Quarrying and oil exploitation are other important industries.

The attack appeared to be part of a fresh drive to clear the area for oil exploitation.

Understandably his view of oil exploitation in Azerbaijan is benign.

Services and housing will be developed to guarantee adequate oil exploitation.

Sadly, logging and oil exploitation is expected to detroy a great deal of this natural wealth.

But Washington retained the right to sell leases on the land to private companies - usually for farming, forestry and oil exploitation.

Hickel, a moderate Republican and environmentalist, did not push for heavy oil exploitation.

Finally, the revenue from oil exploitation must be used for education, health care and the development of the peoples of Mauritania.

These reports range from oil exploitation and overfishing, to deforestation in an official nature reserve of all places.

Yet indirectly, we are encouraging oil exploitation in the most vulnerable and fragile part of our globe, where the consequences could be horrific.