timber concession
Frequency: 3.92.0 per million words
The right to harvest timber in a specific area.
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- The company was granted a massive timber concession in the protected forest.
- Environmental groups are protesting the government's decision to issue a new timber concession.
- Securing the timber concession is expected to boost the local economy significantly.
- The terms of the timber concession oblige the company to engage in reforestation efforts.
- Activists are legally challenging the controversial timber concession awarded to a foreign corporation.
- Their firm operates on a 25-year timber concession that is due for renewal soon.
- Due to illegal logging activities, the government revoked their timber concession last year.
- Several international companies are competing to win lucrative timber concessions in the region.
- The vast timber concession covers more than 100,000 hectares of land.
- They spent months negotiating the details of the timber concession with national authorities.