Sentences with phrase «local land issues»

Not exact matches

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 23rd March 2018 Amid a range of land contamination issues in South Africa, mining houses are increasingly adapting their operations to be more holistic to curb environmental risks and create meaningful value for local stakeholders while achieving their objectives.

We held interactive workshops to introduce local decision makers to the issues behind climate change and presented solutions for integrating climate adaptation into local land use management, development, and restoration efforts.

Andre Duvenhage: The four most important issues are the economy and economic growth, social cohesion, land reform and preparing the terrain for the 2016 local government elections.

According to the section 114 report, the final issue to push the local authority over the edge was its failure to sell a piece of land on the outskirts of Northampton to housing developers.

Flynn said the issue is about home rule because local communities should decide what gets done with their land.

Critics attacked Basildon council's approach to the issue this morning, saying the local authority allowed private firms planning rights to develop greenfield land, but took a much harsher stance when dealing with the traveller community.

However we still need federal assistance with the funding of our sewer repairs and other local issues such as the Marcy Nano Center land development.

Local issues may also have helped, especially the huge housing development planned for the open land between Thurmaston and Barkby, which the Tories claimed were a Central Government Labour policy, but still went ahead after the 2010 GE; I would guess this lost the local Tory Party a lot of credibilLocal issues may also have helped, especially the huge housing development planned for the open land between Thurmaston and Barkby, which the Tories claimed were a Central Government Labour policy, but still went ahead after the 2010 GE; I would guess this lost the local Tory Party a lot of credibillocal Tory Party a lot of credibiliity.

Councillors of all parties up and down the land have been doing a sterling job of raising the issue with local officials and highlighting the matter in the local press, and I hope they will continue to do that.

Puvidham students have started on a path to social activism through their theater skills, too: Older students write and perform skits in neighboring villages about relevant local and environmental issues, such as land degradation, chemical farming, and water conservation.

Prior to joining Equal Justice Works, he was a Fellow at Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP in San Francisco, where he represented citizen groups and local agencies in environmental litigation and land use and planning issues.

Of Land & Local is a multidisciplinary, state - wide exhibition designed to initiate a dialogue about issues surrounding the Vermont landscape.

Cirera has spent three years travelling through South America to give soy and the uncharismatic workings of agriculture a face, «along several trips I visited rural areas in those countries - leading exporters of soya, corn and beef - meeting with landowners, labourers, activists, jobless farmers and those affected by toxic pesticides put on the land, to understand and illustrate the complexities of land issues and its effects on the local communities.»

See also the Commentary on this article in the same issue: Malaria risk and temperature: Influences from global climate change and local land use practices Jonathan A. Patz *, and Sarah H. Olson.

In many arid parts of the world, desertification is a major issue, and advancing deserts and loss of formerly fertile lands can have a big impact on not just the local environment, but can also affect where and how people live in those areas, many times leading to mass migrations from the country to the cities.

Kajir found evidence of widespread government corruption that allowed logging companies to act as a law unto themselves, ignoring the terms of the government - issued timber permits, and terrorizing the local communities — at gunpoint in some cases — into signing over their land rights.

Relevant local and national authorities, civil society organisations, farmer groups and youth groups improved their coordination and enhanced their capacity to identify and develop solutions to issues of land tenure and agriculture - related job creation in the context of the multi-stakeholder forum on urban agriculture and food security.

This raises very important issues of land use, the sustainability of existing (much less further) industrial intensification of agriculture, appropriate and equitable uses of biomass, and land tenure for indigenous and other local peoples.

Her local work is complemented by international advocacy work, including participation in several UN Forums and a testimony before the U.S. Congress on the climate issue and its links to issues of health, identity, and well being on tribal lands.

We find that the reported discrepancy can be traced to two main issues: (1) unforced internal climate variability strongly affects local wetness and dryness trends and can obscure underlying agreement with WWDD, and (2) dry land regions are not constrained to become drier by enhanced moisture divergence since evaporation can not exceed precipitation over multiannual time scales.

