Sentence examples for desertification soil from inspiring English sources

We are already seeing crop failures, desertification, soil impoverishment and water shortages.

This denuding of the landscape has led to desertification, soil erosion, nutrient depletion and epidemics of pests that further contribute to the country's food insecurity.

The ravages of Climate Change – desertification, soil erosion, draught and other adverse ecological impact – affect African economic performance and compound their capacities for sustainable growth and development. .

Soil salinization is a gradual pre-desertification soil condition that reduces agricultural yields and lower the crop production potential of irrigated lands (White 1997).

In Sumer, a large irrigation system, as well as over-grazing, land clearing, and lime-burning led to desertification and soil salination.

Concerns over desertification and soil and water protection, together with policies favouring wildlife conservation and forests as recreational spaces, are prompting better woodland management, which allows existing forest to grow thicker in many countries.

They soak up vast amounts of water in parched areas of Spain whose citizens in cities such as Seville are on occasional summer days banned from turning on their taps for more than two hours.Intensive production is also a main cause of desertification and soil erosion across southern Europe.

Afforestation is a primary tool for controlling desertification and soil erosion in China.

Desertification and soil degradation are becoming more serious due to global warming and concurrent extreme climate events.

According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), soil erosion is one of the main causes of desertification in the Northern Mediterranean.

The decrease of streamflow in the lower basin (mainly alluvial plains) has caused wetland degradation, desertification, and soil salinization (Zhang and Guo 2008; Du et al. 2009; Feng et al. 2011).