land degradation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflandanddegradation
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land
noun
uk/lænd/us/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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degradation
noun[U]
uk/ˌdeɡ.rəˈdeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdeɡ.rəˈdeɪ.ʃən/
the process in which the beauty or quality of something is destroyed ...
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(Definition oflandanddegradationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This response is observed even though newly cleared fields are typically in places where risks of erosion and other forms oflanddegradationare acute.
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The consultations carried out in this study with ranchers in the watershed revealed that in certain places significantlanddegradationhas occurred.
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The strength of this modification is obvious;landdegradationactivities are minimized.
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We use the concept of opportunity cost to compute the penalty to be imposed by the lessor on the lessee iflanddegradationis observed.
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We call this payment alanddegradationtax and the mechanism 'variable pricing'.
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It illuminates prevalent and emerging thinking about as-yet-unsolvedlanddegradationproblems.
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Only then will land reform's potential to reduce both poverty andlanddegradationbe fully realized.
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Such a tendency will lead to losses of nutrients, reduced yields andlanddegradation.
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For example, farmers may need to grow crops or graze animals on fragile lands, which may trigger severelanddegradation.
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They are also observed to exhibit the highest rate oflanddegradation.
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The final assumption adopted in this simulation is that lessors have full knowledge overlanddegradationactivities of the lessees.
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The three major land issues are: inappropriate land-use systems,landdegradation, and inadequate policy environments.
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Aslanddegradationis a long-run problem, we believe the intertemporal perspective to be important.
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First, a history of environmental rehabilitation policies based on an assumption that increasinglanddegradationis the trend in all places.
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However, supporters of the privatization policy, argue that privatization would decrease the rate oflanddegradationoccurring on leased land.
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In this regard, sharing and exchange of information was found to be critical in elevating poverty as well as reducinglanddegradation.
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Negative effects may lead to forest clearance andlanddegradationin the uplands.
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In other research done by the authors that they cite, the same is claimed forlanddegradationvia soil erosion and associated off-site damage.
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The reason for this is that we are interested in the dynamic interaction effects that come from thelanddegradation.
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The output is again corrected forlanddegradation.
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Inevitably, the purchase of more livestock in the situation of decreasing land, especially critical land, resulted in overgrazing and consequentlylanddegradation.
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The price for arable land is determined by the returns to agricultural land, taking into accountlanddegradation.
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Perhaps it will be possible to reverse thelanddegradationof centuries through the simple practices advocated in this paper.
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Besides keeping the production levels low, the unbalanced use of nutrients could trigger processes oflanddegradation.
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