government land

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It is a dramatic turnaround for a sector that crashed to 48,000 tonnes in 2008 in the wake of a botched government land reform programme that led to the seizure of hundreds of commercial farms.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

He wants to rapidly expand emergency shelters on unused government land “so that people living in encampments have somewhere safe to go immediately.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

District Magistrate Vandana Singh said the mosque and the madrassa were demolished because they were illegally built on government land and were not registered as religious structures.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

Sometimes modified trees are recorded by tribes and government land managers as archaeological sites.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023

He's as much right to run sheep on government land as they have to run cattle, though sheep are a plumb nuisance in a cow country.

From Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life by Parker, Frances