The charts give information about the causes behind farm degradation and their impacts on three regions around the world in 1990.
Overall
, it can be clearly seen that the three reasons (deforestation, over-grazing and cultivation) had a similar impact on land degradation. Linking Words
On the other hand
, The highest percentage of land affected where in Europe Linking Words
while
the lowest was in North America. Linking Words
Also
, the causes differed significantly from one Linking Words
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over gazing which is slightly higher than that of deforestation (30%) and over-cultivation (28%). Less than 7% of lands are affected by other undisclosed reasons.
Europe has the highest percentage of degraded lands with 23% compared to 12% in Oceania and 5% in North America. Deforestation accounts for almost 10% of agricultural decline in Europe, compared to 7.7% and 5.5% Linking Words
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over-cultivation and over-grazing. Linking Words
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, the leading cause in North America is overcultivation Linking Words
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in Oceania it is overgrazing.Linking Words
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