The provided table illustrates information about the drawback sources of land degradation in the world and among three different countries in the 1990s, in percentages.
Overall
, what stands out from the diagram is that over-grazing and deforestation were the main causes of the phenomenon. Linking Words
Furthermore
, the former dominated in Oceania and the latter in Europe, Linking Words
while
North America had less impact on the environment.
The main worldwide causes of ecological problems were accelerating the numbers of herbivores and cutting of trees, accounting for 35% and 30% respectively. The second factor was taken by over-cultivation, with 28 hundreds, Linking Words
while
7% was made up by others.
North America's agriculture secured the habitat significantly more than other countries, representing 0.2% for deforestation, 3.3% for cultivation and 1.5% for grazing, which accumulated only 5% of total land degradation. Linking Words
However
, Oceania with its 13% of Linking Words
overall
impact, in terms of over-grazing was two times more harmful than Europe, having a figure of 11.3%. Linking Words
On the contrary
, Europe dominated with 23% of total shares, with the highest effects in land fields.Linking Words
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