They didn't want the degradation to infect their families".
They can only lead to the degradation, to whatever degree, of the person involved.
The cost of environmental degradation to Uganda's economy is estimated at 4 to 12 per cent of the GDP.
"It takes many years of political, social, economic and human degradation to create a terrorist," notes Mr. Khouri.
He lent his expertise in building technology and materials degradation to advise private and public agencies, including Unesco.
Confused by Copenhagen and its jargon, from Napas (national adaptation programmes of action) and Redd (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) to financing and technology transfer?
Addressing another conflict zone, the United Nations released a report outlining major degradation to the environment in Afghanistan after more than two decades of war.
In 2008, Australia's then prime minister, Kevin Rudd, apologised to the country's indigenous population for the "indignity and degradation" to which past governments had subjected them.
Progress is being made in using microbial degradation to reduce the concentration of PCBs in soil.
"There will be no degradation to safety and reliability," Mr. Prendergast said.
It causes performance degradation to system users.
