Sentences with phrase «more hectares»

These policies create a competitive advantage for Canadian wood products because Canada boasts more hectares of certified forest than any other nation.

The cited reference, however, says that «in fact Canada grew 174,600 more hectares of forest each year,» Dr. Lomborg writes.

Completion of treatments in the first analysis area of the 4FRI project could have a multiplying effect on maintaining forest resilience if the thinning itself allows for increased use of wildland fire or prescribed fire over many more hectares.

Prior to that beaver were decimated which had impacts of millions more hectares of water shed.

It will be the first genetically engineered grain crop on the market, and could eventually be grown on the million or more hectares of maize fields infected by corn borers in the US each year.

That is a big task, and even harder to do without converting millions more hectares of forests into farmland, contributing to climate change.

Not exact matches

The South West remains by far the largest wine producing area in the State in terms of total area and production, with 9,208 hectares of vines producing more than 54,000 t of grapes.

The multi-billion — dollar firm purchased more than 1,300 hectares of undeveloped land on the coast and started touting ambitious, if eclectic, plans.

ASX - listed property group Stockland has invested $ 91 million in the purchase of more than 4,600 residential lots across three metropolitan corridors in Perth, comprising a total 385 hectares of land.

The state government has formalised plans for Chinese group Shanghai Zhongfu to develop thousands of hectares of irrigated land in the Kimberley, more than a year after naming the company as its preferred proponent for the land.

Fort McMurray wildfire is about 204,000 hectares — more than 787 square miles, an area larger than Oklahoma City — and was anticipated to grow by Tuesday.

The seed companies think providing more data to farmers could increase America's maize yield from 160 bushels an acre (10 tonnes a hectare) to 200 bushels — giving a terrific boost to growers» meagre margins.

Two whole hectares dedicated to demonstrative fields and stables with more than 200 animals and 2000 different cultivars.

In 2015, large demonstrations erupted in the Baikal region against the leasing of more than 100,000 hectares of land for forty - nine years to a Chinese company.

Part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Yasuní has more species of trees in a single hectare than all of the US and Canada combined and has more species per hectare of birds, amphibians, mammals, shrubs, and insects than anywhere else in the world.

95 % foreign ownership allowed Plantation firms with more than 25 hectares of land integrated with a processing plant Oil drilling and related

A paradox of the great Amazon rainforests is that most of them live on impoverished soils, yet they sustain more than 500 tons of living material on each hectare.

It has increased in recent years because of the pressure for the farmer to produce more from each hectare.

Organic agriculture is practiced in 164 countries, and more than 37.5 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by 1.9 million farmers.

UTZ certified crops are grown on more than 2.7 million hectares of land.

Grazier Brad Marzato has sold his 350 - hectare Gloucester beef cattle property in the Hunter Valley without an estate agent, saving more than $ 56,000 in fees.

The collapse of the tailings dam of MMC has destroyed more than 1,000 hectares of rice lands in Sipalay City and cases of heavy metal poisoning among the populace.

The report, released this week, found free - range eggs cost more than double the price of cage eggs, but the number of chickens varied from the recommended 1500 chickens per hectare to 20,000 per hectare.

Fresh produce distributor Nutrano Produce Group is looking to float its company on a stock exchange following its purchase of more than 1000 hectares of plantations from the Seven Fields and Abbotsleigh Group last month.

Late on Wednesday night an Australian trust managed by Laguna Bay Pastoral and backed by Swiss, Danish and United States fund managers agreed to pay more than $ 200 million for 12,000 hectares of almond groves in northern Victoria.

The listing of Cheviot Hills follows the recent sale of blue ribbon Western District property Banongill Station, a 6880 - hectare cropping and grazing estate near Skipton, to US pension fund - backed Laguna Bay Pastoral Company for more than $ 30 million.

The high - quality portfolio includes the Tartrus and Glenprairie aggregations, totalling more than 61,000 hectares and carrying 12,000 head of organic cattle.

To use the Australian Certified Organic Bud logo, egg farmers can't stock more than 1500 birds per hectare if set stocking or up to 2500 birds per hectare for layers on pasture rotations.

