Sentences with phrase «northern land grab»

As with most things, there appears to be some business strategy behind Denmark's northern land grab.

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A new report exposes the devastating consequences of land grabs for indigenous communities in Preah Vihear province, in northern Cambodia.

The group said they're planning to stop the «real estate land grab» happening in Northern Manhattan.

This is because we are simply fed up with the sheer barbarity and cruelty of powerful and well - armed ethnic militias like the Fulani herdsmen, terrorist organizations like Boko Haram, aggressive, violent, intemperate and intolerant land - grabbing settlers like the Hausa Fulani communities dotted all over the Middle Belt and the south and the excesses and genocidal tendencies of our northern - led security agencies and Armed Forces.

I have flown over hundreds of kilometres of tribal lands in northern Paraguay acquired by Brazilian ranchers but absent from land - grabbing databases.

From the book «Grabbing Power: The New Struggles for Land, Food and Democracy in Northern Honduras» by Tanya M Kerssen: «Palm oil manufacturing generates three main kinds of waste: solid waste (fibers, shells and empty fruit bunches); liquid waste (generated in the oil extraction process); and air emissions (smoke from boilers and incinerators).

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.