Sentences with phrase «wildest lands less»

(07/17/2013) 80 percent of the rainforests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by logging, finds a comprehensive study that offers the first assessment of the spread of industrial logging and logging roads across areas that were considered some of Earth's wildest lands less than 30 years ago.

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Analysis of wild lands that have been thus exploited shows them to be more or less impoverished compared with their original state.

At mainland Europe's western edge lies one of its lesser - known gems — a land of wild coasts and broad beaches, lush forests and terraced vineyards, and cities whose cobbled streets tell long histories.

«Four in ten (40 %) people believe that the Government should prioritise preserving scenic wild land from large commercial wind farms, even if this means there is less opportunity to develop wind power in those areas.

The article set out four current theories for the renewed methane rises — agriculture, wet - lands, less wild - fires and CH4 sinks.