Sentence examples for of local rivers from inspiring English sources

The United Nations said the two men, a Kenyan and a Briton, were abducted by gunmen while they were working on a survey of local rivers.

At first Mr. Lutzenberger and Agapan, the environmental group he founded in 1971, concerned themselves primarily with issues near at hand, like the pollution of local rivers.

Tens of thousands of the fish had already spilled into Puget Sound, and some had begun to instinctively swim upstream, toward the mouths of local rivers, as if to spawn.

At the time of his death, Tendetza, 47, was organising local indigenous federations which were protesting against the contamination of local rivers by mining sediments and the eviction of local people, both Shuar and colonos – a term used for mixed-race Ecuadorian settlers.

Studying ecology, she conducted a student survey and discovered that Howard students thought of the environment in terms of social justice and pollution of local rivers, while for white students she contacted at other universities, environmental concerns involved more remote issues like the rain forest and global warming.

These results indicated that when agricultural expansion is kept away from rivers, Cerrado conversion will have only a limited impact on the sediment loads of local rivers.

Over a festive lunch of local river fish and beer, Mr. Abdullah described his plans for an opulent bar and restaurant.

Each of the 11 rooms pays quirky tribute to a specific aspect of Vermont life, like a Trout Room with a fully stocked fly-tying desk, a canoe-ribbed ceiling and a fireplace built of local river stones.

Fish Legal, on behalf of a number of local river angling associations, has also raised concerns about the impact on migratory fish.

It takes about 20,000 litres of water to make a single T-shirt and a pair of jeans, putting significant pressure on local rivers and freshwater basins.

The flooding of the Somerset Levels for months led to heavy criticism over the lack of dredging of the local rivers and restrictions on what local farmers were allowed to do.