Sentences with phrase «rampant illegal»

Not so surprising: poorer, more corrupt governments will foster environments more likely to contain rampant illegal logging.

At current fishing rates, which far exceed the official quotas due to rampant illegal fishing, Atlantic bluefin will likely become extinct by 2012.

In this light and photography installation dubbed Street Art 2.0, French photographer and self - professed «activist artist» Philippe Echaroux projected images of the indigenous Surui people on the trees of the Amazonian rainforest, as a powerful reminder of the threats that the Surui and their rainforest home face with rampant illegal logging and mining.

Nigerian activist Odigha Odigha, 2003 Goldman Prize recipient, has joined forces with American - born conservationist Peter Jenkins in an effort to curb the rampant illegal logging taking place his country's high... Read More

Just look at recent coverage of the collapsing stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna despite a treaty and theoretical limits, but with rampant illegal catches and continued sanctioned takes far above scientists» recommendations.

Rampant illegal logging contributed to a sharp drop in Cambodia's forest cover from 73 percent in 1990 to 57 percent in 2010, according to the United Nations.

The natural richness and potential of Oostpunt since 1993 is under huge stress due to natural deterioration, and rampant illegal practices such as spear fishing, plundering of baby conch, lobsters and the capture of sea turtles and rays, poaching of goats / sheep and donkeys, while a variety of other criminal activities savagely take place in the area, like car theft and stripping, the smuggling of drugs and people, trash dumping, etc..

A Cambodian journalist who exposed rampant illegal logging has been found murdered in the boot of his car, police said Wednesday, in a country where environmental activists often face violent retribution.

Rick Perry Im sure is a good person, but looking at 11 million uninsured, rampant illegal aliens roaming our cities, and 47th in education in Texas and most illiterate, with rising property taxes and $ 9 billion in state debt, its clear he just another ignorant redneck Texan holding back this state from moving forward in the 21st century!

Not exact matches

«Illegal insider trading is rampant and may even be on the rise,» Preet Bharara, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney, said in an October speech.

«They are using the Pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves for doing so, especially when so many lives are involved and when illegal immigration is so rampant.»

Hopefully if abortion becomes illegal It's not like the war on drugs where it will become more rampant then just keeping it legal.

This according to him, will curb illegal mining (Galamsey), which has become rampant in many gold mining areas of the country.

Although Madagascar has set aside tens of thousands of square kilometers for national parks and reserves, illegal logging is still rampant (SN Online: 1/16/15).

While the cinema perception may be that college students are using illegal drugs recreationally, I never saw this when I was in school and instead saw rampant off - label use of potentially dangerous but legal pharmaceuticals by students to keep up with demanding academic programs.

Illegal use of testosterone is rampant.

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In spite of its official protected status in local and international listings, the illegal trade in S. leytensis is rampant and is perceived currently as the greatest threat to the species.

An International Consortium of Investigative Journalists report revealed last year that rogue fishing and illegal trade are rampant in the Mediterranean and have created a $ 4 billion black market in bluefin.

Illegal deforestation takes on many forms around the world, and according to new research released today by Ecosystem Marketplace publisher Forest Trends it is more rampant than previously understood.

Media reports indicate that the Tokyo Police believe illegal trade in ivory is «rampant» in Japan.

Rampant deforestation, much of it from illegal logging, has destroyed forests that stabilize soils and regulate river flow, causing record floods and landslides.

In this country where illegal logging runs rampant, forest loss from tree felling and conversion to agriculture is cited as the cause of flooding, acute water shortages, rapid soil erosion, river siltation, and mudslides that have taken lives, destroyed properties, and wreaked environmental damage.