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NRCS offers technical and financial assistance to farmers and ranchers. The financial assistance is authorized by the "Farm Bill", a law that is renewed every five years. The 2014 Farm Bill consolidated 23 programs into 15. [11] NRCS offers these services to private land owners, conservation districts, tribes, and other types of organizations.
With the vision of 'Limited Land, Unlimited Space', SLA is responsible for maximising Singapore's land resources, by: [4] Optimising land and space utilisation, Safeguarding property ownership, and; Promoting the use of land-space data through geospatial. SLA has two functional roles: developmental and regulatory.
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, an important conservation area in Singapore. Singapore has also suffered an enormous loss in coral reefs as the result of extensive land and coastal development. [17] Prior to the land reclamation of the last several decades, Singapore's coral reefs covered an estimated 100 km 2 (39 sq mi). [19]
Building conservation in Singapore is the responsibility of URA, which issued a Conservation Master Plan in 1989. This plan laid down guidelines and processes for the conservation of culturally and historically significant buildings. [2] More than 7000 buildings in Singapore have been gazetted as conserved buildings.
Commercial banks in Singapore may undertake universal banking, such as the taking of deposits and the provision of cheque services and lending, as well any other business authorised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, including financial advisory services, insurance brokering and capital market services, as long as they are permitted under section 30 of the Banking Act.
A Florida man is accused of killing his estranged girlfriend by stabbing her up to 70 times during a break-in Friday – exactly one month after he was nabbed for assaulting the victim and ordered ...
The Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) is a series of programmes offered by the Government of Singapore to facilitate the sharing with other developing countries the technical and systems skills that Singapore has learned and acquired over the years. SCP was established in 1992 to consolidate technical assistance initiatives offered by ...
The NFL playoffs are nearly in sight and the heat is on for some teams still in the fight to make the postseason.. Week 15 saw the number of teams that have qualified for the playoffs increase to ...