Sentence examples for destroys livelihoods from inspiring English sources

It ruins ecosystems, destroys livelihoods, undermines governments, threatens national security and sabotages sustainable development.

"Industrial countries are locked into a system that wastes money at home and destroys livelihoods abroad," the report says.

PAGE 35 Africa's Deadliest Killer The catastrophic death tolls in Congo's and Sudan's wars have largely been caused not by combat and slaughter but by the disruption of frail societies, which shatters families, empties hospitals, destroys livelihoods and opens the way for unchecked disease and starvation.

This obstacle to empathy blocks the recognition that real human beings are being dealt with, prohibits proper application of basic human rights principles, and destroys livelihoods en masse.

It is threatening to reverse development gains as it destroys livelihoods and infrastructure, devastates crops, leaves millions hungry, and undoes people's efforts to climb out of poverty.

Jean-Michel Vigreux, Haiti director of the humanitarian agency CARE International, said that while communication with the southern part of the country is "very difficult," they had heard of "destroyed houses, streets and bridges, dead livestock, destroyed livelihoods".

European Union subsidies, for example, are destroying livelihoods in developing countries.

Along the road where rioters destroyed livelihoods, there are some signs of improvement.

Armed groups control many of the mines, terrorising communities and destroying livelihoods.

Large dams, she said, "can destroy livelihoods and food security, exacerbate poverty and lead to human rights violations.

The warming climate causes water shortages, desertification, extreme weather, and sea-level rise, which in turn destroy livelihoods, crops, water supplies, and homes, leading to instability and displacement.