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...By the time of his death after a kayaking accident in 2015, he had amassed more than 2mn acres — all of it earmarked for rewilding....
...One example is a three-acre lot at 1400 Biscayne Boulevard in what is now touted as Miami’s arts and cultural district....
...But it is his land and his desire for change is justified. Britain needs to devote less land to livestock and more to nature....
...An acre of land in Brazil has a very different value from an acre of land in California or Congo.”...
...“It’s a lot more homely than Napa,” says Michael Long, head winemaker at Amador Cellars. “In a lot of places you’ll still find the owner or the winemaker in the tasting room.”...
...The Bentley has yielded more than $500mn in sales — or about 40 per cent of the inventory — in less than a year and before a single shovel has scraped the earth....
...“Participants often have a lot to contribute so the conversation around the kitchen table at lunchtime is a valuable part of the day,” she says....
...I wanted to be involved in ag, but the price of land was outrageous, and I realised there's no chance that I could ever farm traditionally, simply because I couldn't afford to buy the land or lease the land...
...One beneficiary is Puran Singh, a farmer in the north-western arid state of Rajasthan, who grows mustard on 25 acres of his own land....
...The incidence of short-duration heavy rainfall — storms that drop more than 50mm of water in an hour — in Japan has increased by 40 per cent in the past 30 years....
...At the same time, he highlights the depth of links between farmers and the Conservatives: “A lot of their activists, constituency chairs and branch chairs are farmers or have a connection with the industry...
...We built a lot of relationships and took the time to negotiate,” says Evans....
...The Nautilus neighbourhood in the 40s, east of Alton Road, is a quiet, slightly less rarefied residential area (though for waterfront North Bay Road residents, it’s practically the other side of the tracks...
...And there are a lot of tweets. Rabois’s 288,000 Twitter followers are subject to more daily stats about the greatness of Miami than followers of the Miami Chamber of Commerce....
...The one-acre plot in the Shoreditch district, owned by the London Stock Exchange, has attracted interest from the Canary Wharf Group, US investor Tishman Speyer and developer Helical; bids have spiralled...
...“But the Lake District is more calming than either,” says Pix. “Things are slower. You have the time to notice the light and the change in seasons.”...
...“We stack a lot of plants on top of each garden here, using layering down into the ground [where the stem of a low-growing, flexible plant is bent and the middle section held in place underground so that...
...What A 10-bedroom villa with 1.6 acres of land and sea views. Why The study has a fireplace, exposed beams and access to a terrace....
...For comparison: 88 per cent of players in the Women’s Super League in England earned less than £18,000 a year in 2017, with more than half considering quitting for financial reasons, according to a report...
...The Southwest, Northwest and the West and East Midlands follow, with Wales and Northern Ireland at the bottom of the table....
...What A house built in 2002 on more than 17 acres. There is a guest suite with a separate entrance and a hot tub with views of the surrounding hills....
...A plan to build more than 10,000 new homes in Bicester between 2013 and 2031 has pushed up the cost of development land to about £1m per acre....
...Eight years on, he has acquired a further 160 acres nearby, planted lavender and olive and plum trees — and introduced a lot of sculpture to the landscape....
...The country has the world’s fourth-largest population, of more than 260m people, 60 per cent of whom are under 40....
...“We see it in office take-ups from offshore gaming companies and also in the tourism numbers. We’re also seeing a lot of Chinese investors buy property.”...
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