Sentence examples for land under pressure from inspiring English sources

In many cases, farmers sold their land under pressure, often at fire sale prices.

However, the situation deteriorated further when the peasants had to abandon the land under pressure from illegal paramilitary groups.

It is essential that your land is guaranteed because the land is under pressure from loggers, miners and a series of other elements".

As a mountainous country, with only 20% of the land area suitable for arable farming, that means putting the land under serious pressure, obvious in the countryside near Seoul, where densely packed paddyfields are bordered by bean plants and maize, so as not to waste an inch, and even roadside verges are planted with squashes and chillies.

But that worry was overshadowed when Rooney was carried off on a stretcher with eight minutes remaining, having landed awkwardly under pressure from Paulo Ferreira's challenge.

The Netherlands international, 20, landed awkwardly under pressure from Swindon's Alex Pritchard early on in Chelsea's third-round League Cup win.

However, Shackleton considered it too far north of Vahsel Bay for a landing, "except under pressure of necessity"—a decision he would later regret.

In Central Rift Valley (CRV) of Ethiopia, renewable land resources are under pressure.

Wild populations are restricted to increasingly limited areas of land and are under pressure with regard to habitat loss, poaching, human invasion and various diseases.

Existing farm lands are already under pressure to produce more food to keep up with a growing population, he said.

For the refugee camps in the east, supply lines to the land-locked country are already under pressure as pre-positioning of food starts ahead of the rainy season.