land use alteration
1Land use, land-use change and forestry — (LULUCF) all have impacts on the global carbon cycle and as such these activities can add or remove carbon dioxide (or, more generally, carbon) from the atmosphere, contributing to climate change. LULUCF has been the subject of two major reports… …
2Land reform — Land reforms (also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning) is an often controversial alteration in the societal arrangements whereby government administers possession and use of land. Land reform may consist of a government… …
3use — 1 / yüs/ n 1 a: an arrangement in which property is granted to another with the trust and confidence that the grantor or another is entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of it see also trust; statute of uses in the important laws section ◇ Uses… …
4AGRICULTURAL LAND-MANAGEMENT METHODS AND IMPLEMENTS IN ANCIENT EREẒ ISRAEL — Ereẓ Israel is a small country with a topographically fragmented territory, each geographical region having a distinctive character of its own. These regions include: the coastal plain, the lowlands, the hilly country, the inland valleys, the… …
5Singapore Land Tower — Infobox Skyscraper building name = Singapore Land Tower location = Raffles Place, Downtown Core, Singapore use = Commercial type = High rise roof = 190m, 623ft floor count = 48 status = Occupied architect = P T Architects Engineers Ltd. developer …
6is´land|like´ — is|land «Y luhnd», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) a body of land surrounded by water, smaller than a continent: »Cuba is a very large island. To reach the island you go on a boat or plane. Abbr: I. b) something that suggests a piece of land surrounded by… …
7is|land — «Y luhnd», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) a body of land surrounded by water, smaller than a continent: »Cuba is a very large island. To reach the island you go on a boat or plane. Abbr: I. b) something that suggests a piece of land surrounded by water.… …
8Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
9hydrosphere — /huy dreuh sfear /, n. the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere. [1885 90; HYDRO 1 + SPHERE] * * * Discontinuous layer of water at or near the Earth s surface. It… …
10Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