Land cover information is critical for local, state, and federal managers and officials to assist them with issues such as assessing ecosystem status and health, modeling nutrient and pesticide runoff, understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity, land use planning, deriving landscape pattern metrics, and developing land management policLand cover information is critical for local, state, and federal managers and officials to assist them with issues such as assessing ecosystem status and health, modeling nutrient and pesticide runoff, understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity, land use planning, deriving landscape pattern metrics, and developing land management policland use planning, deriving landscape pattern metrics, and developing land management policland management policies.

But — that seems to be the issue just about everywhere — affordable land to purchase, and local zoning.

A good scientist would have issued a correction something along the lines of «I missed the fact that tidal gauges are influenced strongly by local changes in land elevation due to river silt, human activity, post-ice age rebound, and earthquakes.

Soil erosion and land degradation issues are local, but their effect on food security is global.

Or could they not be local and regional effects resulting from various anthropogenic land - use issues, as Roger Pielke Sr argues.

Urban agriculture contributes to a wide variety of urban issues and is increasingly integrated in urban land use planning and urban sector programmes (social inclusion and poverty alleviation, local economic development, environmental management, climate change strategies, amongst others) and used as a tool in sustainable city development.

Analyzing land use and real estate litigation issues that matter to corporate end users, developers and local governments throughout North Carolina.

Steve brings a thorough knowledge and keen insight to a wide variety of local government issues including enforcement actions, regulatory matters, and zoning or land use issues.

Zoning issues and land use can be complex, involving various local, state and federal laws.

She advises on a range of issues, including land management, land and building leases, local governance, Indian residential schools, economic development, hunting and fishing, and band by - laws.

The attorneys who collaborate have considerable experience in local government law issues involving public finance, land use and zoning, eminent domain, infrastructure development, procurement, benefits and, employment and construction litigation.

With one of the most diverse land use practices in the country, Sheppard Mullin lawyers bring to coastal development issues legal expertise that spans the entire spectrum of federal, state and local regulation.

He represents clients in all phases of development and regularly appears before local governments throughout Central Florida on land use, permitting, environmental and regulatory issues associated with real property development.

His specific areas of concentration include Superfund matters; air and water pollution control issues; compliance counseling for hazardous waste; toxic torts; land use matters; and federal, state and local permits and licenses.

Land Use The rapid growth in the Chicagoland area has created land development and growth - related issues for local governmeLand Use The rapid growth in the Chicagoland area has created land development and growth - related issues for local governmeland development and growth - related issues for local governments.

When it comes to obtaining legal advice for IT issues in Quebec, the fail - proof method of selecting a restaurant in a foreign land is advisable... get a «local» to make the recommendations.

Gathered legal research on a various legal issues and cases in the fields of municipal law, contract law, local government law, and land development regulations.

As indicated, side tables enable a more detailed discussion of particular land management issues such as fishing, mining, pastoral interests, and local government.

Indigenous health policy development in Australia has been complicated by legal issues regarding Aboriginal land, through the Mabo and Wik decisions, and uncertainty about effective federal, state and local government strategies for dealing with health inequalities and their social determinants.

Our goal is to raise awareness among REALTORS ® nationally; to urge them to become active in the local land use planning process; and, through their local, state, and national associations, to provide resources to help policy makers solve growth - related issues.

Individually and through their state and local associations and boards, REALTORS ® have been active in growth and land use issues for decades.

The National Association of REALTORS ® Land Use Initiative has helped state and local REALTOR ® associations across the country deal with a variety of land use and Smart Growth issLand Use Initiative has helped state and local REALTOR ® associations across the country deal with a variety of land use and Smart Growth issland use and Smart Growth issues.

After years as a largely state and local land - use issue, smart growth was put on the front burner last fall by the Clinton administration with the introduction of initiatives that use funding incentives and public controls to curb suburban sprawl.

My blog «Simply Ledyard» tackles real estate, land use issues and even local politics, mostly with a sense of humor.

Under the initiative, NAR makes expert analyses of the legal, planning, economic, and environmental issues in land - use proposals available to state and local associations at no charge.

A microcosm of the national debate over smart growth or sprawl is underway in Michigan, where both a group of Republican legislators and a «blue ribbon» commission are considering a half - dozen land - use issues affecting future development.One piece of legislation would allow local governments to designate zones where less dense development is desired, then give landowners in these areas the option of selling their development rights to property owners in districts where more density is desired.