noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
environmental
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These problems include those associated with rural poverty, malnutrition, population changes and environmental degradation in developing nations.
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I realized the data did not square with the theory that population growth causes resource depletion and environmental degradation .
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It would wipe out farm profits, undermine rural employment and cause environmental degradation in East Anglia, he says.
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In a few short but intense years we began to atone for centuries of environmental degradation .
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Many of these relations directly or indirectly affect land using decisions which lead to environmental degradation .
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The results of the research will increase the knowledge of the socio-economic and demographic causes of environmental degradation in the Sahel.
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Regional geochemical maps provide information on background levels of metals against which environmental degradation can be monitored.
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These include global inequality, human-rights abuses and environmental degradation .
■ NOUN
land
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The next major phase of land degradation came after the abolition of slavery in 1838 and the rise of peasant agriculture.
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Some gains are clearly possible but not without high investments, accelerated deforestation, and land degradation .
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Here, drought is the crux of the matter and whether it is caused by or causes land degradation .
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The long-term dangers of land degradation from irrigation and chemical fertilizers are growing.
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Here, land degradation due to natural and cultural factors is widespread.
product
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There are no published studies on the survivability of its degradation products , although some classified work may have been carried out.
soil
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In this context, soil degradation exists but, taken as a whole, is unimportant.
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The report notes that a combination of soil degradation and poor rainfall have increased food shortages and poverty.
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The techniques refer to new or modified agricultural practices to reduce soil degradation and erosion.
■ VERB
lead
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Nevertheless, ill-suited land-use and poor management can lead to environmental degradation with implications for present and future national economies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, even in advanced capitalist countries, the economic effect of degradation and erosion may not be negligible.
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I can feel a sizable sense of sorrow for people who have sunk to such degradation .
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The report speaks of extensive environmental degradation caused by high population growth, rapid urbanization and fast industrialization.
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The result is a membrane that is resistant to water, weather, ultra-violet degradation , fire and chemical attack.
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These factors plus preferential marketing arrangements and external financial support for development projects have all contributed to land degradation .
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Vallejo told the intimate story of the degradation that Royce had deplored only from the outside.
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What path of audio-visual degradation are you happily leading me down this time?