Illegal and legal forest clearance for the development of settlements, infrastructure and agriculture has traditionally driven deforestation in Riau, but the "speed and finality" of forest conversion for the rapidly expanding pulp and paper and palm oil industries is matched "by no other type of deforestation", the report says.
Agriculture has traditionally driven the Central Asian nation's economy, with wheat and cereal production being mainstays and quality fruits, especially pomegranates, apricots, grapes, melons, and mullberries being exported to many countries.
But some said there was hope for sectors that have traditionally driven hiring.
Under Romano Prodi, though, the commission is weak and, more seriously, the two states that have traditionally driven the European venture in tandem are now out of step.
The concerns highlight an accelerating shift away from hard-core games, which have traditionally driven console sales, to more casual ones played on cellphones.
For many generations Aromani (Vlach) shepherds had driven their flocks from region to region in the centre of the peninsula, just as Bulgarians had traditionally driven their sheep to market in Edirne or Constantinople.
They could grow independently even if Americans retrenched and stopped buying the exports that had traditionally driven Asian growth.
Additionally, the download of ring tones, which had traditionally driven the business, was recently overtaken by that of games at Verizon Wireless.
Robert Kotick, the 36-year-old CEO of Activision, has spent eight years in the videogame business, turning out high-tech mayhem for the young, testosterone-stoked gearheads who have traditionally driven sales.
ROBERT KOTICK, THE 36-YEAR-OLD chief executive of Activision, has spent eight years in the videogame business, turning out high-tech mayhem for the young, testosterone-stoked gearheads who have traditionally driven sales.
Fueled by the city's reemergence as a center of contemporary art, music, and food, the L.A. fashion scene is presenting an alternative to New York — albeit lacking the runways that have traditionally driven the industry there.
