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Definitions for "Land Degradation"
Keywords:  unsustainable, degradation, clitourus, rainfed, desertification
Related Terms: Environmental degradation, Soil conservation, Desertification, Pollution, Ecosystem services, Overgrazing, Land reclamation, Deforestation, Agroecosystem, Contamination, Natural resource, No-till farming, Natural resources, Sustainable agriculture, Contaminated land, Contaminant, Assimilative capacity, Revegetation, Water pollution, Degradation, Pollutant, Permaculture, Background level, Prime farmland, Minimum tillage, Phytoremediation, Reclamation, Pollutants, Contamination, Beneficial uses, Organic farming, Conservation tillage, Media, Nutrient management, Remediation, Xeriscape, Restoration, Disturbance, Exposure pathways, Beneficial use, Tillage, Decontaminate, Natural capital, Environmental restoration, Swidden agriculture, Reduced tillage, Depuration, Intensive agriculture, Xeriscaping
Undesirable changes in plant &/or animal composition or abundance and undesirable changes to soil and land surface characteristics. It may be irreversible within the bounds of economic management
malleecma.vic.gov.au
term for the decline in soil quality which can occur in a number of ways, including erosion, salinisation, water logging, heavy metal and other chemical pollution , and desertification.
dep.state.pa.us
Reduction in capacity of the soil or vegetation to support life, through the damage to physical, chemical or biological properties, contributing to an unsustainable ecological system (see degradation).
nwpg.gov.za
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