Climatic and ecological considerations had long limited the exploitation of these resources; however, global warming has not only melted sea ice and made oil and natural gas exploration more accessible but also opened tracts of land for mineral exploitation.
In a novel (but not illogical) amalgam of millennarianism and a sort of generational hedonism which has little to do with traditional religious ideas, Secretary Watt, who wants to open up federal land for commercial exploitation, demoted the whole world into insignificance.
In addition, the expansion of swidden agriculture beyond customary territories was curtailed by the Forest Ordinance 1953, reflecting a systematic legislative effort by the post-war colonial government of Sarawak to protect forest land for commercial exploitation.
If they tell you it's such a good idea they want you to blow it out, create something that will service every single family in their district, and then say they can come up with only $3,000, no need to run, but you should definitely leave because you have just left the land of self dealing for the land of exploitation.
Every president has adjusted the rate at which land is leased for exploitation and the rate at which it is protected, usually by speeding or slowing the rate at which the bureau grants oil and gas leases, but often by pushing Congress to designate new wilderness or using the powers granted under the American Antiquities Act of 1906 to unilaterally protect land when Congress will not act.
In 2009, when I was president of the community, the entire community got together and wrote and signed a document that we hand-delivered to the oil company, staying that we would never give up Sani Isla lands for oil exploitation.
The Poundmaker and Onion Lake First Nations say the federal government failed to fully extract oil and gas reserves on their land — land they say was "ripe for exploitation," according to the statement of claim for the class action suit, filed in Federal Court on Monday.
These sad facts explain the overwhelming opposition to oil and gas extraction by indigenous communities whose lands are being opened for exploitation without their consent.
The intensive exploitation of land for the cultivation of crops destined for biofuel production, however, may exert a negative impact on the global supply and the price of food and feed [ 6].
In 1905 the area became part of the federal government's national forest system, which managed the land for multiple uses (e.g., resource exploitation and recreation).
