Others simply appropriated large areas of common land using laws passed by the Scottish parliament in the 1690's.
Locals who have worked the land using traditional methods are joining with NGOs and international campaigners to raise the profile of Yusufeli as an area of exceptional importance.
It has been reported that landowners are preparing to stop the Ministry of Defence using their land for training, block the siting of electricity pylons and stop water companies using their land to spread sewage.
The navy, for its part, insists the base is vital to national security as it is the only place it can run simultaneous air, sea and land exercises using live ammunition.
The drilling companies typically acquire leases with landholders who have access to oil and mineral rights below their land by using a landman (either an employee of the company or an independent agent), who offers a fixed price per acre for the right to drill, plus a royalty percentage of the value of the produced hydrocarbons.
Ninety miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan State started as the nation's pioneer land-grant university, charged with using public land to teach practical subjects to augment the liberal arts tradition.
The Land Registry is using something called Repeat Sales Regression to measure the change in prices over time.
Survival International has helped lead a high-profile campaign against Vedanta's plans in India, where using land for industrial purposes is hugely controversial.
But since energy crops first stirred agricultural excitement there's been controversy over the impact of using land to grow crops to burn.
The organisation also asked both sides to stop using land mines, which it said were causing injuries to local residents and restricting access to affected areas.
The Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue Centre is supported by Queen's Brian May and runs on two sites, using land owned by Mr May, for long-term and specialist rehabilitation.
He also notes that using land for growing algae produces 40 times as much protein per acre as growing soybeans, while consuming about 1% of the amount of fresh water needed to grow soy.
The decision to issue an apology now was driven in large part by administration concerns about those mounting costs, as well as the realization that a smooth and timely withdrawal of heavy equipment from Afghanistan would depend on using land routes through Pakistan, U.S. officials said.
WSJ: U.S. Apologizes to Pakistan, Says Supply Routes to Reopen
It was banned from flying supersonically over land, which made using it less worthwhile.
He said there was "overwhelming support" in favour of keeping the stadium instead of using the land for housing.
It provides more calories, more quickly, using less land and in a wider range of climates than any other plant.
Chief Inspector Clive Perry said it got worse during the foot and mouth crisis which prevented bikers from using agricultural land.
Absentee crofters being evicted for not using their land have joined forces to challenge the decision and may take their fight to the European courts.
BBC: Possible European court challenge on crofting evictions
The site at RAF Quedgeley near Gloucester is to be "significantly developed in the next few years", using brownfield land before greenfield sites are looked at.
BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Gloucestershire | Homes plan reprieves green belt
The opponent will only be using the land during the first few tap outs, and it will be to play cards with significantly higher board value than Contaminated Ground.
The Waltons, however, were allowed to go on using the land, and some of them claim that the money they owed has now been paid back and that they are therefore the owners again.
"Indian cottonseed producers actually realize almost seven times the financial benefits growing cottonseed for local seed companies than if they were to sell that same yield at farm gate prices"--using their land, that is, primarily to produce cotton rather than seed.
Mr Prescott hit back at Tory claims he was using "contaminated land" to build cheap starter homes on.
BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | House prices too high - Prescott
The community is using their new land to grow bananas and sugar cane.
Wokingham Borough Council will replace the site's 16 pitches with 20 over a wider area, using some greenbelt land.
An Oxfordshire hunt has been banned from using National Trust land after two of its members were convicted of illegal fox hunting.
Forward reconnaissance units mapped the land from high observation points, using maps and hand-held GPS devices to identify targets accurately.
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