If no action is taken, it frequently results in the loss of common land.

This process has caused a major loss of land on the island.

Property owners in these areas fear a loss of land.

Does one include the loss of land that otherwise could be used to produce food?

Beijing's city government has tried to slow the loss of rural land.

The loss of open land impoverishes the country in many ways, he said.

Several biologists working in the region say the net loss of land is worth it.

Many of the families would never return to the island after the loss of land and their community.

However, the main reason for this is not a lack of population growth, but loss of land.

A second said the potential loss of coastal land was enough to give it automatic standing, and the third judge did not address the issue.