Sentences with phrase «more land grabs»

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With peace, the land grab is expected to intensify, straining even further Colombia's delicate environment, one of the world's most biodiverse, with more bird species than any other country.

Open murder of political dissidents and opposition both at home and abroad, ww2 style land grabs, purposely bombing syrian hospitals, censorship of the entire populace with intelligence services meting out punishments, having a sham of a judiciary and media while telling more lies than truth to its populace thereby eroding their confidence in any information to enlighten them (much like what the authoritarian right is trying to do here).

While you may not always have a choice, try to travel at off - peak times or days so you'll have more space (and fewer other passengers to worry about); arrive early enough to get through check - in and security screening without sprinting to the gate (remember, you'll have to take your baby out of her stroller and carry her through the checkpoint) but not so early that she gets restless even before boarding; always preboard if you can so you can grab premium space in the overhead compartment and get your baby situated without a crowd waiting impatiently in the aisle behind you; time feedings to coincide with takeoffs and landings (If you're still nursing, offer the breast; if not, offer a pacifier or sippy cup to minimize baby's ear pressure); and bring plenty of drinks, snacks, and entertainment.

The union head who represents Rikers Island corrections officers slammed plans to close the jail complex as nothing more than a «political con game» and a «land grab» that would enrich well - connected real estate developers.

Some speakers characterized the DEP deal as «another city land grab,» while others wondered why the county executive, who once described the agency as «an invading army,» wasn't paying more attention to flooding and debris issues in the Esopus Creek caused in part by his new DEP ally.

Such land deals are often derisively dubbed «land grabbing,» which D'Odorico defines as a deal for about 500 acres or more that converts an environmentally important area currently used by local people to commercial production.

Jennifer Franco, a researcher at the Transnational Institute, an international think tank in the Netherlands that advocates for social justice, said land grabbing has been going on for a long time and some of the increase is due to more awareness and reporting of it.

What we call land - grabbing is often more about access to irrigation.

Angelina Jolie makes the biggest play, grabbing two more votes to land in the top 5 on her own (as Fincher drops out).

Human rights abuses against ethnic civilians, such as forced labour, rape, pillage, land grabbing, and exploitation were first reported in ethnic areas the 1970s and 1980s, after which more than 150,000 people8 had fled to Thailand to seek refuge in camps by 20109.

We saw big reveals from Audi, Mercedes, Land Rover and more, and while we sit back and grab a drink, you should pore over all of the world...

The search uncovers a host of radioland suspects who seem willing to do almost anything to grab more on - air time and a chance at fame — including Graham, the handsome hero who has a way with women; a couple of wannabe starlets; a star - struck station engineer; and an enterprising midget who unexpectedly lands a choice promotion.

As the German land grab continues, and rising property share prices attract increased investor & media attention, you'll see more companies keen to list.

And interesting to see more companies are abandoning non - core / development activities to purely focus on building residential property portfolios — all part of the land - grab!

There's also a land - grab element to all this — people wring the hands over declining costs - per - click, but that's only natural (& obviously more than offset by clicks paid growth)-- increasing the digital advertising pie & grabbing as large a slice of the pie as possible is what matters now.

More than once I had issues getting Delsin to land on or grab particular surfaces.

As you travel you can claim more lands or try to grab the land owned by someone else.

Thrusting, sliding and ledge - grabbing open up a slew of new ways to escape enemy gunfire, and landing a Ground Pound or Spartan Charge on a real - life opponent is infinitely more satisfying than doing so on the AI.

But what grabbed my attention in this piece was that it's talking about how the port will be affected — raising the port more than it has been already may be required, roads that are presently on land may become bridges, and so on.

«This is not simply a legacy issue — the military still wields considerable power on the ground and continues to grab yet more land from ethnic minority communities.

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.

«But REDD amounts to nothing more than a plan to grab the lands that our indigenous peoples have always cared for, in exchange for permits that let industries continue to pollute.»

The industry's breakneck expansion in the archipelagic country has fueled economic growth but also deforestation, land grabbing and the annual peatland fires that last year blanketed the region in a choking haze, sickened half a million people and pumped more carbon into the atmosphere than the entire EU during a two - month period.

U.S. taxpayers and ratepayers need to awaken to the environmentally destructive wealth transfer and corporate land grab that is industrial wind energy, before more of our priceless American countrysides and wildlife are destroyed.

Patrick has worked on Global Witness's campaigns on conflict resources, notably former Liberian President Charles Taylor's «arms for timber» trade, the minerals trade in Eastern DRC and more recently the Central African Republic, as well as providing strategic direction for Global Witness's work on forest issues, especially challenging industrial scale logging and land grabbing in the tropics.

In the guest blog below, 2006 Goldman Prize winner Silas Siakor describes how across Africa, corporations are grabbing community land and water - and nowhere more than in Liberia, where... Read more than in Liberia, where... Read MoreMore

The new draft proposals released yesterday at the Copenhagen Climate Conference will lead to large - scale destruction of ecosystems and unprecedented land grabs as spurious «offsets» will allow Northern countries to burn ever more fossil fuels say civil society groups who have been tracking negotiations.

Europe's «land footprint» is one of the largest in the world, and the continent is more dependent on land from outside its borders than any other, contributing to climate change, biodiversity loss, and negative social impacts like land - grabbing and land rights violations.

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.

More than 120 people have been killed in Honduras since 2010 for standing up to companies that grab land and trash the environment

In the guest blog below, 2006 Goldman Prize winner Silas Siakor describes how across Africa, corporations are grabbing community land and water — and nowhere more than in Liberia, where half the country has already been allocated to foreign investors.

«With this online land - grab heating up, we are likely to see more small firms targeted by the giants, and it's imperative that business owners understand the value of intangible assets such as domain names.

This is the first in a series of three articles looking at the six reserved legal activities found under the Legal Services Act 2007 and, more importantly, considering the vast tracts of non-reserved legal territory as we approach the post-LSA land grab.

A land grab strategy makes complete sense because the more Amazon can drive Alexa usage, the more data it will generate and the better it can become.

Thrusting, sliding and ledge - grabbing open up a slew of new ways to escape enemy gunfire, and landing a Ground Pound or Spartan Charge on a real - life opponent is infinitely more satisfying than doing so on the AI.

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