The pie chart below shows the main reasons why agricultural land becomes less productive. The table shows how these causes affected three regions of the world during the 1990s. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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degradation

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by category, with the accompanying table

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the same issue by region, namely North America, Europe and Oceania. Multiple factors

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to

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degradation

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worldwide, among which over-grazing plays the most crucial role,

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responsible

for 35% of the

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. The negative impact brought by deforestation and over-cultivation cannot be neglected as well, constituting 30% and 28% of the

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respectively. The remainder is shared by different factors, occupying 7% in total.

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trend may mask considerable variations when dissected by region. A closer look at the table reveals that over-grazing remains the main factor of

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only in Oceania, with a share of 11.3% of the 13% of total

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degraded

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Europe holds the largest

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degraded at 23%, the main reason stands

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deforestation at 9.8%, as over-cultivation and over-grazing

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threat to

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at 7.7 and 5.5 respectively. Only 5% of

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is degraded in North America, with over-cultivation

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a notable 3.3%,

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deforestation holds the lowest share.

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, the cause of

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degradation

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can be multifaceted, each

countries

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should positively

adapting

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measures to local conditions.