Land degradation is a process in which the value of the or biophysical or biochemical environment is affected by a combination of natural or human-induced...
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pasturable land such as heaths, which could be used for sheep-rearing but not as farmland. Arable land is vulnerable to land degradation and some types...
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environmental degradation process amplifies the impact of environmental issues which leave lasting impacts on the environment. Environmental degradation is one...
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Look up degradation, degrade, or degrading in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Degradation may refer to: Degradation (geology), lowering of a fluvial surface...
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Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative is a global initiative which aims to increase awareness of the benefits of sustainable land management and...
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corresponds to a phenomenon where succession reverts the land to its natural physical state. Degradation is an evolution, different from natural evolution,...
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A. (August 7, 2006). "The contribution of landmines to land degradation". Land Degradation & Development. 18 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1002/ldr.754. ISSN 1085-3278...
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Sustainable Development Goal 15 (section Target 15.3: End desertification and restore degraded land)
desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world...
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measures, contribute to soil erosion and degradation. Reduced Agricultural Productivity: Erosion and degradation can lead to loss of topsoil, essential...
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Soil erosion (section Land degradation)
the two primary causes of land degradation; combined, they are responsible for about 84% of the global extent of degraded land, making excessive erosion...
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Erosion (redirect from Land erosion)
the two primary causes of land degradation; combined, they are responsible for about 84% of the global extent of degraded land, making excessive erosion...
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Agriculture (redirect from Cultivation of the land)
disproportionately affected. Land management is the driving factor behind degradation; 1.5 billion people rely upon the degrading land. Degradation can be through deforestation...
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significant effects of land use include urban sprawl, soil erosion, soil degradation, salinization, and desertification. Land-use change, together with...
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Environmental issues in Australia (redirect from Land degradation in Australia)
Contamination and Pollution; Ozone Depletion; Conservation; Invasive Species; Land Degradation; Waterway health; Urbanisation and Mining Issues among others. Climate...
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Food security (section Land degradation)
example due to war. There is also climate change, water scarcity, land degradation, agricultural diseases, pandemics and disease outbreaks that can all...
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SDG Goal 15: Life on Land states the resolve of the United Nations and the SDG signatory nations to halt and reverse land degradation.[circular reference]...
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degradation makes the forest less valuable and may lead to deforestation. Forest degradation is a type of the more general issue of land degradation....
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Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities....
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Environmental issues in Turkey (redirect from Land degradation in Turkey)
irrigation in agriculture. Land degradation is a critical agricultural problem, caused by inappropriate use of agricultural land, overgrazing, or over-fertilization...
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continues to suffer from many environmental issues like land degradation and overfishing. Land degradation caused by overgrazing, soil erosion, loss of topsoil...
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"Large‐scale land investments, household displacement, and the effect on land degradation in semiarid agro‐pastoral areas of Ethiopia". Land Degradation & Development...
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Chittagong Hill Tracts (category Indigenous land rights)
accelerated erosion, land degradation, deforestation, and impoverishment of tribal people in CHT. If the present state of degradation is continued, most...
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R. and B. A. Stewart. 1990... Soil degradation. Springer-Verlag, New York. Scherr, S. J. 1999. Soil degradation: a threat to developing country food...
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2020-03-12. Retrieved 2021-10-04. Bann, Camille (2011). The Economics of Land Degradation for the Agricultural Sector in Tajikistan. Dushanbe, Tajikistan: UNDP-UNEP...
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Habitat destruction (redirect from Habitat degradation)
development, and other anthropogenic changes to the characteristics of land. Habitat degradation, fragmentation, and pollution are aspects of habitat destruction...
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Desertification in Africa is a form of land degradation that involves the conversion of productive land into desert or arid areas. This issue is a pressing...
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Nutritional anthropology (section Land degradation)
impact to horticulture, though instances of overgrazing, and consequent land degradation (see later subsection under Globalization and Nutrition), have been...
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Soil contamination (redirect from Land contamination)
Soil contamination, soil pollution, or land pollution as a part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or other...
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Environmental issues in Iraq (section Land degradation)
have reduced arable land. Transboundary pollution and a lack of river basin management by the government have led to the degradation of Iraq's major waterways...
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