Sentence examples for expansion of cattle from inspiring English sources
Dominated by a modernizing elite, the country's economy flourished with the expansion of cattle ranching and diamond, nickel, and copper mining.
Scientists fear that the expansion of cattle ranching could wipe out what is a beguiling frontier for the discovery of new species.
The agreement came after the release in June of a report by Greenpeace, "Slaughtering the Amazon," which detailed the link between forest destruction and the expansion of cattle ranching in the Amazon.
The late 19th and early 20th centuries witnessed the expansion of cattle raising and of wheat, corn (maize), and alfalfa farming as major sources of income for both domestic and European markets.
Forests were cleared to give way to expansion of cattle ranching and farming lands on this basin.
Figure 1 shows that the JGP has two relatively cost-effective options for reducing deforestation, i.e. avoiding unsustainable fuel wood collection and avoiding expansion of cattle grazing.
We found evidence of expansion of cattle-specific miRNAs by analyzing miRNA conservation among 57 vertebrate species.
Two of the three reasons for their arrival in Ghana given by Tonah (2005) involve cattle: the expansion of the cattle trade and the establishment and development of native farms.
The dramatic range expansion of domestic cattle has resulted in an increased threat of introgression by domestic cattle DNA into the genomes of many wild populations, either intentionally or accidentally [ 11, 20], all of which may confuse phylogenetic relationships.
The expansion of huge cattle ranches and industrial-scale farms in remote regions has produced a land scramble that is leaving the descendants of Brazil's original inhabitants desperate to recover tribal terrains, in some cases squatting on contested properties.
A new report from David Gardiner & Associates, a consultancy, says the 13m hectares of mostly tropical forest that are lost annually allow the large-scale and low-cost expansion of timber, cattle and agricultural production.
