Sentences with phrase «resource rich regions»

The two main drivers are policies, like renewables mandates, and taking advantage of increasingly competitive prices for generation in resource rich regions, like wind in the Midwest and solar in the Southwest.

The protection of this unique habitat, which is one of the most resource rich regions in the world and the most densely populated area in rural Africa, is uncertain with recent controversy surrounding oil exploration in the Congolese portion of the park.

We have not chosen only five resource rich regions to qualify them as the only regions worth leading our country.......

Not exact matches

They aren't resource rich (unlike Ukraine with its hydrocarbon resources or Georgia with all the resources in Caucasus region).

He observed that the region was endowed with numerous resources including, minerals, water bodies, forest reserves, tourist sites, cultural and archaeological reserves and rich human resources.

When he appeared before the committee on 20 January, Mr Marfo denied ever saying or implying that only Ghanaians from five resource - rich regions, all of which happen to be Akan - dominated areas in the country, should lead Ghana.

Mr Marfo, who spoke the Twi language punctuated with some English, was heard bemoaning why Akan - speaking people, whose regions are rich with natural resources, are not the ones at the helm of managing those resources.

The Albany region is a rich resource for statewide politicians, but reasons for the local official to tap into that audience remain unanswered.

Kigali — High - ranking government leaders from six African nations have pledged to expand their collaboration in science and science education to further economic and human development in their resource - rich but long - impoverished region.

«The whaling ships provide a rich resource for us to use for the region north of Bering Strait,» said project leader Kevin Wood, a research scientist at the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and the Ocean, a partnership between the UW and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

«Humans in this region thrived through the Toba event and the ensuing full glacial conditions, perhaps as a combined result of the uniquely rich resource base of the region and fully evolved modern human adaptation,» study authors noted.

Like New Mexico, the region around Lake Baikal in central Siberia is a land of enchantment and exploitation, offering a beautiful landscape rich with sites held sacred by the indigenous communities of the region and a target for international tourism and resource development efforts.

Much of that increase can be attributed to the spike in commodity prices over that 10 - year period, helping resource - rich regions like Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador post increases twice or three times the national average.

The documentary chronicles how communities that once depended on sea turtle poaching and other activities depleting the region's rich natural resources are now testing a new economic model, one built around fishing with turtle conservation in mind and tourism focused on the area's extraordinary marine life.

If the exporting region is rich in coal resources, like Shanxi, this line will mainly transmit coal power throughout its lifetime, unless new transmission investments are made to connect other areas with renewable resources.

One of the keys to developing wind resources is building the transmission lines to link wind - rich regions with population centers.

«Renewable energy power in the country's resource - rich, underdeveloped northwestern region must be sent to the resource - scarce, prosperous coastal area,» said Wang Zhongyong, renewable energy director at the National Development and Reform Commission's Energy Research Institute, according to Xinhua.

To a relentless assault on a U.S - size region rich in natural resources, but on which the planet's wellbeing depends for carbon sequestration, weather regulation, regional and global climate stability, and an array of plant, animal, bird and insect life found nowhere else.

South Texas, Louisiana and other states along the Gulf Coast are especially rich in natural resources, which makes this region a target for large - scale gas and oil operations, as well as corporations looking to profit from the mineral riches by drilling deep into the soil.

In many other self - determination conflicts involving the oil - rich regions of the world, this would translate into a demand for the retention in the region of a significant percentage of revenue derived from natural resources.