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    animals. Overgrazing reduces the usefulness, productivity and biodiversity of the land and is one cause of desertification and erosion. Overgrazing is also...
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    regarding the impact the overgrazing by large kangaroo populations on other species and ecological communities. Due to overgrazing habitats can change due...
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    terms as "man-made desert" and "non-pattern desert". Preventing man-made overgrazing The immediate cause of desertification is the loss of most vegetation...
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    down. These woods were planted on anthropogenic heaths and sand-drifts (overgrazed heaths) (Veluwe). The Netherlands had a 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity...
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    Traditional herding of goats in Greece. Overgrazing by poorly managed traditional herding is one of the primary causes of desertification and maquis degradation...
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    Mongolian landscape. Gobi rangelands are fragile and easily destroyed by overgrazing, which results in expansion of the true desert, a stony waste where not...
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    One is human intervention, including intensive agricultural tillage or overgrazing in areas that cannot support such exploitation. Climatic shifts such...
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    Deforestation, climatic deterioration during the Little Ice Age, and overgrazing by sheep imported by settlers caused a loss of critical topsoil due to...
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    soil after crop harvesting. Poor livestock farming practices such as overgrazing Inappropriate irrigation and overdrafting Urban sprawl and commercial...
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    degeneration from a variety of factors including soil erosion, deforestation, overgrazing, overfishing and the filling of wetlands. Eutrophication may lead to...
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    California endemics have become endangered, as urbanization, logging, overgrazing, and the introduction of exotic species have encroached on their habitat...
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    preventative policy led to overgrazing in multiple areas across the country. The persistent issue of land degradation caused by overgrazing and land exploitation...
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    due to pollution of the air and water, acid rain, loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of wildlife, species extinction...
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    to make sure items are fairly represented. Poor land management and overgrazing to increase production of the valuable fiber has resulted in the decimation...
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    forests each year due to firewood collection, conversion to farmland, overgrazing, and use of forest wood for building material. Between 1990 and 2005...
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    A well documented phenomenon is woody plant encroachment, caused by overgrazing in rangelands. Furthermore, the United Nations Environment Programme...
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    ranch. I shall be glad to get home." Drift fence January 1886 blizzard Overgrazing Pastoral farming Mattison, Ray H. (October 1951). "The Hard Winter and...
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    removal of natural vegetation, fuelwood consumption and to a lesser extent overgrazing and urbanisation. Deforestation, both for commercial timber and to make...
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  • such as Nigeria and Somalia. Increasing numbers of stock may lead to overgrazing of the area and desertification if lands are not allowed to fully recover...
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    about by grazing can alter ecosystem function, and are exacerbated by overgrazing and poor land management practices. Introduced grazing animals can also...
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    for grazing had significant ecological consequences for the island. Overgrazing by these introduced animals led to the removal of native vegetation and...
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    are a result of natural processes, but destruction of vegetation by overgrazing or pollution can produce anthropogenic badlands. Badlands are characterized...
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    fishers was replaced by a grain-grinding culture. Climate changes or overgrazing around 8000 BCE began to desiccate the pastoral lands of Egypt, forming...
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  • Deforestation during the Roman period was a result of the geographical expansion of the Roman Empire, with its increased population, large-scale agriculture...
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  • Banni grasslands are under pressure due to man-made factors which are overgrazing, invasion by Prosopis juliflora, an exotic thorny tree, and natural factors...
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    Asia, peat swamp forests and soils are being drained, burnt, mined, and overgrazed, contributing to climate change. As a result of peat drainage, the organic...
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    shepherds brought large herds for grazing from Kullu and Kangra. Due to overgrazing, the grasslands are now degraded. Chandra Taal is home to a few species...
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    expanding human populations, resulting in habitat degradation through overgrazing, and disease transference and interbreeding from free-ranging dogs. Its...
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    by such factors as drought, climatic shifts, tillage for agriculture, overgrazing and deforestation. Vegetation plays a major role in determining the composition...
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    therefore, ticks may assist in controlling animal populations and preventing overgrazing. Ticks can transmit an array of infectious diseases that affect humans...
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