Sentence examples for controls of land from inspiring English sources

With the predicted increase in aridity and an increase in the frequency of droughts in drylands around the world, there could be an increasing dominance of abiotic controls of land degradation, in particular hydrologic and aeolian soil erosion processes.

Starvation proceeded where German soldiers had total control of land and people.

There are militia groups trying to gain control of land and Congo's mineral wealth.

Rather, they want to gain control of land use, planning and budgeting decisions.

But battles for the control of land will not necessarily be fought on land.

Local communities, indigenous people, African-Colombians and peasants have fought Cerrejón over control of land and water resources.

Meanwhile, the violence caused by groups vying for control of land in Buenaventura's rural areas continues.

Here in Assam, the underlying frictions are over the control of land, immigration pressures and the fight for political power.

Longer term, we need more community control of land through land trust and public housing, along with rent control and a real living wage".

"All of the zoning scandals, from the land grabs in the 50's to McNamara, happened because one party is in control of land use," he said.

And fears grew that the civil war would be superseded by a new struggle between external forces for control of land and resources.