Sentences with phrase «massive land grabs»

And it's no less troubling when human rights are violated in the name of conservation or renewable energy; the United States evicted indigenous populations from their land in order to establish the national parks, for example, or, more recently, the massive land grabs that have taken place in the global south, where land is cheap, for biofuel production, solar plants, and wind farms.

Are they going to want to do business with you in the future when you try for massive land grabs?

I — is the favourite that will represent a massive land grab by Gazidis.

With mining interests staking an ever increasing number of claims within a few miles of our national parks — 2,901 since January 2003 — it has become more critical than ever for us to act and urge Congress to take steps to limit this unfettered, massive land grab.

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Slamming what he called «a massive federal land grab,» Trump signed an executive order directing his interior secretary to review the designation of dozens of national monuments on federal lands.

From Midwest «missionaries» to Wall Street speculators, investors are grabbing massive swathes of common land, says Fred Pearce, especially in Africa

Trump's signing of the executive order signaled a move toward giving land back to the states while limiting the size of «a massive federal land grab.»

This would be a massive plot of land to grab.

A report on how the massive land - grab for plantations in Papua threatens vital forests and exploits local communities..