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  • Nous sommes confrontés à un certain nombre de nouvelles menaces dont les principales sont les suivantes: réchauffement climatique, épuisement des ressources, pollution de l'eau, baisse de la surface des terres arables, augmentation de la population, danger nucléaire.

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  • At present those nations have some 100 million hectares of arables land and FAO proposes a 15-percent increase in arable lands in 10 years.

    10TH REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY 1969

  • As the war with the republic of Tiascala, though of short chhr ration, was one of the most considerable whi$h the Spaniard* waged in America, the account given of the Tlaacalan arables rfierits some attention.

    The History of America 1812

  • He replaced tumble-down old farm buildings with new constructions on the most approved principles; bought or pensioned off certain slovenly incompetent tenants; threw sundry petty holdings into large farms suited to the buildings he constructed; purchased here and there small bits of land, commodious to the farms they adjoined, and completing the integrity of his ring-fence; stubbed up profitless woods which diminished the value of neighbouring arables by obstructing sun and air and harbouring legions of rabbits; and then, seeking tenants of enterprise and capital, more than doubled his original yearly rental, and perhaps more than tripled the market value of his property.

    Kenelm Chillingly — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • He replaced tumble-down old farm buildings with new constructions on the most approved principles; bought or pensioned off certain slovenly incompetent tenants; threw sundry petty holdings into large farms suited to the buildings he constructed; purchased here and there small bits of land, commodious to the farms they adjoined, and completing the integrity of his ring-fence; stubbed up profitless woods which diminished the value of neighbouring arables by obstructing sun and air and harbouring legions of rabbits; and then, seeking tenants of enterprise and capital, more than doubled his original yearly rental, and perhaps more than tripled the market value of his property.

    Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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