It is said that coconut palm sugar is 50 % — 75 % more productive than cane sugar per hectare because of this.

Industry sources expect the 298 - hectare property will sell for more than $ 4 million.

In an oversupplied wine industry undergoing consolidation, differing prices such as $ 15,000 - to - $ 25,000 per hectare in the Riverland and $ 40,000 - to - $ 60,000 in the more premium McLaren Vale already reflect the view that warm - climate, heavily irrigated areas have less value, says Colliers national director of rural and agribusiness Tim Altschwager.

It owns more than 660 hectares of vineyards leased to ASX - listed Treasury Wine Estates, the country's premium wine maker and 34 poultry farms which supply chickens to processing heavyweight Baiada.

Among the properties that are being advertised this spring is the 8560 - hectares Warren - district sheep holding Raby Station — home to the famous Raby Merino Stud — being sold by the Qatar Investment Authority's Hassad Food which could fetch more than $ 20 million as part of an $ 80 million sell - down of properties in its Australian portfolio.

We access more than 13,000 planted hectares of owned and leased vineyards in internationally recognised regions

More than 118,000 coffee farms covering almost 800,000 acres (323,500 hectares) are now Rainforest Alliance Certified and meet standards for best practices and environmental and social sustainability, the organization says.

However, the survey results were not published on the corporation's website until last month, after a follow - up survey in May had recorded the far more favourable result of 84 per cent support for the 20,000 hens per hectare density limit.

The deal, which could be in the order of $ 400 million, comes just as the board of Australia's largest land holder S. Kidman & Co entered into a $ 371 million deal with Chinese group Dakang to sell its entire business covering more than 10 million hectares.

Mr Buntine, whose vast land holdings in Australia's north once covered more than 2.8 million hectares, confirmed that a bid by the syndicate and foreshadowed in The Australian Financial Review on Tuesday, could soon be lodged with Kidman's sale advisers EY.

The latest deal, negotiated through ANZ and KPMG, includes Mr Hui buying more than 800,000 hectares of pastoral land including Yougawalla Station, Bulka Station and Margaret River Station all in the east Kimberley region of northern Australia.

The 157 - hectare property of rich, red volcanic soil has been tilled for more than a century, with synthetic fertilisers first used in the 1960s.

The company now has more than 48,000 hectares of agricultural land in Australia.

The holding includes the 256 - hectare North Bank Dairy and the 579 - hectare Yellow Rock Dairy, home to more than 1100 milking cows.

«This means farmers are now harvesting more rice per hectare, which not only lifts them out of poverty, but it is contributing towards the world - wide challenge of feeding the estimated global population of 9 billion people in 2050,» said Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd.

The entourage disembarks while the 71 - year - old Mitchell bumbles about on board changing into an old faded green shirt and jeans, more practical clothes for the hot, dusty tour of his most recent property acquisition — the sprawling 177,100 - hectare Margaret River Station with its wide - open spinifex grass plains and rocky escarpments.

SUCAFINA and the Kahawatu Foundation, a Swiss Non-Profit, improve yields per hectare by running model farms, teaching good agricultural practices at farmer field schools, and cooperating with other NGOs and clients to put more income at growers» disposal.

We inspect and certify more than 250,000 hectares of organic or in - conversion land, as well as hundreds of food processing and other organic enterprises.

With our support, the people of Madre de Dios have already accessed more than US$ 1.8 million in sales and financing, and they are sustainably managing more than 197,000 acres (80,000 hectares) of forest.

Further, another study2 mentioned in the impacts report recommended the criteria should be changed to require at least 10 more native tree species per hectare than the local baseline of highly disturbed areas, since even technified «sun» coffee farms had 35 tree species.

The boycott was called in March when consumer affairs ministers announced a national information standard for free - range egg production, which recommended that farmers label their eggs «free range» should they run no more than 10,000 hens per hectare.

We access more than 14,000 planted hectares of vineyards in some of the world's most sought after winemaking regions