Sentences with phrase «of public forests»

In Brazil, for example, the Law on Management of Public Forests has language strongly suggesting that the State is the owner of carbon stored or sequestered in forests, even if there's a company that has a management concession there.

By these criteria, promising approaches across both industrialized and developing countries include policies that combat the loss of public forests to natural disturbance agents, and «Payment for Environmental Services» (PES) systems that provide an incentive for the retention of forest cover.

This Memorial Day weekend, thousands of Pennsylvanians (and folks from around the country) will be out enjoying themselves on some of our state's 2.2 million acres of public forests and parks.

The environmental views of Paterson's replacement, Liz Truss, are little known, but the former Shell employee is a free market enthusiast who backed the doomed sell - off of public forests.

Ultimately, what is needed is a pheromone treatment cheap and effective enough to be practical for both small, privately held acreage and for the vast stretches of public forest that are rapidly transforming from vibrant green to that disturbing shade of brown.

Bill McIrvine, owner of Diamond M Ranch in northern Washington, has a lease agreement with the state to graze his cattle on a plot of public forest.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

(Block points out Sino - Forest went public through a reverse takeover on the Toronto Venture Exchange long before the current wave of companies.)

In practice, this meant more public land was set aside for conservation purposes and, in the areas still open to logging, cut blocks — those strategically shorn sections of forest seen in aerial photos — grew smaller.

The recently ousted New York Times executive editor gave her first public comments since her dismissal to the graduating class of Wake Forest University.

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Every day, I see that birdhouse out of my kitchen window, I see it when I go to bed at night, a small white and blue birdhouse, in the middle of a forest, empty and beautiful, our own road to nowhere, the birdhouse without birds in a forest behind our fence, public land.

Hey genius, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a top 40 public university in the nation with departments in chemistry, environmental science and environmental and forest biology among others.

«The real issue is whether denominational leaders, of whom Land is perhaps the most public right now... have any intent on sharing real denominational leadership with Luter or other non-whites outside the traditional networks of denominational power,» said Bill Leonard, professor of Baptist studies and church history at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

Through the Consumer Goods Forum, the CDP / We Mean Business Coalition, and the public - private Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, hundreds of major companies have committed to eliminating commodity - driven deforestation from their supply chains by 2020, including companies that account for 90 percent of the global trade in palm oil.

The cycle of poverty and deforestation harms critically important ecosystems and imperils the public health and cultural traditions of communities that live in and near forests — not to mention the future development of potentially life - saving medicines.

As part of their initial assessments, auditors solicit and collect public feedback on the forests to be audited via mailed questionnaires, individual interviews, and public meetings.

To review the process and decisions that led to a specific operation's certification, see the public summaries of forest management assessments.

Despite falling to Wake Forest 35 - 30 last weekend, the public is confident that the Seminoles can rebound to take down the Blue Devils by at least a pair of TDs, especially after the news that star QB EJ Manuel is expected to start after battling a shoulder injury for the past two weeks.

Does this mean you should immediately go bet the Blue Devils because the public clearly knows something that you don't or do you immediately bet on Wake Forest because any time 81.4 percent of the public is on one team, they are almost always wrong?

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Board of Commissioners of the Oak Brook Park District, DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois, will conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed budget and appropriations ordinance for the fiscal year commencing May 1, 2018 and ending April 30, 2019, at the Oak Brook Park District, Family Recreation Center, 1450 Forest Gate Road, Oak Brook, Illinois, Monday, April 16, 2018, at 6:30 PM, during the Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, at which time the proposed Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be adopted.

Hundreds of proud citizens wearing forest green, touring all the city «s parks on horseback and all - terrain vehicles, using police powers and good will as part of a giant public relations initiative for the Chicago Park District and its beleaguered chief executive, Jesse Madison.

Purchased in October 1987 and re-opened to the public in November 1987, the facility is located at the north end of the community, thus complementing the Forest View Racquet Club located at the south end of Arlington Heights.

Mass Audubon promotes conservation of our forest resources, including old growth reserves, for wildlife habitat and public benefit and for the capture of carbon from the atmosphere in forest growth and soils.

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Forest preserve district naturalist Lynn Kurczewski said this park is closed to the public because of hazards posed by dilapidated structures on the property.

