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Examples of overgrazing

overgrazing
But if the return on capital goes down, capital becomes cheaper and this will encourage more investment in cattle which, in turn, leads to overgrazing.
For example, the team worked to prevent overgrazing.
With growing populations, resource depletion is accelerating, it is argued, resulting in widespread deforestation, overgrazing, biodiversity loss, soil erosion and soil fertility decline.
Inevitably, the purchase of more livestock in the situation of decreasing land, especially critical land, resulted in overgrazing and consequently land degradation.
These phenomena coupled with population pressure and overgrazing have finally become the main sources of the environmental degradation we presently observe.
The causes of degradation are poor agricultural practices, overgrazing, deforestation, commercialization and overexploitation of vegetation8.
The monthly harvesting treatment was intended to simulate overgrazing.
Overgrazing can, for example, lead to desertification; and overexploitation, to the collapse of fisheries and other resource systems.
Rough grazing and heath were found on similar soils to those bearing trees, which added weight to the overgrazing hypothesis.
For grasslands, such as the one at the study site, a few years of rest following cultivation or overgrazing may be enough for grass phytomass to recover.
Livestock demand for forage exceeds the carrying capacity by some 20 per cent, and overgrazing and competition for food forces the wildlife population down.
Consolidation in the processing sector may therefore lead to more efficient recycling of solid processing wastes, with indirect benefits on land quality in areas vulnerable to overgrazing.
Mayer to substitute cash for livestock in order to avoid overcrowding and overgrazing of the reserve areas.
The colonial administration perceived overgrazing as a critical ecological threat, and devised various schemes such as the marketing programme to control herd size, roughly 600,000 head.
Where overgrazing is proven, our aim is to encourage farmers to change management practices voluntarily or reduce stocking levels to prevent further damage.
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