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Land cover change detection
Land cover change detection is a remote sensing method that identifies differences in the land surface, such as deforestation or urbanization, by comparing images from different dates.
Land degradation
Land degradation: loss of biological or economic productivity of cropland, rangeland, forest, or woodland, per the UNCCD definition. Up to 40% of land is degraded; measured by SDG 15.3.1; addressed through Land Degradation Neutrality.
Land development
Land development, also called land use change or land conversion, is the process of acquiring, subdividing, and building on land to raise its value. Covers regulation, environmental impacts, farmland conversion, and planning.
Land Girls (TV series)
Land Girls (BBC One, 2009-2011) is a British period drama created by Roland Moore about four Women's Land Army members at the Hoxley Estate in WWII; three series, 15 episodes, Broadcast Award winner, 2.6 million peak viewers.
Land grabbing
Land grabbing, also called the global land rush or large-scale land acquisitions, is the large-scale transfer of land rights that dispossesses local users, triggered by the 2007-2008 food crisis, measured by the Land Matrix, and marked by weak consultation, food insecurity, and new carbon-offset deals.
Land grabbing in Uganda
Land grabbing in Uganda is the appropriation of land from local holders by elites, government entities, and investors, exploiting undocumented customary tenure and enforced often through evictions.
Land grant to Ḫasardu kudurru
The land grant to Ḫasardu kudurru is a Babylonian inscribed stone monument commemorating a royal grant of land, part of a corpus of about 160 stones.
Land grant to Ḫunnubat-Nanaya kudurru
A Babylonian limestone kudurru of the Kassite period, recording King Meli-Šipak's grant of three settlements to Ḫunnubat-Nanaya, found at Susa and now in the Louvre.
Land grant to Marduk-apla-iddina I by Meli-Shipak II
A limestone kudurru boundary stone in the Louvre recording a land grant by the Babylonian king Meli-Shipak II to his son Marduk-apla-iddin, dated 1186–1172 BC.
Land grant to Marduk-zākir-šumi kudurru
The Land grant to Marduk-zākir-šumi kudurru is a Kassite-period Babylonian stone stela recording a royal grant of income-bearing land, displayed in a temple and protected by divine curses.
Land grid array
A land grid array (LGA) is an integrated circuit package with flat contact pads on its underside, mounted either in a socket or soldered to a circuit board.
Land Law of 1850
The Land Law of 1850 (Lei de Terras de 1850) was a Brazilian law, sanctioned by Emperor Pedro II, making purchase the only access to vacant public land.
Land Law of the Jiangxi Soviet
The Land Law of the Jiangxi Soviet (土地法) is the series of land-redistribution statutes issued by the Chinese Communist Party's soviet governments in Jiangxi between 1928 and 1931.
Land lot
A land lot is a surveyed, legally described piece of land; also called a parcel, defined by cadastral boundaries, PLSS townships and sections, subdivision approval, and identifiers like India's 14-digit ULPIN.
Land mine
A land mine, or proximity mine, is an explosive munition hidden on or under the ground, detonated by the presence, proximity, or contact of a person or vehicle.
Land mobile radio system
A land mobile radio (LMR) system is a two-way radio system connecting mobile and portable stations with base stations, used for mission-critical voice by public safety agencies.
Land O'Lakes
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative founded in 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, known for its butter brand; it also runs Purina animal nutrition, WinField United crop inputs, and Truterra, with $17 billion in 2023 sales.
Land of Bad
Land of Bad is a 2024 military action thriller directed by William Eubank, starring Liam Hemsworth as stranded JTAC Sergeant JJ Kinney and Russell Crowe as drone pilot Reaper, grossing $7 million worldwide.
Land of Confusion
Land of Confusion is a 1986 Genesis song from Invisible Touch, written by Mike Rutherford, that peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its Spitting Image puppet video won a 1987 Grammy, and Disturbed covered it in 2005.
Land of dragons
Land of dragons (Land of the Dragons) names several attractions: Chessington's 2004 children's area with Dragon's Fury, Busch Gardens Williamsburg's 1994 kids' land, Terre de Dragons reptile park in Civaux, France, Energylandia's Dragon Town, and Osuna's Tierra de Dragones campaign.
Land of Extinct Volcanoes UNESCO Global Geopark
The Land of Extinct Volcanoes is a UNESCO Global Geopark designated in 2024 in the Kaczawskie Mountains and Foothills of Lower Silesia, south-west Poland, an area of about 1,300 km².
Land of Frankincense
Land of Frankincense is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Dhofar, southern Oman, inscribed in 2000 and made up of four components illustrating the ancient frankincense trade.
Land of Goshen
Land of Goshen (Hebrew Goshen, LXX Gesem), the eastern Nile Delta region, centered on the Wadi Tumilat, where the biblical Israelites settled in Egypt; also a distinct southern Canaanite district in Joshua.
Land of Happiness (행복의 나라)
Land of Happiness (행복의 나라) is a 2024 South Korean courtroom drama by Choo Chang-min starring Cho Jung-seok and Lee Sun-kyun, dramatizing the 1979 trial of Colonel Park Heung-joo after President Park Chung-hee's assassination; released Aug 14, 2024, 710,620 admissions.
Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour
Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 20-date spring 2026 US tour, March 31 Minneapolis to May 27 Washington, D.C., with Tom Morello, politically framed against the Trump administration.
Land of Hope and Glory
Land of Hope and Glory: English patriotic song setting A.C. Benson's 1902 words to the trio of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1; a British unofficial anthem, Last Night of the Proms staple, and the US graduation march tune.
Land of Israel (אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל)
The Land of Israel, Eretz Yisrael, is the traditional Jewish name for the southern Levant, the land the Hebrew Bible describes as promised to Israel.
Land of Mine
Land of Mine (Under sandet) is Martin Zandvliet's 2015 Danish-German drama about teenage German POWs forced to clear over two million landmines from Denmark's west coast after May 1945; Oscar-nominated, EFA-winning.
Land of Nairi
Land of Nairi (Yerkir Nairi) is the only novel of the Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents, written in 1921–1924 and regarded as a foundational text of modern Armenian literary modernism.
Land of Nod
The Land of Nod is the biblical place, named once in Genesis 4:16, where Cain settled east of Eden after killing Abel; the phrase also means sleep.