The largest part of the property, 134 acres of forest and wetlands, will be owned by the Town of Princeton Conservation Commission and will be open to the public for conservation and recreational activities.

The public is invited to join the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County for a prairie restoration workday from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve in Wheaton.

But a better understanding of public commercial assets — defined as government property that generates profit, such as state - owned firms, real estate, and forests — could help yield significant amounts of wealth for economies struggling to get back on track.

Public frustrations have also focused on the 1991 inquest verdict of «accidental death», which concluded that all the victims had died before 15:15 - 15 minutes after the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest had begun.

Question # 2, «Allowing the Complete or Partial Forfeiture of a Public Officer's Pension if He or She is Convicted of a Certain Type of Felony,» and question # 3 «Authorizing the Use of Forest Preserve Land for Specified Purposes» received unanimous approval at the October meeting.

Forest rangers and environmental organizations say the ranger force — a key contact with the public — is understaffed and unable to keep up with the demands of the job.

The Bankside Urban Forest was intended to resist this over-inscription of public space.

With the help of a black New York City Housing Authority chair, Simeon Golar, Lindsay attempted to erect public housing in the white, middle class enclave of Forest Hills, Queens.

MIDDLEBURY The Town of Middlebury will be hosting a public visioning workshop and Open House to collect public input on the future of Battell Woods and Chipman Hill Town Forests.

His tweets read, «The roots of Herdsmen mass murder and kidnappings in other parts of Nigeria is in the policy of «Paying Fulani Herdsmen» by some Governors.They appeased a monster with public funds and now the monster is going door to door; Sahel, Savanna and mangrove forests.

In return for this temporary use, NYCO will provide New York state with 1,500 acres of Adirondack forestland that will be added to the Forest Preserve and opened for public recreation.

Of the three propositions on the New York state ballot Tuesday, voters rejected the question asking for a constitutional convention but approved public pension forfeiture and a Forest Preserve land bank.

Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 7 Division, Lieutenant Colonel Kingsley Samuel disclosed in a statement that the commendation came on the heels of troops» display of bravery that led to successful and decisive repelling of Boko Haram terrorists» attempted incursion into their location in Sambisa forest, Borno State early morning today, Thursday, 27th April 2017.

Ghana has received approval for $ 24 million for the first - of - a-kind Private - Public Partnership project to restore degraded forest reserves and double a sustainable forest plantation.

At 8:30 a.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray will deliver remarks at the launch event for UN Women's HeForShe Arts Event with actors Emma Watson and Forest Whitaker and Phumzile Mlambo - Ngcuka, Under - Secretary - General of the United Nations and executive director of UN Women, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., Manhattan.

The Adirondack Council is calling on billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett to remove his oil tanker railroad cars from the fragile, protected public forests of New York's Adirondack Park.

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Also at 9:30 a.m., OGS holds a public auction of surplus vehicle, highway equipment, and miscellaneous property, Staten Island DDSO, 1150 Forest Hill Rd., Staten Island.

For the sake of the Adirondack Park and its «Forever Wild» public Forest Preserve, we urge readers to vote «no.»

Confirming the movement into the forest, Acting Director, Army Public relations, Col. Sani Usman said, «Advancing troops of the Nigerian Army, supported by the Nigerian Air Force were able to clear and destroy Boko Haram terrorist's camps at Shuari, Adembe, Yerimari Kura, Yerimari Gana, Gonin Kurmi, Kore, Mainya Kore, and Lopere.

According to a statement detailing the operation and signed by Col Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, «In the early hours of Friday, some elements of Boko Haram terrorists in 5 gun trucks, motorcycles and 2 Golf cars laden with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from Sambisa forest axis attempted an attack on 121 Task Force Battalion at Pulka.

Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo played political hardball of his own at the Bronx's Forest Houses, where he positioned himself as the real protector of low - income public housing tenants.

Towns, villages and counties with «no viable alternative» to using forest preserve land for those public projects could make withdrawals of small parcels of needed land.

The proposals listed on the back of the ballot could lead to sweeping changes in state laws through a New York constitutional convention, take away the pensions of public officials convicted of felonies, and make it easier to do road and utility work in the Adirondack Park Forest Preserve.