Sentence examples for existing concessions from inspiring English sources

Existing concessions are often criticised for favouring higher income earners.

However, at the same time, broadening the moratorium to include existing concessions is "off the table".

A law approved in 2010 requires that in the recently discovered ultra-deep pré-sal ("sub-salt") fields, Petrobras must be the operator with a minimum 30% stake (existing concessions are unaffected).

In May, Hun Sen postponed the granting of new economic land concessions and called for a review of all existing concessions with a view to protecting the interests of communities.

"I don't understand how emissions reductions could be achieved if it's only a moratorium on new concessions because there are enough existing concessions out there that will continue to create emissions," Mr. Verchot said, adding that without a clearing up of Indonesia's land classifications, the Norway deal "is dead".

While existing concessions in the "pre-salt" area would be maintained, the remaining 72percentt of the subsalt acreage still to be explored, more than 41,000 square miles, would be left in government hands, to be developed by Petrobras, said the presidential chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff.

Abandoned at the altar A rare bird Chalk, talk and customer service ReprintsRepresentatives of the Oasis group of oil firms (ConocoPhillips, Marathon and Amerada Hess) will meet Libyan officials on May 9th to discuss an extension of their existing concession.

He pointed to Cambodia's "tireless efforts" to ensure fair land deals, "such as the imposition of the moratorium on new economic land concessions, review of existing land concessions, and the concerted efforts of the diligent work of some 1,500 volunteer students to assist with land titling for some 350,000 families, which amounted to 1.2m hectares [3m acres] of land".

Similarly, there is debate over whether to make the moratorium apply to existing, undeveloped, concessions owned by companies or merely block the granting of concessions.

But he laments that it does not cover existing logging concessions, so felling will continue.

Mr Kasongo vows that no existing mining concessions or contracts will be voided to make way for Chinese investors.