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Clearing controversy: A leaflet that dropped around the Beecroft area to take advantage of the new laws.
Tree lopping companies have been pamphlet dropping and offering discounts for entire streets on the back of new bushfire laws that allow land-clearing in urban areas, as councils plead with the Rural Fire Service to intervene.
Mosman Council has reported that 14 trees on private property had been removed last week for improved views and another five are expected to be chopped down this week when the residents are able to engage busy contractors.
Eight trees had been removed for development applications and the council received 25 calls from the public about removing trees for development under the 10/50 laws, whichallow peoplewho are living within 350 metres of designated bushfire prone areas to clear trees on their property within 10 metres of a home and shrubs within 50 metres, without seeking approval. It makes no distinction between bushland and urban areas.
Mosman deputy mayor Roy Bendall said the council had presented evidence of the tree lopping to the RFS last week and they had been promised a "workshop".
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Mr Bendall said hefeared it was all "window dressing, trying to placate us and not face the fact that, while this policy has merit in rural and heavily vegetated areas, the sheer scale of the clearing zones is ridiculous in highly urbanised areas".
"When you have Spit Road in the clearing zone, you have to wonder if enough thought has gone into this?" Mr Bendallsaid.
Mosman Council has moved to make urgent representations to the Premier, the Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Emergency Services about the excessive clearing and the impact it is having on the character of the suburb.
Greens MP David Shoebridge said local neighbourhoods are banding together to fight the laws in a campaign "to give 10/50 the chop".
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Former Israeli President Shimon Peres said the governments appropriation of West Bank land for settlement is damaging talks for a lasting diplomatic accord with the Palestinians.
We have to agree not to continue the building of new settlements while we are negotiating, Peres said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Cernobbio, Italy. You cannot quarrel and negotiate at the same time. So we have to agree on a quid-pro-quo situation.
Israel last week announced it was declaring about 1,000 acres of territory south of Bethlehem as state property, clearing the way for eventual construction of new settlements there. The seizure was condemned by the Palestinians, the U.S. and the United Nations as detrimental to the peace process.
Peress comments reflect the division in Israel over new settlements and peace talks with the Palestinians. Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett last week defended the moves, adding that a Palestinian state was not working. Finance Minister Yair Lapid said the appropriation in the Gush Etzion region was taken without cabinet approval and causes damage to Israel.
The U.S. called on Israel to reverse the land seizures, and expressed concern about reports of settlement plans in east Jerusalem. Such measures are contrary to Israels stated goal of negotiating a permanent status agreement with the Palestinians, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in an e-mailed statement.
Palestinians say Israeli construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem is a war crime that violates the Fourth Geneva Convention. Israel says the settlements dont fall under the convention because the territory wasnt recognized as belonging to anyone before the 1967 war, in which Israel prevailed, and therefore isnt occupied.
To contact the reporters on this story: David Wainer in Tel Aviv at dwainer3@bloomberg.net; Flavia Rotondi in Rome at rotondi@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Dick Schumacher at dschumacher@bloomberg.net Stephen Kirkland, Vernon Wessels
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New Road in Madaka, land clearing - Sierra Leone
SMHC - Saint Mary #39;s Home of Charity New road from Madaka to Songo.
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10/50 farce gives green light for clearing native vegetation
The 10/50 rule has created an atmosphere of unrestrained land clearing in Western Sydney.
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Busch Gardens Williamsburg Construction Update Labor Day Weekend 2015 Coaster
An update on the construction from Busch Gardens on Labor Day weekend. A new roller coaster is scheduled to be built next to Apollo #39;s Chariot in 2015, and so in this video, you #39;ll get a glimpse...
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By Ben Wedeman, and Susannah Cullinane CNN
updated 8:56 AM EDT, Tue September 2, 2014
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
(CNN) -- Israel came under fire Monday for claiming close to 1,000 acres of land in the Palestinian West Bank.
Israel announced Sunday that the land in and around the Wadi Fukin valley, would become "state land," clearing the way for the development of a new Israeli settlement. The affected land lies near Bethlehem and close to Bitar Ilit -- one of the biggest Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Farmers in the area have 45 days to appeal Israel's decision to claim the land.
"The seizure of such a large swathe of land risks paving the way for further settlement activity, which -- as the United Nations has reiterated on many occasions -- is illegal under international law and runs totally counter to the pursuit of a two-state solution," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement Monday.
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond issued a similar statement, criticizing the move.
