environmental degradation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenvironmentalanddegradation
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environmental
adjective
uk/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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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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Majorities tend to be aware ofenvironmentaldegradationcosts now and in the future, but only small minorities favor policies based solely on environmental consequences.
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With continuedenvironmentaldegradation, the argument continues, agricultural production will decline, food deficits will increase and poverty and starvation will result.
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Environmentaldegradation, poverty, and migration, are often hypothesised to be closely connected in a complex web of mutually aggravating cause and effect relationships.
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This resulted in soil erosion and generalenvironmentaldegradation.
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By the mid-1930s, the perception ofenvironmentaldegradationadded momentum to destocking campaigns.
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Indeed, rates of resource depletion and levels ofenvironmentaldegradationtend to be higher in developing countries than in the developed world.
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On the other hand, an enormous amount ofenvironmentaldegradationin rural areas has little to do with modern farming systems.
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It is assumed that economic activities lead toenvironmentaldegradationand, as a consequence, reduce utility and/or production possibilities.
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Besidesenvironmentaldegradation, also indicated as push factors are natural disasters and wars.
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On the other hand, migration could also be a result ofenvironmentaldegradation.
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The important question to care about now is not to distinguish the beneficiaries from the sufferers of thisenvironmentaldegradation.
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Though the top richest and bottom poorest people are both the main origins ofenvironmentaldegradation, the developing countries often bear the worst environmental consequences.
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Poverty appears to be significantly correlated withenvironmentaldegradationand thus deserves ongoing policy attention.
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Furthermore, the hypothesis implies that more trade will causeenvironmentaldegradationand pollution in developing economies.
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Macroeconomic adjustments should stimulate sustainable developments rather than furthering unsustainability; where they do lead toenvironmentaldegradation, compensatory projects might provide a short-term retrofitting option.
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That political instability (at the extreme, civil war) is a direct cause ofenvironmentaldegradationis obvious.
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The future prospect of surplus power coupled with subsidized power prices would aggravate the process ofenvironmentaldegradationand the resulting externalities.
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These poor people often depend onenvironmentaldegradationfor their livelihoods.
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