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Definition of extractive
1a : of, relating to, or involving extractionb : tending toward or resulting in withdrawal of natural resources by extraction with no provision for replenishment extractive agriculture
2 : capable of being extracted
extractively
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The designation restricts new contracts for extractive industries like mining and providing legal protection for the 100,000 cultural and archaeological sites on the land.
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But Dr. Cielo Magno, an economist at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, who studies extractive industries, said that previous suspensions had amounted to slaps on the wrist, and that the industry had long operated with little oversight.
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The fees that federal agencies charge for grazing, mining, and other extractive activities are heavily subsidized, and would almost certainly rise were the land transferred to states or counties.
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A new marine sanctuary created in March around Wolf and Darwin islands protects roughly one-third of the waters of the Galápagos from fishing and other extractive industries.
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First Known Use of extractive
1599
extractive
Definition of extractive
: something extracted or extractable : extract
First Known Use of extractive
1810
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of extractive
: of, relating to, or involving extraction extractive processes
extractive
Medical Definition of extractive
: something extracted or extractable : extract
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