"This is a particularly ill-judged decision that comes at a time when the priority must be to build on the cease-fire in Gaza. It will do serious damage to Israel's standing in the international community," he said. "Our position on settlements is clear: they are illegal under international law, present an obstacle to peace and take us further away from a two state solution at a time when negotiations to achieve this objective urgently need to be resumed."
Hammond said efforts should be focused on securing a durable cease-fire in Gaza and lasting peace. "We strongly urge the government of Israel to reverse this decision," he said.
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Israel claims 1,000 acres in West Bank
By Ben Wedeman, and Susannah Cullinane CNN
September 1, 2014 -- Updated 2311 GMT (0711 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
(CNN) -- Israel came under fire Monday for claiming close to 1,000 acres of land in the Palestinian West Bank.
Israel announced Sunday that the land in and around the Wadi Fukin valley, would become "state land," clearing the way for the development of a new Israeli settlement. The affected land lies near Bethlehem and close to Bitar Ilit -- one of the biggest Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Farmers in the area have 45 days to appeal Israel's decision to claim the land.
"The seizure of such a large swathe of land risks paving the way for further settlement activity, which -- as the United Nations has reiterated on many occasions -- is illegal under international law and runs totally counter to the pursuit of a two-state solution," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement Monday.
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond issued a similar statement, criticizing the move.
"This is a particularly ill-judged decision that comes at a time when the priority must be to build on the cease-fire in Gaza. It will do serious damage to Israel's standing in the international community," he said. "Our position on settlements is clear: they are illegal under international law, present an obstacle to peace and take us further away from a two state solution at a time when negotiations to achieve this objective urgently need to be resumed."
Hammond said efforts should be focused on securing a durable cease-fire in Gaza and lasting peace. "We strongly urge the government of Israel to reverse this decision," he said.
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Israel under fire for 'land grab'
By Ben Wedeman, and Susannah Cullinane CNN
updated 7:11 PM EDT, Mon September 1, 2014
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
(CNN) -- Israel came under fire Monday for claiming close to 1,000 acres of land in the Palestinian West Bank.
Israel announced Sunday that the land in and around the Wadi Fukin valley, would become "state land," clearing the way for the development of a new Israeli settlement. The affected land lies near Bethlehem and close to Bitar Ilit -- one of the biggest Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Farmers in the area have 45 days to appeal Israel's decision to claim the land.
"The seizure of such a large swathe of land risks paving the way for further settlement activity, which -- as the United Nations has reiterated on many occasions -- is illegal under international law and runs totally counter to the pursuit of a two-state solution," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement Monday.
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond issued a similar statement, criticizing the move.
"This is a particularly ill-judged decision that comes at a time when the priority must be to build on the cease-fire in Gaza. It will do serious damage to Israel's standing in the international community," he said. "Our position on settlements is clear: they are illegal under international law, present an obstacle to peace and take us further away from a two state solution at a time when negotiations to achieve this objective urgently need to be resumed."
Hammond said efforts should be focused on securing a durable cease-fire in Gaza and lasting peace. "We strongly urge the government of Israel to reverse this decision," he said.
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Israel came under fire Monday for claiming close to 1,000 acres of land in the Palestinian West Bank.
Israel announced Sunday that the land in and around the Wadi Fukin valley, would become "state land," clearing the way for the development of a new Israeli settlement. The affected land lies near Bethlehem and close to Bitar Ilit -- one of the biggest Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Farmers in the area have 45 days to appeal Israel's decision to claim the land.
"The seizure of such a large swathe of land risks paving the way for further settlement activity, which -- as the United Nations has reiterated on many occasions -- is illegal under international law and runs totally counter to the pursuit of a two-state solution," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement Monday.
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond issued a similar statement, criticizing the move.
"This is a particularly ill-judged decision that comes at a time when the priority must be to build on the cease-fire in Gaza. It will do serious damage to Israel's standing in the international community," he said. "Our position on settlements is clear: they are illegal under international law, present an obstacle to peace and take us further away from a two state solution at a time when negotiations to achieve this objective urgently need to be resumed."
Hammond said efforts should be focused on securing a durable cease-fire in Gaza and lasting peace. "We strongly urge the government of Israel to reverse this decision," he said.
Teens' abduction
Israeli officials told CNN the expropriation was linked to the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers who disappeared from the West Bank settlement of Gush Etzion in June. Tensions between Israel and Hamas ratcheted up after the teens' bodies were found June 30.
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Land would become 'state land,' clearing the way for the development of a new Israeli settlement