But, he said, "Every wet land is not a wetlands," adding: "There are people who would like to prevent development by calling every puddle a wetlands, and if you have to go through a permit process you will prevent development".
Awutu is a small rural community where limited resources and scarce water prevent development.
Landmines and cluster munitions have been described as "weapons of social cataclysm", which perpetuate poverty and prevent development.
The $3.3 million deal also buys conservation rights to prevent development on 3,000 acres near LaBelle in South Florida.
Violent protest and ineffective government and doses of martial law will prevent development outside the natural-resources sector.
The mayor said the city should acquire the property to prevent development of the land, a concern for residents in the adjacent neighborhood.
The pact was signed with the Soviet Union in 1972 to prevent development of systems capable of defending the nation against long-range missile attacks.
The 300-foot buffer could prevent development of as much as 300,000 acres in the state along an estimated 6,000 miles of rivers and streams.
A 21-acre island just three miles from downtown Portland has been bought by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a conservation group, which will prevent development there.
Technically there's nothing to prevent development of a supersonic passenger craft capable of altitudes from which the sonic boom would not reach Earth.
Conclusion: The protocol helped to prevent development of SHS.
