Sentences with phrase «sugar cane plantation»

But the arrival of cats in Hawaii circa 1800 had little to do with the loss of birds, while the introduction of sugar cane plantations in 1802, coffee plantations in 1842, and pineapple plantations in 1898 had a great deal to do with it.

Avian diseases accidentally imported in connection with cockfighting also had a part in the loss of native Hawaiian birds, but blaming cats and feral mongooses, introduced to Hawaii in 1883 to hunt rats on sugar cane plantations, has long been more politically convenient than challenging the practices of Hawaii's biggest export industries.

Forest fragments of the Brazilian Mata Atlântica forest in Brazil are surrounded by sugar cane plantations.

necdotal evidence that cancer is rarer among sugar cane plantation workers who consume this substance regularly.

The article also quotes anecdotal evidence that cancer is rarer among sugar cane plantation workers who consume this substance regularly.

Located along Kauai's beautiful South Shore is the gem of an old historic sugar cane plantation town of Koloa.

That year, the mandatory, four - year post-slavery apprenticeship ended and some 20,000 slaves who worked the enormous sugar cane plantations left the estates and became squatters — resulting in an enormous labor shortage.

«In Queens, when it comes to Latinos, this is the type of sugar cane plantation style politics that the Queens political machine will resort to keep dissent quiet,» Soto said in a statement.

From today we are delivering our acclaimed Outrigger hospitality that blends the needs of the most discerning traveller with the charm and tradition of an early 17th century Mauritian sugar cane plantation on the island's southern coast.»

Along our route, we venture through a historical sugar cane plantation town with it's characteristic colorful historic buildings along the charming beachfront drive before ascending the volcano Haleakala.

Painstakingly restored and built around an old stone windmill from long - ago sugar cane plantation days, Clairmont Mill is set like a jewel atop a breezy -LSB-...]

This northwest section of the country is full of contrasts, from the ancient Maya sites to the modern - day Orange Walk Town; from Old Order Mennonite farmers to large scale sugar cane plantations; from the flat, dry plains to thick rainforests and lagoons.

Set on a former sugar cane plantation, Round Hill Hotel and Villas is an elegant beachside resort which offers rooms with amazing views and modern luxuries.

I didn't even know there were sugar cane plantations in that parish I just thought I was going to be baptizing children and marrying couples and burying the dead — what any ordinary priest would do in his parish even if I knew it was in the context of poverty.

The aerial photo shows forest fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest in Northeastern Brazil (Mata Atlântica), surrounded by sugar cane plantations.

Well, there was a nun from Brazil who heard of my arrival to a parish that had not had a priest before and came to welcome me very sweetly but also said, «By the way, it is forbidden for you to enter the sugar cane plantations of the Vicini family.»

My theory of plant transfer held that Indian immigrants to Trinidad, indentured servants replacing freed slaves in the sugar cane plantations, eventually were freed themselves and some became farmers.

He might go there to strike oil, or buy a sugar cane plantation, or eat the world's finest oysters, or maybe just to listen to hot lips Lionel Hebert play the trumpet.

According to News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, details of the project indicate the development of a sugar cane plantation of about 16,000 hectares or 160 kilometre square, longer than Lagos to Ibadan expressway which is estimated between 120 kilometres and 130 kilometers — more than 30 kilometres shorter than the proposed sugar plantation.

Like the young Fidel Castro, whose political trajectory developed from sympathy for the Black labourers on his father's sugar cane plantation, Aregbesola has always been drawn to the plight of the masses, especially the downtrodden.

«Our company is also establishing a state of the art fully integrated sugar industry involving the development of over 30,000 hectares of sugar cane plantation and the production of about 500, 000 metric tonnes of refined sugar.

Cane toads were introduced to control the beetles that were troubling Australia's sugar cane plantations, but they quickly hopped beyond the fields.

Since biofuels were discovered as an alternative to petrol, sugar cane plantations have been replacing cattle ranches and soybean plantations in south - east Brazil.

The film opens with Northup already in this role working on a sugar cane plantation and then brings us back to his family life in New York leading up to his deception.

In the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park, follow river on horseback as they carve their way through sweeping valleys of lush jungle, thundering waterfalls and sugar cane plantations.

You could take a tour of the local cheese factory, coffee or sugar cane plantation, or take advantage of such local activities as horseback riding, birdwatching and / or canopy / zip - line tours.

And if you've got time, you can travel around the mountains, sugar cane plantations and jungle that colour the interior of the island.