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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… the latter are excessive disturbance, intensive land use, overgrazing, indiscriminate removal of grassland and forests, … to LD, including over-exploitation, irrational land use, overgrazing, excessive mining and denudation, and … of ecological capacity. 92 During 1980–1990 the degree of overgrazing of grassland in the PRC was 50–120 percent, up to …
Global Land Outlook
… drivers such as deforestation, wetland drainage, overgrazing, unsustainable land use practices, and the … such as vegetation clearance; nutrient depletion; overgrazing; inappropriate irrigation; excessive use of … are either natural or human-induced. Deforestation, overgrazing, and the expansion of agricultural, industrial, …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… elevations near the larger villages. The result has been overgrazing in these areas and abandonment of high- land … Crow, are becoming smaller and fragmented. Unregulated overgrazing is turn- ing them into dense bushes. Agricultural encroachment and overgrazing are taking place even within the Yaballo …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… Saudi Arabia: Irrigated restoration of land degraded by overgrazing © Nigel Dudley Restoration of mangroves in the … meadow that had developed deep gullies in response to past overgrazing and culvert construction for roads. Left … degradation of thicket is a result of historical overgrazing and the spread of invasive species that inhibit …
Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)
… persistent heavy livestock grazing (Earl, 2003). Finally, overgrazing by feral goats, rabbits and domestic livestock … level functions, e.g. productivity (Thompson, 1997). Overgrazing reduced diversity of pollination interactions …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… ecological degradation. This is largely a result of stock overgrazing, large-scale crop irrigation and human-induced … have denuded the hillside vegetation considerably through overgrazing. The current cultivation of alfalfa, maize, onion …