kenya as large tracts of land are razed to make room for farms.

Helen Thompson, Esri's director of commercial marketing, notes that the software can incorporate the video and tracking efforts from drones into interactive 3 - D geographic data to help appraisers and other real estate professionals update maps of large tracts of land more frequently.

Among the countries in which large tracts of land are being acquired are Ethiopia and Sudan, both already heavily dependent on World Food Programme lifelines to stave off famine.

«We're gathering larger tracts of land and preserving them in conservancy to maintain as agricultural farm land,» Dr. King points out.

Big dams, like Belo Monte, flood large tracts of land, destroy biodiversity, displace indigenous peoples and open up the rainforest to exploitation, said Aviva Imhof, campaigns director for International Rivers, which launched a video campaign last November on how big dams worsen the climate crisis.

Federal agencies govern large tracts of land in a part of the country where human inhabitants have long been few and far apart.

Easy to raise, butcher and prepare, rabbits don't need large tracts of land upon which to roam and graze.

In the wild, when they are not denned up, canids move across large tracts of land regularly, hunting, scavenging, exploring.

Today, South Africa and Zimbabwe have set aside large tracts of land as wildlife preserves but back then, the veld was teeming with animals — lions, leopards, cheetah, elephants, giraffes, hippos, antelopes, ostriches — roaming free in their natural habitat.

The fact is that if you have an unusually large tract of land it is nearly impossible to supervise and monitor the whereabouts of your dog.

Deserted areas and unspoiled nature in large tracts of land make the peninsula to a surfer's paradise.

This reserve will allow you to explore the natural beauty of the area as well as to explore some of the the wildlife as its 3,000 acres of untouched wildlife is testimony to Costa Rica's commitment to preserve large tracts of land.

In contrast, in the second section, Becker painfully shows us what happens throughout the globe when internationally operating companies clear large tracts of land and giant areas of barren, treeless terrain result.

While not everyone shares their enthusiasm for large - scale solar, they visualize large tracts of land covered in solar panels, pumping power throughout the country.

Thus, the simplest way to reduce the global ecological overshoot, «by - the - numbers,» would be to devote large tracts of land to Eucalyptus plantations, which have sequestration rates around 5 — 10 t C ha − 1 year − 1 in much of the tropics and subtropics, and can reach rates of up to 12 t C ha − 1 year − 1 in some areas [38].

A number of grain importing countries, no longer confident that they could rely on the international market, attempted to buy or lease large tracts of land abroad on which to grow food for themselves.

In the 11 Numbered Treaties (signed between 1871 and 1921) First Nations ceded large tracts of land in northern Ontario, the Prairies, and parts of British Columbia and the territories in exchange not only for cash settlements, but also for a complex set of obligations from the federal government, including the establishment of reserves, annuities, and hunting and fishing rights.

Yet, if climate change predictions are accurate, some Islands in the region may disappear completely, and others may lose large tracts of land (see page 302 of this Report for photos of sea level predictions for Masig Island).

Simcoe famously gave large tracts of lands to his friends, who in turn sold their properties for huge profits in the new capital of Ontario.

The indigenous peoples who had the embarrassment of riches in their unfettered use of large tracts of land seemed to be comfortable with the notion of common property.

Large corporations such as Weyerhaeuser Company Limited and Island Timberlands Ltd. have chosen to sell large tracts of land to the federal government for land claims at fair market value, but they did not have to do this.

The court recognized that Aboriginal title can exist over large tracts of land, not just traditional village sites or farms.

As all of the Terra Rossa soil here has been planted to vines, some Australian wine companies have planted large tracts of land to vines an hour north at Padthaway and nearby Wrattonbully.

From a developer's perspective, the law makes the assemblage of large tracts of land more difficult but not impossible.

This strategy is preferred by builders and developers who buy large tracts of land, then subdivide them to create many individual parcels to be sold gradually one at a time.

A mix of factors are contributing to that trend, such as reforestation of large tracts of land and increasing plant growth in newly viable regions (like formerly frozen polar areas).

He found these sites and their interconnecting links set out large tracts of land in regular use by Tsilhqot» in people at the time the Crown asserted sovereignty.

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I was told by a respected source that Presto's dad bought up large tracts of land in the NWT when land was still for sale up there.

Father Rapp, as he was called by his followers, located and purchased a large tract of land in western Pennsylvania.

The General Overseer said the church had acquired a large tract of land at Amasaman where a school and a hospital would be built to cater for the educational and health needs of the poor and the needy.

Open - air ponds and bioreactors gobble up large tracts of land that would be taxed and could potentially compete with agriculture.

It is noted not only that he had the same birthday as Lincoln (Lincoln was a particular favorite of the immigrant press — he was because of his humble background seen by the immigrants as a welcoming figure who valued their contribution to America), but also that in his will «Kosciusko requested that the large tracts of land he received for his service in the Revolutionary War be used to help end slavery.»

By 1806, when Dutch colonial power gave way to British control, the Boers had established control over large tracts of land but, being fiercely independent...

In 1927, the Cambria Pines Lodge was built and a large tract of land called Cambria Pines was subdivided into small residential lots.

In addition, certain Parks and Recreation facilities have large tracts of land that would be ideal for greenfielding opportunities such as creating artist studio spaces and larger exhibition spaces.

Many people who file Chapter 13 bankruptcy own lots of property they want to keep, such as multiple cars, homes or large tracts of land.

Keewatin et al. v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources) et al. 2013 ONCA 158 Indians, Inuit and Métis — Treaties and proclamations — General — Limitations on In 1873 Canada and the Sauleau Tribe of the Ojibway Indians entered into Treaty 3 whereby the Ojibway surrendered to Canada a large tract of land, including the Keewatin Lands, situated in what became northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba.