Earlier this year we imposed a nine-month moratorium on land sales up to March 1999.
Indonesia also has one of the world's highest deforestation rates, though it pledged a two-year moratorium on logging in May.
But this week he announced he would support a self-imposed moratorium on earmarks among Republicans in the Senate, following the example set in March by Republicans in the House.
Already we have imposed an moratorium on nuclear testing.
IRONY surrounds the Obama administration’s moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Both it and Turkey reject a proposed moratorium on enrichment and reprocessing in the region put forward by, among others, Sweden's Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission.
Such concerns are real and widespread-in August South Africa followed France's lead and slapped a moratorium on fracking. More studies will be needed before the public is reassured.
Ever since there has been a tacit moratorium on executions.
During a speech Tuesday in Houston, Senator John McCain called for an end to a moratorium on energy development in coastal areas.
Michigan and California have passed laws to outlaw cage confinement of hens, and Ohio's governor announced his support for a moratorium on the construction of any new cage layer facilities.
To help conservation efforts, it prescribes a moratorium on further cutting of mangrove for shrimp cultivation.
Further dampening hopes for a big solar-energy boom, the federal Bureau of land Management (BLM) has abruptly slapped a moratorium on new applications to put solar collectors on federal land.
He is expected to announce new safety measures for the industry imminently, and to extend a moratorium on new permits.
declare a moratorium on the sale of a new drug
In June we put forward a whole series of measures aimed at stabilising the economy, including the setting up of the Task Force on Employment, the moratorium on land sales, and the creation of a fund to help small and medium-sized businesses.
unilateral moratorium on the cessation of nuclear tests
He proposed a tax credit for businesses that hire new workers, a relaxation of penalties for withdrawing money from retirement accounts and a moratorium on home foreclosures.
The United Nations has declared a moratorium on oceanic iron-fertilization studies, and the International Maritime Organization has also limited research.
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