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unusual facts about natural resource



Bakassi Boys

These groups likely took their name from the Bakassi peninsula, an oil-rich peninsula in the Annang /Efik / Ibibio region of the coastal southeastern Nigeria disputes over the peninsula which had hastened hostilities between Nigeria and Cameroon, with both countries contending for ownership of the region and its resources.

Dick Ackerman

During his tenure in the Assembly, Ackerman served as Assistant Republican Leader, Republican Caucus Whip, Vice Chair of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee, Vice Chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, a member of Appropriations Committee, and a member of the Legislative Ethics Committee.

George W. Milias

He also served as Chairman of the Natural Resources and Conservation Committee and a member of the Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee and the Government Administration Committee.

Gregorio Perfecto

In Mabanag v. Lopez Vito, 78 Phil. 1 (1947), Perfecto dissented after the majority declined to examine whether the requisite votes in the House and Senate were obtained in the passage of an amendment to the Constitution allowing American citizens the right to use and develop natural resources in the Philippines.

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

It is the official journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and publishes theoretical and empirical papers concerned with the linkage between economic systems and environmental and natural resources.

Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo

It was originally founded because its creators needed scientific basis to fishery and exploitation of all the available marine resources along the Brazilian coast, especially in the state of São Paulo.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1493

There was concern at the continuing illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the country and at the conflicts in Ituri, North and South Kivu.


see also

AACO

Australian Agricultural Company, a company which serves to improve beef cattle production through responsible natural resource and land use

Clem Tisdell

Capital/natural resource substitution: the debate of Georgescu-Roegen (through Daly) with Solow/Stiglitz.

CO2 is Green

The Washington Post's Steven Mufson reported that the CO2 is Green campaign was produced by H. Leighton Steward, a retired former oil industry executive, as well as Corbin Robertson, the CEO of Natural Resource Partners, an owner of coal resources based in Houston.

Economics of global warming

A talk given by Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.

Saline Wetlands Conservation Partnership

The City of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Lower Platte South Natural Resource District (LPSNRD), The Nature Conservancy, and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) are the full-share partners, which established the Saline Wetlands Conservation Partnership in 2003.

Supernatural Festival

What started as a scarce gathering at the Belgrade's natural resource of Košutnjak took shape as a festival promoting not only domestic and foreign music but also healthy and energy efficient way of life.

Tadcaster

Tadcaster was founded by the Romans, who named it Calcaria from the Latin word for lime, reflecting the importance of the area's limestone geology as a natural resource for quarrying, an industry which continues today and has contributed to many notable buildings including York Minster.

The Treacle People

The show was written by Brian (the writer of Dangermouse) and Johnathan Trueman and was based in a fictionalized version of the Northern English village of Sabden, in Pendle, where treacle is (allegedly) a natural resource extracted through mines.

University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences comprises six divisions, twelve academic units (two are held jointly), seven research and outreach centers throughout Minnesota, the Bell Museum of Natural History and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.