Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment also biochemical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced...

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...

environmental degradation process amplifies the impact of environmental issues which leave lasting impacts on the environment. Environmental degradation is one...

Look up degradation, degrade, or degrading in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Degradation may refer to: Degradation (geology), lowering of a fluvial surface...

Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative is a global initiative which aims to increase awareness of the benefits of sustainable land management and...

desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world...

the two primary causes of land degradation; combined, they are responsible for about 84% of the global extent of degraded land, making excessive erosion...

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...

corresponds to a phenomenon where succession reverts the land to its natural physical state. Degradation is an evolution, different from natural evolution,...

the two primary causes of land degradation; combined, they are responsible for about 84% of the global extent of degraded land, making excessive erosion...

sprawl) and resource exploitation (such as mining and deforestation). Land degradation frequently leads to less stabilization of soil by vegetation. Additionally...

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...

disproportionately affected. Land management is the driving factor behind degradation; 1.5 billion people rely upon the degrading land. Degradation can be through deforestation...

impact to horticulture, though instances of overgrazing, and consequent land degradation (see later subsection under Globalization and Nutrition), have been...

significant effects of land use include urban sprawl, soil erosion, soil degradation, salinization, and desertification. Land-use change, together with...

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]...

framework. Human land use can cause soil to degrade, both in quality and in quantity.: 44  Soil degradation can be caused by agrochemicals (such as fertilizers...

continues to suffer from many environmental issues like land degradation and overfishing. Land degradation caused by overgrazing, soil erosion, loss of topsoil...

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...

Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities....

Diamond, "Australia's number-one environmental problem [is] land degradation". Land degradation results from nine types of damaging environmental impacts:...

measures, contribute to soil erosion and degradation. Reduced Agricultural Productivity: Erosion and degradation can lead to loss of topsoil, essential...

non-renewable or limited, for economic growth or development. Environmental degradation, human insecurity, and social conflict frequently accompany natural resource...

development, and other anthropogenic changes to the characteristics of land. Habitat degradation, fragmentation, and pollution are aspects of habitat destruction...

R. and B. A. Stewart. 1990... Soil degradation. Springer-Verlag, New York. Scherr, S. J. 1999. Soil degradation: a threat to developing country food...

example due to war. There is also climate change, water scarcity, land degradation, agricultural diseases, pandemics and disease outbreaks that can all...

degradation makes the forest less valuable and may lead to deforestation. Forest degradation is a type of the more general issue of land degradation....

(2019a). "Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security...

aspects of the land use change. "Land improvement" in the economic sense can often lead to land degradation from the ecological perspective. Land development...

anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions), water scarcity, water pollution, land degradation, deforestation and other processes; it is simultaneously causing environmental...