1. Can you double the number of homes on a plot of land without making the residents claustrophobic or the neighbors ballistic? 2. We journeyed through a land without wings. 3. The mere use of land without exclusive possession is not sufficient. 4. Thus an owner of land and a person intruding on that land without his consent cannot both be in possession of the land at the same time. 5. The aim is to cultivate the land without worrying all the time about the biggest possible return. 6. For two decades therefore villagers lived near cyanide- contaminated land without even knowing. 7. And he persuaded Parliament to pass a constitutional amendment that for the first time would allow the government to seize land without compensation. 8. And the reserves he envisioned to extract products from the land without destroying it now exist for other products, from hearts of palm to timber. 9. And the big companies are mining gold at a record rate from public land without paying a dime in royalties. |