21. Key variables that were considered to affect the rate of desertification were soil status, vulnerability of land to desertification, and human and animal population pressures. 22. The American Government sold the land to some white settlers. 23. They could sell their land to a developer. 24. When he asked the new tsar to give land to the peasants he made plain the other. 25. A short scene played out between four farmers and the railway engineer, who tries to persuade them to sell their land to the railway company. 26. With or without official backing, the Moslems lost their lands to white settlers or land companies. 27. Sale of the land to developers, on the other hand, would be at market value. 28. A plan to turn over millions of hectares of unused agricultural land to the growing of willow trees is to be implemented in Britain. 29. The state of Gujarat has now offered two hectares of land to every displaced family. 30. Some groups have already lost their land to logging, lost their livelihood and now face severe problems, such as poverty, disease and alcoholism. |